Activities at Magnolia Court Care Home

Passover at Magnolia Court.

Passover, also called Pesach, is a major Jewish holiday and is one of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals, that celebrates the Exodus of the Israelites from slavery in Biblical Egypt.

Magnolia Court was joined by Rabbi Yossi who lead the proceedings and residents marked the festival with their friends and family.

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Magnolia Court was delighted to welcome members from our local community for an afternoon of cheese, wine and entertainment. There was much fun and laughter in the room, as well as singing. The Reverend Robin Sims-Williams with some of the congregation from All Saints' Church, Child's Hill and Labour’s Parliamentary Candidate for Finchley & Golders Green Sarah Sackman joined us for a joy filled afternoon and a chance to meet up with old friends and make new. ones

Head Chef Maricich - Asica and her team arranged a beautiful spread of delicious chesses and delicious wine. Magnolia Courts life style team Tamie and Mimi hosted the afternoon and arranged musical entertainment.

Thank you to everyone that joined us, we look forward to seeing you again soon.

To find out more about life at Magnolia Court contact our friendly team on 0208 731 9881.

Reminiscence On The Big Screen

Magnolia Court has a regular visitor who holds wonderful reminiscence sessions. Last week we had a focus on famous women in history.

Residents loved to see the remarkable women in history and the difference they made. We all agree that times have changed for the better for women and we could not possibly pick one of out the many to choose as our favourite or most memorable.

We did all agree that this quote was particularly powerful - “We are here, not because we are law-breakers; we are here in our efforts to become law-makers.” – Emmeline Pankhurst, leader of the UK suffragette movement.

Purim Celebrations.

We had a wonderful time celebration the Jewish Festival of Purim. Residents and staff were treated to a visit from the kind individuals who volunteer for the charity called Gift.

Purim is a festive day of merry-making when it’s common to dress in costume in order to add to the carnival-esque atmosphere of the holiday which also includes feasting and drinking. The practice traces back centuries, possibly to medieval Italy and the fact that Purim tends to coincide with Mardi Gras on the calendar. Masquerading also ties into the theme of hidden identity that runs through the Purim story.

Residents were delighted to receive a bag of goodies and to see the visitors dressed up in their best fancy dress. It truly was a very colourful and happy occasion.

Thank you for coming to see us GIFT Charity. We truly appreciate it.

We celebrated St Patrick’s Day in style recently, in recognition of the patron saint and national apostle of Ireland.

Our beautiful home was decorated with shamrocks and everyone enjoyed exploring the Irish culture through a variety of themed activities.

Residents and their loved ones marked the day by making shamrock decorations, learning some Irish words and phrases, enjoying Irish dances and of course listening to Irish music from an Irishman, Michael O'Hare.

The talented chef Ya prepared fantastic spreads of traditional Irish dishes for all to enjoy, all washed down with Guinness or Irish whiskey.

It was a brilliant day, enjoyed by all.

Today Magnolia Court launched their very first Social Singing Group led by Sophie from Vocally Sound.

Resident were joined by their loved ones and members of our local community in Hampstead

We sang along to song's including My Way, Sweet Caroline and lovely day and it really was a lovely day.

We hope you can join us next month, stay tuned for more details.