Activities at Woodhorn Park Care Home

Residents have been very busy showing their creative sides during a recent arts and craft session, with their ideas planned they soon got to work in creating some amazing scarecrows which are firmly displayed outside of the home for all to see. Residents used a different range of materials and items to make the homes garden boat look colourful and amazing!

We took a wonderful virtual trip to Iceland and visited the SEA LIFE Trust Beluga Whale Sanctuary to have an inside look into the daily care of their two resident beluga whales: Little White and Little Grey.

Our residents were introduced to the history of the Beluga Whale Sanctuary and learnt more about its mission to provide a more natural home for belugas in human care with a first-hand look at how the dedicated team are not only caring for the whales, but preparing for their future in the sea sanctuary!

It was an enjoyable event for everyone, learning more about the amazing beluga whales and how they are cared for at the sanctuary

To mark World Photography Day, staff and residents were treated to a live streaming photography masterclass courtesy of top professional photographer, Damian Bailey.

A professional photographer since 2003, Damian has won Wedding Photographer of the Year and is listed as one of London’s top wedding photographers, having photographed over 700 weddings.  Damian travels all over the country shooting weddings, events and families and loves to help people create memories by capturing wonderful images that will be passed on from generation to generation.

Our gardening club is a popular group activity here at Woodhorn Park and you’ll often find us outside pottering in the garden sorting out the raised bedding planters by weeding and planting new saplings as we did recently as part of Allotment week.  Our club has been nicknamed “Weeders & Seeders” and Residents love sharing stories of their favourite flowers and gardens at home to what they liked to grow!

Residents here at Woodhorn Park have been enjoying their own balloon festival in conjunction with the Bristol hot air balloon festival, residents enjoyed making their own and we shared photographs from a family member who was given a ride in a balloon as a present for their anniversary. If you look closely you will see residents flying high!!

We celebrated International Youth Day virtually with English National Ballet’s youth dance company, ENBYouthCo and their Creative Director, Richard Bermange.

We had the opportunity to watch A Comedy in Long-shot, participate in a chair-based creative dance workshop and observe an open rehearsal where Richard and the young dancers created a performance inspired by our childhood memories.

It was a wonderful experience, enjoyed by all.