Activities at Tennyson Wharf Care Home
Our activities team are great at building the activities programme around the likes and interests of the people we care for. Ensuring that our social events offer fun and adventure is part of the ethos of our home; it’s important that those we support can enjoy an active and social lifestyle. Of course, there will always be those who prefer peace and quiet, and in these instances, a cup of tea and a chat are always welcomed.
Donna Jones
Donna joined the Tennyson Wharf Family in April 2023.
As an Activities Coordinator, Donna helps to ensure that residents enjoy an environment that is both stimulating and socially active to keep residents engage. The team take time to ensure they all know each residents' interests so that the team can deliver a person-centered program of events and activities.
Donna has a passion for helping others and is settling into her new role great!
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 Tennyson Wharf Care Home
Around the world in 80 minutes!
This week we supported cultural needs with a group discussion of our travels
Everyone enjoyed sharing their own experiences about places, memories, famous sites and foods that they have experienced. We created our own holiday memory pages as we chatted. Lots of funny and special memories shared
‘Got a Lot O' Livin to do! Tennyson Wharf Care Home celebrates Elvis's Birthday this year
‘Got a Lot O' Livin to do! Tennyson Wharf Care Home celebrates Elvis's Birthday this year
Tennyson Wharf care home celebrated Elvis Presley’s Birthday on Saturday 8th January. It would have been
his 87th Birthday. We unfortunately couldn’t allow a tribute act into the home due to COVID restrictions so
our fantastic Activities Coordinator, Zoe Sheridon dressed for the occasion – there were definitely some suspicious minds in the room!
We sang along to Elvis bingo and got our blue suede shoes a tapping during a Rock and roll exercise session .
There was also a chance to put our knowledge to the test with an Elvis song quiz and some fact time!
The laughter throughout the day really was infectious
General Manager, Zoe King said ‘it’s a good job we all love Elvis, I mean who doesn’t? Zoe is a great activities Coordinator and really goes above and beyond for each of her activities’.
We were hit over the Christmas period with new Lockdown measures but we hope these will be lifted soon and that we will be able to ‘Shake, Rattle and Roll’ our way into 2022 in the words of Elvis!
Christmas Craft time!
A creative craft demonstration impressed residents this afternoon
Using last year's Christmas cards to make decorations is a great way to recycle cards in a way that we can treasure them for years to come
After a few group discussions, residents have decided that the decorations will be a great item to have on their own craft stall next year
Our Christmas Cake Competition
Barchester had a Christmas Cake Decorating Competition over the Christmas period and the Residents at Tennyson Wharf made some Christmas cracking entries!
The ladies enjoyed an afternoon of social interaction whilst using their imagination, designing and creating their wonderful cake designs
Story time from Newton On Trent C of E Primary School
The children from Newton on Trent C of E Primary School recently spent time looking at the well known book, The Hobbit which inspired the children to get to work creating their own tremendous stories based on what they had read
The stories they wrote turned into a great book club session on our memory lane community and the residents all agreed that they children did a great job using their skills in their story writing. We felt privileged that the children chose to share their stories with us here at Tennyson Wharf and look forward to our next engagement with the school
Tennyson Wharf's Christmas Fete
Our Christmas fete was a great success last week!
With an amazing range of talented craft makers coming along to sell their wonderful items as well as Quayside Gifts.
Residents, relatives and staff thoroughly enjoyed having a browse and purchasing lots of fantastic items. As it was Christmas jumper day, the lovely stall holders donated some funds and we held a tombola stall. In total we managed to raise £55 for Save the Children!
It was a wonderful afternoon enjoyed by all
Upcoming events
July
Hello July! We extend a warm invitation for you to join us as we look forward to a fun filled month ahead. All welcome.
Dementia Cafe
Join us at our bi-monthly, Dementia Cafe - 2nd Thursday of the month from 2.30 pm.
Looking for a place to host a meeting?
For more information why not pop in and see what Tennyson Wharf can offer you.
Volunteers - Could you make a difference?
We recognise the impact a Volunteer can make on the lives of our residents, do you have any spare time? For more information we'd love to hear from you.
Emergency Services - Take a break on us!
Calling all emergency services personnel - police, ambulance and fire services, district nurses - come and take a break on us, there maybe a cake or two available....
Coffee Morning - First Thursday of the month
Come along and make new friends, 1st Thursday of the month - all welcome.
