Activities at Magnolia Court Care Home
Our Activities Coordinators work as a team by involving staff and relatives in the activities sessions. They implement and plan activities tailored to residents' likes, dislikes, beliefs and life stories. Lots of people choose to place loved ones in Magnolia Court because of our reputation for hosting great activities all year long!
Tammie Comey
I joined Barchester in December 2019 as an Activities assistant and in February 2022 I became the Activities Lead at Magnolia Court Care Home. I am passionate about my role at Magnolia Court, I am a people person and nothing makes me happier than putting a smile on our Residents faces. It is a joy to work with such a great team, I am very happy to be a part of team Magnolia and look forward to meeting you soon!
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
Read our brochure
Activities and Events Partnerships
As part of our bespoke life-enrichment programmes, we host a number of live virtual events in the home on a regular basis through a number of partnerships with places of interest and world class performance companies
Life at Magnolia Court Care Home
Magnolia Court commemorate Remembrance Day with the English National Ballet !
Magnolia Court commemorate Remembrance Day with the English National Ballet !
Residents at Magnolia Court joined a unique creative workshop from English National Ballet to commemorate Remembrance Day. The session incorporated the national two minute’s silence at 11am to mark the exact time the guns fell silent at the end of the First World War in 1918.
English National Ballet’s Associate Dance Artist, Richard Bermange, led a creative dance workshop followed by a recording and insight into a special extract of Akram Khan’s work Dust, premiered in 2014 as part of ENB’s Lest We Forget programme, commemorating the First World War. ENB company dancer, James Streeter, provided some insight into this moving work. Bringing the event to a close, residents listened, danced and sang along to famous war time music performed by ENB Associate Musician, Matt Hartley-Stevens.
They also took a trip down to the local high street and donated money for the poppy appeal. In the afternoon Tammie part of our life enrichment team arranged a reminiscence sessions using art and words.
Creative Art with Creative Mojo !
Creative Art with Creative Mojo !
Residents at Magnolia Court got creative with Paloma from Creative Mojo. Each resident painted their own element. They were combined to make this eye catching firework inspired collage.
After the session we enjoyed a delicious hot chocolate and reminisced about Guy Fawkes Night, bonfires and fire works parties.
A walk in the Park !
A walk in the park !
Residents at Magnolia Court had a lovely walk in Childs Hill park today. It was a beautiful crisp sunny afternoon. We enjoyed the walk and then sat down for a chat and to watch the world go by.
The British Museum !
The British Museum !
Residents at Magnolia Court had a great trip to the British Museum and discovered 2 million years of history and culture.
We visited the Hokusai exhibition and were delighted by the delicate illustrations. Then on to ancient Egypt to marvel at the amazing antiquities.
There was so much to see, we will definitely be going back soon. Thank you British Museum for a fantastic day.
A trip to the Royal Airforce museum !
A trip to the Royal Airforce museum !
Residents from Magnolia Court took off for an interesting tour around the Royal Airforce museum in Colindale. The tour took us through a 100 years of RAF history. Seeing the aircraft bough back memories for our residents. We were very interested to see what the RAF looks like today and what future technologies may bring.
Thank you The Royal Airforce museum we had a really enjoyable day.
Vaccination boosters !
Residents and team members at Magnolia Court received their vaccination boosters from Dr Bentley and his team at The Practice @ 188 Surgery
We would like to thank Dr Bentley and his team at The Practice @188 for looking after us.
