Activities at Kirkburn Court Care Home

As part of our Magic Moments Series, we like to create individual experiences for our residents. Margaret, has enjoyed a special trip out. Earlier discussions with Margaret had led her to reveal that she loved the Mission Impossible films and that she thought Tom Cruise was a "stud muffin!" We also knew that Margaret's favourite tipple was a Gin and Tonic.

So our first stop was the Arc Cinema to see the new Mission Impossible Film. Margaret really enjoyed all the action scenes and was absolutely thrilled to go to the cinema, saying she hadn't been in years.

Then we headed to Wetherspoons to check out their gin selection. Margaret was very knowledgeable about all the different types and decided to sample a raspberry one. She was very happy to make it to the end of her "fish bowl." We had a great laugh that we would arrive back at Kirkburn singing!

Margaret summed up her trip as "marvellous and very special."

We have recently held our annual Beach Party here at Kirkburn.

We had great fun donning our summer gear and enjoyed sampling a few cocktails! Great laughter ensued as staff and residents had a go at the limbo - although there may have been a bit of cheating going on in places!

We also had a wee game of beach volleyball - which gave us a really good workout! The weather outside may not have been sunny but we certainly created some summer fun inside!

Residents across our services had a fantastic time joining Mandy Morrow for a virtual walking tour to learn about the ‘Herstory’ of Mayfair. The Mayfair of Nightingales may be long gone but it still holds a 20th century charm. Birthplace to the late Queen Elizabeth II, home to one of WWII's most decorated female war heroes and a tale of a wealthy Aristocrat and one of France's favourite designers.

We were delighted to take a walk down memory lane and discover stories from one of London's most iconic areas.  The experience was truly enjoyed by all.

Some of our residents have recently enjoyed a bus trip to the Fraserburgh Beach Café. We received a very warm welcome and enjoyed a lovely fly cup with delicious fine pieces! We also had a wee walk along the promenade afterwards, although the usual North Sea breeze stopped us from going too far! It fairly blew away to cobwebs though! Our bus driver, Graeme, also took us on a wee tour to see some of the local sights! It was lovely to get out and about!

In honour of this year’s Wimbledon Tennis Championships, we have undertaken a few tennis themed activities.

Of course, we had to begin with a simple game of tennis! A great way of getting us moving and testing our reflexes! We also had a challenge to see who could balance the ball on their racket the longest!

After working our bodies, we also took some time to work our brains and tried our hand at a few tennis themed quizzes and puzzles - did you know that over 140,000 portions of strawberries are served at Wimbledon every year?!

So of course, our next move was to sample some strawberries and cream for ourselves - yum! Lots of tennis-tastic fun was had!

In July, we have celebrated Independence Day by partaking in a few American themed activities. Firstly we tested our knowledge with a bit of an American music quiz, before trying our hand at 'beer pong' and basketball. As it turns out, we have a pretty good shot here at Kirkburn! All the staff and residents were cheering each other on!

We also sampled some hot dogs and milkshakes too! Great fun was had by all.