Ahead of our Trip to 'Willy Wonka Chocolate Land' party next week, we created a Willy Wonka themed cake along with our residents! They helped bake and decorate and I think our efforts paid off! It was enjoyed with a cup of tea and a Easter quiz.

Our Peter Rabbit set up has arrived for all of our residents to admire and visit. We have all enjoyed seeing the lovely colours brighten up this corner of our home!

We've been preparing the home with Easter decorations, including bunting outside and in. The residents enjoyed putting together Easter baskets ready to be filled with sweet treats and decorating our Easter branches with eggs, making a wonderful colourful display.

Bowerfield House have planted a beautiful tree called Malus for the Queen`s Platinum Jubilee. Malus is standing proudly in the front garden, when it grows we will have beautiful pink flowers plus yummy apples that the chef can pick and make a apple sauce.

Jenny Hughes and Meressa Barr cut the red ribbon, the tree is planted to focus on planting sustainably, the QGC will encourage planting tree to create a legacy in honour of the Queen's leadership of the nation

Our wonderful colleague Maria has been busy again baking cakes and brownies and creating beautiful chocolates for us all to enjoy over Easter!

Taking time to have those special 1-2-1 interactions is invaluable for those living with us. Providing stimulation using a range of products and methods specifically designed to engage those living with dementia creates some real 'butterfly moments'.  The butterfly model focusses on delivery emotion-focussed care that connects with people in a dignified, gentle and human way. The 'butterfly moments' we get to share are truly beautiful in so many ways.

Clarendon Court are raising funds for the Alzheimer's Society this Easter with their cake and chocolate sale and raffle. All cakes lovingly baked by the wonderful Maria, our very own Mary Berry! We'll start our diets next month ....

Well done to Appletree Court and Chef Ali for this outstanding Maltesers cake replicating the chocolates falling from the packet. The cake base was a lemon sponge with flakes all around the sides. The judging panel commented “It's a marvel as to how you did that – A triumph !”

It wasn’t just the cake itself that was so special, it was a real team effort as everyone in the home got involved by making Easter decorations that included bunting, pom poms and some knitted animals.

Congratulations and enjoy your winning hamper.

What is more comforting than the smell of baking on a wet rainy day? What delicious results we enjoyed. We mixed our dough in the morning, and after lunch we rolled, cut and baked. The resulting biscuits were delicious and the shared experience meant smiles all around.

It was great to see residents and staff exploring music together this week. Using the keyboard prompted one of our residents to talk about how she had spent many pleasurable hours playing the piano and even the organ too. There was no hesitation, she got herself organised and promptly played chords of 'D' 'C' 'F' and explained to the group the importance of 'the melody'! We were all very impressed and listened with interest as she shared her memories with us.