Activities at The Cedars Bourne Care Home

This week The Cedars in Bourne got active for “Get Barchester Moving Week.” Volunteers and staff took residents across to the local park where they formed a line to conga the walkway around the park. Everyday has been filled with sporting antics; including a resident and staff Swingball match, the children from the Busy Bees Nursery showed us what they had been learning about yoga and a resident and visitor golf tournament. The week was brought to a close with a Summer BBQ and an afternoon dancing and waving pompoms to the exquisite vocal talents of Guildhall trained singer and stage actress Gabriella Pinada-Rodriguez. We learnt that the more we all move the more fun we have…

Excitement is building for our forthcoming Summer Fete where our ducks are getting ready for their annual swimming competition. The annual Duck Races will be ran throughout the day, with some wonderful prizes for the winner of each race. This is always our most popular event, so remember to pick your duck by popping into reception or visiting the Duck booth on the day.  We hope to see you there!

Residents and staff at The Cedars Care Home in Bourne paid their respects to soldiers past and present on the 80th celebration of D-Day with a visit from Helen Crawford, Mayor of Bourne, and Ian Sismey, Clerk to Bourne Town Council.

The Mayor came to visit our 102 year old Bomber Command veteran, Ronald Priest; and to present him with a silver salver engraved with the words. The Mayor also presented Ron with a framed picture of a D-Day landing and a beautiful bunch of flowers.  She had also thoughtfully baked two Victoria sponges for all the residents to enjoy with their tea. Ron was so touched, saying, “I will treasure these gifts for ever, this is too much, too much.” Ron, as ever, was dignified, poignant and humble but he wanted to be sure to pass on a message of how important it is that we all remember this day and the sacrifices that were made.

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.

This month we had our second week of Watercolour Club and what wonderful results we achieved. Everyone agreed how amazing it was to all start with the same template and yet all finish with such different styles and results. Just like us as people, each piece was unique, allowing for individual expression and giving such a feeling of fulfilment to its creator.

Our residents really enjoy our fortnightly quiz afternoons. We have a three round quiz, including general and specialist knowledge, picture rounds and riddles. We learn a great deal from these afternoons- mainly how amazing our resident’s general knowledge is! We are looking forward to running our quiz afternoons in the garden now that the weather is improved.