Bowerfield House and our sister home The Belvedere linked up to do a come dine with me event. Our theme was royalty so we wore cut out face masks and got the Union Jack flags out. We also wrote the Queen a birthday card as its her official birthday next week, Happy Birthday Your Majesty. Bowerfield House residents Pat, Jenny and Geoffrey prepped all food and I drove down to The Belvedere to drop the food off where the activity coordinator Katie cooked it.

Residents helped make colourful Mardi Gras shakers from empty Pringles tubes, cardboard rolls and paper towel tubes. They were decorated with free wallpaper samples, coloured feathers, flowers, butterflies and beads. They were then filled with dried rice. Betty helped to make giant colourful tissue papers flowers for display at the party. 

The backdrop was created by activities coordinator Marianne, residents helped to put up the balloons and decorations. The cake was made by one of our carers in the company colours. Marianne decorated it with a Mardi Gras Mask, feathers, flowers, butterflies and baubles. 

This afternoon our residents enjoyed a game of bingo. 

Margaret helped to paint and decorate Mardi Gras Masks for the party.

We have been enjoying time spent outside today at Troutbeck. The chess set is set up in the beautiful courtyard ready for the next players to see if they can win. 

England, Scotland and Wales all saw their warmest days of the year on Wednesday 2nd June. 

The UK’s mini-heatwave has smashed records for the year with parts of the country including London experiencing temperatures nearing 30C.

The sun was out in its full splendour and so were the Knights Court residents! Our residents enjoyed engaging in numerous different outdoor activities this week including lawn bowls. 

Our beautiful garden was filled with song and dance as we held an early D-Day celebration along with a special performance from the D-Day Dollies. We had so much fun welcoming back live entertainment to our home!.

Although many public spaces have now started reopening again including museums, we are still unable to visit in large groups, so we decided to celebrate International Museum Day by bringing the museum into Abingdon.