Last month, one of the residents enjoyed a nostalgic seaside jigsaw puzzle. We talked about trips to the seaside when we were younger and our favourite seaside activities.

The residents had a delicious Chinese dish for lunch. Either Sweet and Sour Chicken with rice or Vegetable stir fry. They enjoyed the decorations and the fun fortune cookies. We also found out which animal each resident is is regards to the Chinese calendar. We also had a tiger colouring sheet as its Year of the Tiger.

Residents celebrated National Nutella Day when residents took part in Baking Club as they prepared a chocolate cheesecake which our residents enjoyed with an afternoon cup of tea.

Residents and Staff at Manorhey celebrated Chinese New Year with a traditional Chinese meal served by the home's catering staff. Chinese lanterns were made and decorated by residents.

As a multicultural environment, where people from all around the world, work together giving the best of themselves, to deliver the best of the care. We like to learn a bit more about the people that make that possible, joining to the celebrations of important festivals from other countries and cultures.

This time we joined a quarter of the world's population to celebrate Chinese New Year. We welcomed the year of the tiger with many different activities, where the residents enjoyed a Whole Chinese Immersion Experience.

Last week at Ashfield Court some of the residents were getting very creative ready for Valentine's Day, using a very different technique with Jigsaw pieces to create a heart for our valentines display!

For big garden birdwatch our residents enjoyed arts and craft where we painted a bird house, coloured pictures of birds in and had a selection of bird like activity’s at hand. We listened to some relaxing music during the activity allowing our residents to listen to bird noises and tweets. Our resident enjoyed the activity while looking out the window to see if they could see any birds in the trees, after the bird house was finished we filled it with seeds and hung it on our tree outside.

We enjoyed a lovely crafting session making Chinese Lanterns to celebrate the year of the Tiger.  We hung the lanterns up in our rooms and around the dining room where we enjoyed a Chinese banquet for dinner.

We love games day at The Moors and had so much fun with play your card right and bowling lots of fun and laughter was had by all.  We can’t wait to welcome you into the home when COVID allows to have a game of Play Your Cards Right as there are lots of shouts of higher, lower, stick.

Our wonderful activities coordinator Jane braved a night in the cold to raise much needed funds for a homeless youth charity in North Yorkshire.  Jane said, “The home is warm and safe, and I am reminded in this cold January that many people find themselves without their own home and are far from safe and warm. On the 22nd of January I am doing a sleepout in York to raise funds for charities that aim to help those who need a home.”  A fantastic result as the group raised £4,000 for the Charities that offer support to homeless youth in North Yorkshire.