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
Gardening Club At Woodland View
Sometimes part of Activities is changing the plan! When nobody fancied baking this morning, we changed it to an impromptu Gardening Session with our Gardener and Activities Assistant Jason. Some residents have enjoyed planting some winter pansies to brighten up our gardens downstairs within the home.
Gardening ensures sensory, emotional, creative and social needs are part of our residents day!
Fun at the beach
Staff and residents took advantage of the beautiful weather and had a trip to the beach at Manningtree where they enjoyed a picnic provided by our kitchen of residents favourite sandwiches, crisps and cake! The day was spent reminiscing about trips to the beach when everyone was younger and how they enjoyed paddling in the sea. Of course the afternoon wouldn’t have been complete without a trip to the ice-cream van to bring back even more memories, the next beach trip is already being planned!
Trip to the garden centre
A number of our residents have enjoyed visits on the mini-bus to our local community Garden Centre, to choose plants for all community gardens here at Woodland View. Residents are very keen to have a sensory garden within the Queen Boudica Community, and our Gardener and volunteer have been working hard on suggestions given to them for this by residents. At the Garden Centre everyone agreed that one of the best parts of the mini-bus trip was seeing all the beautiful plants on display, but the favourite part was definitely the fresh cream cakes!
Fun on memory lane
Residents within our Memory Lane Community had been ensuring the plants within the balcony have been tended to and watered regularly in this heatwave! Alongside staff and our Gardener, the balcony looks lovely with pots of colour to brighten up the area and make everyone smile. Residents have really enjoyed having tea and cake in the afternoon sat in the shade listening to classical music, or at the request of some residents, Elvis Presley! Care Staff have also been using our Sensory Trolley with fibre-optic lights and sensory toys, and ensuring our ladies on Kingswood Community have had pamper afternoons with manicures and hand massages.
Celebrating World Chocolate Day!
Residents all enjoyed celebrating World Chocolate Day! This event is always a favourite, and any excuse to partake in a food based activity! Our Activities Assistant expertly set up the chocolate fountain for all to enjoy with strawberries, bananas and marshmallows! Our Chef then turned any leftover bars into a Rocky Road for all to enjoy! Residents had a lovely afternoon, which was then followed by watching the live Wimbledon match.
Wimbledon Fun!
Congratulations to Carlos Alcaraz on his Wimbledon Win! We have enjoyed two weeks of Wimbledon filled afternoons, and this weekend our residents enjoyed traditional strawberries and cream, Pimms and Cider served by our Activities Team, who have learnt a lot about tennis this fortnight! On to the next televised event, "The Proms" which we will be showing on selected days all the way through to September!
