Happy times at Hope Green as our residents have regular Skype calls with their loved ones. This ladies was extra special as it was Valentine's Day. 

Parkview House had a day dedicated to Chinese New Year celebrations. There was music, entertainment and opportunities for residents to explore the history of Chinese New Year of the Ox, Nicolas Kee Mew, Home Manager of Parkview House, said : "Our residents are always interested in learning more about my culture. I thought that there was no better way to learn than holding Chinese New Year celebrations right in the heart of Chingford. Residents enjoyed discovering their Chinese horoscope and practising Tai Chi." 

The first of our daffodils almost completed and ready to make a daffodil field. 

The day of love we enjoyed a love filled day with music from none other than Elvis Presley and one of our regular entertainers Sam Jones via a YouTube stream. Reminiscing some of our favourite love ballads, not forgetting a treat of our Valentine's cupcakes. 

Today at Manorhey we have thoroughly enjoyed an afternoon tea gathering with a spread of mini sandwiches, cakes and pastries and tea in china ware. Residents enjoyed the Alice In Wonderland theme. 

To celebrate Chinese New Year, the year of the ox, residents gathered together for a Chinese food tasting. They tried different curries, including sweet and sour chicken, fried rice and noodle dishes. They also sampled our home made spring rolls which were said to be absolutely splendid. Not forgetting a little insight to our futures with a fortune cookie.

We are double celebrating pancake day at Abingdon Court this year!  The people living in the home got an early treat with the activities team who went around with their amazing pancake trolley full with a choice of toppings and it went down a treat.

One the day itself the kitchen made sure that pancakes were on the menu to be enjoyed by all.  How Yummy!

We all love a bit of Bingo here at Abingdon court and we have found one that has a little twist.  The bingo we found uses images as well as description which is more engaging for all. This week's theme was baking items and it started a wonderful flow of past memories which included stories of many delicious sounding cakes that the residents remember baking or their mothers baking for them. All participants enjoyed a winning chocolate to celebrate joining in. 

The people who live with us really enjoyed creating beautiful silhouette art, the bright colours and wonderfully textured feathers created a great sensory arts and crafts activity for all to enjoy.

Pancake Day was enjoyed by all at Ashmead on 16th of Feb. Particular interest was shown by Lumi, Home Manager, ensuring that the culinary quality matched the required standards, all our residents enjoyed their pancakes and we cannot wait for more!