Activities at Woodland View Care Home
Activities at Woodland View
Woodland View is passionately committed to providing residents with a varied choice of entertainment, social, health and well being, craft and relaxation based activities.
Activities will all be meaningful and based on the likes of residents and will continue to evolve depending on our residents. The activities provided will also include involvement from other local community based organisations and are open to all residents, family and friends of residents. Our activities will be facilitated by staff from all departments as well as invited guests. Families are also enthusiastically encouraged to play a part in activities when possible.
There will always be at least one person at every activity who has been DBS checked to ensure the safeguarding of our residents. The dignity of our residents and our respect for them is at the centre of everything we do, each and every day.
We are always reviewing and changing our schedule of activities to be a centre of excellence and actively invite feedback and suggestions for new and meaningful activities and ideas.
Petra Hardman
Hi my name is Petra and I'm the Activities Coordinator here at Woodland View. I love seeing the difference that activities can make to each individual, and finding out what interests they have and ensure I incorporate that into our activities here.
I love music and drama coming from a musical background as a singer all over the country, music is important to me and I feel it makes such a difference to everyone, it evokes memories, and creates happiness. I also love to boost residents self esteem by creating pampering sessions and having one to one time to relax and reminisce.
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 Woodland View Care Home
Smoothie Making!
As part of National Gardening Week, the residents made their own smoothies with a variety of organic fruit! Everybody could choose what they wanted to include in their own smoothie. The results ended up looking like a rainbow!
National Gardening Week!
Our residents had a very busy National Gardening Week this year. With visits from local farm animals, a trip to the local garden centre to pick out some new plants, making organic smoothies and also some gardening!! Here is a picture of one of our residents tending to the garden area outside of her personal patio area.
Making Memories
One of the craft activities that our residents have been busy with this week, is helping to make a Woodland View memory book! We include pictures from lots of activities and events that took place at Woodland View and then the residents write what happened and how they felt.
Easter Fun!
Staff, residents and their guests at Barchester’s Woodland View care home, in Colchester, celebrated Easter with Easter Eggs and a tea party with a live singer. Woodland View enjoyed eggs-tensive range of Easter activities, from making Easter bonnets to dancing along to live entertainment from a local singer.
50's Themed Party
Residents enjoyed a 50's themed party this week and were singing along to some rock and roll classics. They were entertained by Nigel Woodmason who had come into the home to perform for the residents.
St Patricks Day
Residents and staff had such fun for St. Patricks Day this year. We jigged to some Irish music, drunk some Guinness and dressed up in Irish props! Everybody enjoyed joining in.
