Here at Acorn House we've been following the Olympics closely and decided to hold some events ourselves. Our residents have so far enjoyed taking part in bean bag basketball and balloon volleyball.

We spent some time in the garden today preparing some bird feeders. The residents mixed lard and bird seeds to create a little feast in a cup for the many birds who come into our garden. We placed them around the garden in a variety of areas chosen by the residents. There was fun, laughter and enjoyment all morning!

In preparation for Fridays Big Choir Singalong, the residents were colouring in some pictures to use when singing the songs. We had Three Little Birds and Somewhere Over The Rainbow artwork to hold up and show the choir on Friday. Some members of the choir have also been colouring in these pictures to show our residents!

Hope Green residents are enjoying keeping up to date with Olympics 2021. Discussing the newspapers together, watching the GB hockey team and making our own collages was a great way of celebrating sport across the world and prompted lots of conversations about our favourite moments.

Everyone joined to celebrate this important birthday. Residents and staff sang all together Happy Birthday to our resident, wishing him all the best in his 90th Birthday.

One of our residents wanted to keep some of the flowers from a funeral that they had recently attended as a beautiful reminder of the person they had lost. The flowers were carefully pressed then gently placed inside a book along with personal photographs. Space was left throughout the book for any memories to be written in and for more photographs to be added. What a lovely way to honour a loved one's memory.

The manager and staff worked hard to redecorate the residents lounge so the lovely residents could relax in a vibrant coloured room.

We had a wonderful afternoon sat in the sunshine and singing along with Emma James. We couldn't think of a better way to spend the day than sat with friends, enjoying refreshments whilst being entertained. Just perfect.

The husband of one of our residents has very kindly made some trifles and a beautiful fresh fruit salad for everyone. The residents and staff would like to say a huge thank you let them know that we really appreciated it and enjoyed the fruit salad at lunch time-  it was so refreshing to have in this heat and we're looking forward to trifle for tea tonight.

Bowerfield House and Bowerfield Court joined together to do sports day , Geoffrey and Pat from House and Katie and Brian from Court , we had a great day and the sun was shining what more could we ask for , we had plenty of beverages and snacks to keep us going which was welcomed as it was so hot. We played a game of air hockey , throwing hoops on cones , knocking the cans over with small bean bags and throwing red sponge balls into a hat net. It was so much fun enjoyed by all players and watchers , we were all winners but court won with a score of 62 , house came second with 58.