This week in arts and craft the residents continued to produce some great work.  Using a template of a ballerina (to form a silhouette) and blending coloured paint onto canvass they created some wonderful painting which they were extremely proud of.  Attached are come photos during and after the activity.

As part of the St David's Day celebrations we had a concert by Mary Gorniak who visited and played for us some Welsh inspired music on her flute and piccolo.  Everybody in attendance enjoyed the performance very much and had a wonderful afternoon.

World Book Day is coming to Buckingham House and we are getting props ready it. Our theme is Alice in Wonderland and so we are getting our mad hatters, Alice bands and rabbit ears at the ready.

The pancake has a very long history and featured in cookery books as far back as 1439 and in that time that has been very different varieties and styles.  At Kents Hill we had some of those varieties and also lots of different toppings to go on top too.  The people living at the home had a great time trying them all out.

At Ashfield Court we celebrated Shove Tuesday and St David's Day! This morning we had some lovely cake and had a 'talk about the history of shove Tuesday!' Then at lunch time the lovely Celia tossed a pancake up in the air 20 times! We then served the residents lovely warm pancakes with all different toppings!

Residents and staff have joined this week to the celebrations of LGTB+ History Month. We started the week, playing a Quiz, exploring and learning a little bit more about important members of the community that have a close relationship with Manchester like Alan Turin.

Also, residents and staff had the opportunity to be creative. They took pencils, scissors and glue to create a beautiful collage with plenty of rainbows and messages. It was the perfect opportunity to share experiences and reminisce about how much society has changed throughout the years.

Inspired by Oomph "Inspire Your Heart with Art"  during the arts and craft activities the past month, the residents painted and decorated wooden hearts.  These hearts were then hung on all doors throughout the home on Valentines Day, which were appreciated by all residents.   

Following removal from the doors we have hung them outside in the garden to create a "Tree of Love" for all residents to enjoy. 

It was wonderful for the residents who took part in the project to hear the feedback from other residents who thought it was a lovely idea.

We were kindly donated by our local Co-op supermarket various bouquets.  This gave us the opportunity of undertaking a flower arranging activity.  The residents selected the flowers they wanted to use and created some beautiful arrangements.   All who participated enjoyed the activity very much and were pleased and proud of their achievements. 

We would like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to our local Tesco store who called to the home to deliver some fruit to the people living at the home.  They were really happy to be thought of and get the gift, so huge thank you again from Anu and the team and Kents Hill.

We love to play some games at Kents Hill and this afternoon we played one of our favourites... bean bag toss which was very much enjoyed.  There was great fun had trying to get the top score too.