Activities at Oulton Park Care Home

Transforming the home into a magical Christmas wonderland. 

The residents were delighted to share their own traditions of Christmastime, bring this to life at Oulton Park, unravelling the fairy lights, and hanging the baubles ready for a whole host of Christmas celebrations. 

Residents were delighted to attend St Michael’s Church to watch Oulton Broad primary school's Christmas performance. 

The children’s voices rang throughout the church as they sang, and the residents joined the festive spirit, singing along to the carols. A wonderful way to spread Christmas cheer!     

What a great afternoon we had watching our local team L&Y 1XV vs Norwich medics. 

Gordon had a great time watching the match, even getting the chance to chat with one of the players who came up to chat to him both before the match and after, and of course, Gordon enjoyed a couple of pints and a burger. What a great match it was with L&Y 1XV winning 72-00!  

At Oulton Park, we enjoyed some circus-themed fun!  We had Andy the clown visit the amazing circus workshop where Oulton Park residents and Ritson Lodge residents learnt how to juggle, spin plates and make balloon animals. 

It was a day full of fun and laughter. We were even visited by some inflatable clowns. Great fun had by all.  

With the beautiful weather we have been having  outside, ivy and Mary with the activities team enjoyed a nice trip to the seaside,  they got to look at the beautiful coastline and enjoyed some tasty chips Whilst breathing in the sea air. This year We have been following Lowestoft’s Summer Trial, where we've been looking out for the decorated hares posted all around town. We managed to find another one at the Pavilion at south pier. It was wonderful to enjoys each other company and chat about how the beech used to look and where the punch and Judy show used to be. 

Oulton Park hosted their annual Christmas fayre in December. The home welcomed lots of wonderful stalls with their fabulous gifts on offer, from knitted clothes, engraved woodwork, raffle and delicious cakes. 

The home raised a fantastic amount for the resident’s fund, £404.42. A massive thank you to everyone who supported and joined the home for this festive afternoon.            

At Oulton Park we support and encourage our residents to continue doing the things they love whilst also making new friends and exploring new adventures. 

Our Residents enjoyed a Christmas cake baking activity. Once they had mixed and baked the cakes they created some fantastic finished cakes which all the Residents could enjoy.

Our Activities Team is dedicated to organising activities that truly engage.

What a lovely morning we had raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support. It was such a lovely morning with lots of residents and relatives joining in chatting together whilst enjoying some tasty cake. 

We would like to say a BIG thank you to everyone that came. We raised a fantastic £73. How amazing is that!?

Flo enjoyed a wonderful trip out to Pakefield Cliffs, where she enjoyed a visit to the local church. 

We saw the local sheep grazing and the  beautiful sea view. This was a very beneficial trip out supporting mind, body and soul. 

Over the last week, residents have been working on some dinosaur and prehistoric crafts, making floral-themed artwork and creating their very own fossils using seashells in honour of Dinosaur Day. 

We also watched documentaries about the amazing work archeologists have done finding and preserving bones that date to prehistoric times. It has been very interesting and great fun. Resident were also visited by some dinosaurs with big smiles and laughter throughout the home. We’ve had a great week here at Oulton Park. 

Congratulations to Andrew, who was awarded the management recognition award.  

You’ll see Andrew with a smile on his face, and he is often heard singing as he goes. Always going above and beyond. Keep up the fantastic work Andrew!       

At Oulton Park we love hosting events that we can open up to our relatives, friends and the wider community. Life at *Care home* is about being part of the local community and enjoying life long hobbies whilst also exploring new experiences.

Oulton Rainbow Brownies visited the Residents at Oulton Park to sing some Carols and even went to sing on individual rooms visits. They created a special Christmas treat for all.

What a fantastic day we've had celebrating talk like a pirate day.

The residents were joined by Buccaneer one eye, Lou & Guzzler Flo Sparrow, who left their ship at Lowestoft harbour to celebrate this fun day. There were activities sheets, sounds of the sea shanties and dressing up. It was a shiver me timber experience. 

We were joined by the wonderful Jonny Laff who shantied us through the afternoon. He was a scallywag as he made one eye Lou & Guzzler Flo dance (as only Pirates do).

And our winner is… Gemma Hatton, crowned Home Administrator of the year for the Central Division. Next stop…the nationals!
Over 5,250 incredibly high-standard nominations were received this year. 

Gemma will join winners from across the UK at a special awards event in October to celebrate their outstanding achievements and see if they’ve won a national award. Huge congratulations!

If you would like to know more about Oulton Park Care Centre, please email us at oultonpark@barchester.com or call us on 01502 539998 we'd be happy to help. 

Resident, Ivy, took a trip to the Lowestoft Heritage workshop centre to go and view the beautiful model display they have of the old Beach Village where she was born and raised, which sadly no longer stands. 
This was a wonderful experience. Ivy spoke about her memories of growing up in the beach village. She was able to point out the school that she attended. 

Ivy spoke about how as a child she would climb over the empty herring barrels and get told off by the women working.  Ivy even got to see pictures of the old swimming pool that was there. She remembered talking about the pool but was told there wasn't one there. She was proven right and got to see a picture of the pool to prove it. It was wonderful to be able to see Lowestoft’s heritage and have a look back into what Lowestoft used to look like.