Activities at Springvale Court Care Home

Across our services, Residents enjoyed a fantastic virtual tour of the Donkey Sanctuary Manchester.  Residents were thrilled to meet the lovely herd of donkeys, including Henry and his best friend Tiny Tim and to learn more about their every day care.  They were introduced to the sanctuary’s work and the impact they make to the lives of donkeys in need worldwide.  The virtual experience was truly enjoyed by all.

We tried our hand at something a little different. It turns out we are all experts already. We created some pumpkins and ghosts/mummy's using string and glue and a balloon.

The residents really given their best efforts and you can tell as they turned out amazing! It was a bit of a messy activity, but everyone got stuck in and carefully wrapped the string around their balloon.

Teamwork was also encouraged here. The residents all chipped in to help each other as those pesky balloons kept floating away from us, but that's okay because it gave us all a chuckle.

Scary ghosts are out, and cute ghosts are in! We created some fantastic ghosts using some white wool and pompoms for eyes.

One resident told me that "The ghost kinda looks cute" and we all agreed our ghosts were extremely cute. each resident involved really took the time to make sure they were doing each step correctly.

Of course, we spent some time having a lovely chit chat about anything and everything over a nice cuppa and some biscuits.

Mandy and a fellow resident shared a very special moment, they had a little boogie together in the corridor. They left all cares behind for a few moments whilst they focused on each other's dancing.

It was a beautiful moment to witness...

We had a trip down to our local ambulance station where we delivered some flowers, biscuits and chocolates for all the staff.   We were lucky enough to have a little look around and got to see the rapid response cars.

The residents talked about how they had not seen the inside of an ambulance station before and how interesting it was to have a look about.

At Springvale Court we celebrated Roald Dahl day by making our very own giant peaches inspired by James and the giant peach.

The ladies involved were doing a brilliant job but half way through noticed the balloon we were using had a small puncture meaning that it was slowly deflating.

We all had a good laugh about it and found it rather funny that not one of us had noticed. We talked about Roald Dahl and if anyone had a favourite story, we had to get a list up as we couldn't remember them all.