Activities at Mount Vale Care Home

Today, we commemorated those who fell in the D Day landings. This morning, we watched the TV Coverage about D Day while having our hair done into the 1940s styles. Played some games of Bingo war themed of cause and did some colouring .

We had Rochelle Ayris Entertainment come and sing for us this afternoon singing 1930/1940s music. We loved singing and dancing along. Remembering our favourite songs. she was amazing, thank you .

Followed by a street party, with some amazing food made by our amazing Chef Dana. Thank you to the kitchen team for all their support.

It was amazing to see members of the team dressed in 1940s style outfits. we really got into the spirit

We invited the children from Rosedene Nursery to come and join us for part of our Get Moving week.  We invited them for a mini sports day, we did egg and spoon races, running races and hoping races. We placed lots of different things around the garden for them to do. From bean bag toss, tin can alley, bowling, ring toss, badminton, and golf.

We taught them how to play boules and loved watching them create their own games from what was around. They picked some flower's and gave them to the residents. They even competed against our amazing staff at egg and spoon race. They all received handmade medals that the residents have been making for them for their mini sports day 

This week, we celebrate our amazing carers who are dedicated to their jobs. We spent time making home-made cards for the staff to show our appreciation. They received a hamper full of sweet treats, and each individual got a pen and keyring as a little token of our appreciation.

Our carers were invited to join us in the library today to collect their items. It was so lovely to see so many smiles when opening their handmade cards.

Without the care staff, our home would stop, and we know how amazing and hard-working each and every one is.

Residents across our services enjoyed a fantastic virtual tour of The Deep, an award-winning aquarium in Hull.

Our residents dived into the underwater world of some fascinating creatures such as sharks, turtles and stingrays.

It was a truly immersive and educational experience that brought the wonders of the ocean right to our screens.

Residents love our weekly ‘Baking Club’ and this week the plan was to make some delicious butterfly cakes using the Be-Ro recipe, a much loved cook book we all remembered owning!

We enjoyed taking it in turns to mix it the ingredients and to make it as light and fluffy as possible.  We enjoyed sharing stories on our favourite items to bake, and in turn making it into a list for our future baking club bakes.  

Our favourite memories were of licking the bowl out – who wouldn’t!

We enjoy our visits from our friends at Rosedene Nursery, Northallerton. The children came over to show us their Olympic torch which they had made to show all their values and to bring us all handmade medals they had been making throughout the week using lots of different items and colours.

The children were so excited to show off their hard work and give out medals, telling us what we had won them for. Residents and colleagues were delighted to receive and proudly wore them all day with pride.

We look forward to them visiting again soon.