Activities at Paternoster House Care Home
Our specialist activities staff are committed to organising a mix of activities and events for residents and the local community to get involved in, including trips out to local places of interest in our minibus and visits from entertainers and musicians. It is important to us that each individual who we support can get as much from these as possible, so we try our best to arrange activities that reflect their interests and capabilities as best as possible, and encourage them to participate in any way they can. We also encourage relatives to join with activities and events as often as they can.
Angela Hawkins
Hi my name is Angela, known as Angie, I joined Paternoster House in April 2016 as a care assistant, I have a passion for enriching our residents lives and being part of the Activities Team means I can help them achieve their dreams, keep them motivated and happy.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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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 Paternoster House Care Home
Sports day
Today we held our annual sports day in the lovely grounds of Paternoster House. Residents enjoyed watching our staff and families compete in a range of traditional sports day activities including an egg and spoon race, the 3 legged race, a relay and a very competitive tug of war. Everyone had an amazing day with loads of fun and laughter and our residents done a great job cheering on their team.
Mini bus trip
Today we jumped in our mini bus and headed out on a trip to the Clockhouse Nursery garden centre in Forty Hall. Residents and staff went to purchase some new flowers for our gardens and Steve our gardener gave our residents an educational talk on which flowers grow best at different times of the year. The trip was finished with a trip to a local coffee shop for a well-earned slice of cake and cup of tea.
Ice creams!
Ice creams were given out today as we try and beat the heat here at Paternoster House. Residents were given the choice of a range of different flavoured ice-creams with mint choc chip and raspberry ripple proving to be the top picks. What’s your favourite flavour ice-cream?
Sunshine nursery
A wonderful morning spent with the children of sunshine day nursery and pre school. Residents and children enjoyed a teddy bears' picnic to celebrate national picnic week. We also had a special surprise visit from a teddy bear herself provided by the amazing Matelu Mascots. Everyone had a fantastic morning full of laughter and fun and we look forward to seeing the children again very soon.
Fire Safety Talk
Today we were joined by the wonderful Samantha Harrington from Essex County Fire and Rescue Service for an educational talk on fire safety within our homes. Samantha spoke to staff, residents and relatives about the importance of not over loading extension leads, phone chargers and smoke alarms. Our lead maintenance Roy Gill explained that the session was very well delivered and reassured our residents that they are safe within our home. Roy explained that all our staff are well trained to deliver the correct action in an emergency.
Royal Mint Museum Box
In February 1971 Britain adopted a decimal currency. This was a momentous event for the whole country, with every man, woman and child having to change the way they used money. Handling and chatting about pre-decimal coins can be a positive and nostalgic experience for people who lived through the changeover so, as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations, the Royal Mint Museum developed reminiscence sessions.
The reminiscence session took the form of a ‘Museum in a Box’, containing replicas and original objects from the time for people to handle. Each object was fitted with a special micro-chip which, when placed on the box, played audio clips specific to that object. This was a fun and stimulating activity, giving people who lived through the changeover an opportunity to talk about their memories.
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