Activities at Woodland View Care Home

We have really enjoyed having the children of our local community school Queen Boudica visit us each week, and we will real miss them all over the summer break. Residents have had so much fun, and made some lovely friendships, which we are hoping to continue next term. 

We have done so many fun activities together, which have included Sports Day, Decorating biscuits, Karaoke, Barchester ‘Get Moving’ challenge, Gardening Club, Sharing stories, and a very competitive game of Bingo! A huge thankyou to all the children and Teachers for making these visits possible, we can’t wait to see you all soon.

Residents have been taking part in lots of outdoor activities, and enjoying the warm weather lately, we have also been out and about in the community, and some residents have tried drinks they have never had before, such as cold frappes, chocolate, smoothies and mocktails, instead of their normal tea and coffees. 

Our Activities Assistants Sita and Zahra introduced these to residents while at The Barn Garden Centre, and Esquire Coffee House, and residents are now looking forward to recreating some of these drinks at Woodland View.

We had a fabulous celebration here at Woodland View, to mark 80 years of Victory over Europe. We made our own flags and decorated our beautiful home in red, white and blue. Our Head Chef made us a fantastic Victoria Sponge, and we all enjoyed a cup of tea!

D-Day Dolly ‘Kitty’ entertained residents, relatives and staff members with music from this era of celebration after the War, and everyone joined in by waving flags while singing the Vera Lynn classic “We’ll Meet Again”.

It was wonderful to mark this historical event, and share stories and memories with residents that remember the celebrations 80 years ago.

Today we had a fabulous intergenerational Easter Egg Hunt, with the wonderful Shannon and Emily of Chestnut Childminding and Little Starfish Childminding.

A lovely morning of different generations meeting, and having lots of fun. Children and residents followed clues throughout all communities, collecting eggs and stuffed animals. 

At the end of the hunt, the children all received a chocolate egg to take home. We love our visits with the children, and this session was so special! 

Today we had a fabulous intergenerational Easter Egg Hunt, with the wonderful Shannon and Emily of Chestnut Childminding and Little Starfish Childminding.

A lovely morning of different generations meeting, and having lots of fun. Children and residents followed clues throughout all communities, collecting eggs and stuffed animals. 

At the end of the hunt, the children all received a chocolate egg to take home. We love our visits with the children, and this session was so special! 

Today we took advantage of "National Beer Day" (US) and took ourselves off to the pub to celebrate as our minibus trip destination!

We went to the Dog & Pheasant, and had such a lovely welcome! We enjoyed an order of Beer, Espresso Martini, Elderflower Mojito, and coffee!

The sun is shining, and we all have a smile on our faces. What a lovely afternoon! 

We have loved getting out and about in the community lately, and this brighter weather has made it all the better! 

We have proven you're never too old to go on the swings or slides at Stanway Lakelands Centre. This was so much fun! 

We have enjoyed choosing plants for our garden, having some cake and coffee at Stanway Garden Centre and Filpots Garden Centre Café. We are so lucky to have our mini-bus, which allows us to have spontaneous trips within our local community.

We have had a lovely Nutrition and Hydration week here at Woodland View. Residents have made their own pizzas, which we shared with the children of Chestnut Childminding when they came for their after-school visit.

We made shortbread outside in the sun, which we enjoyed with our afternoon tea or coffee.

We made yummy smoothies, which we chopped and chose our own fruit, and we have found out some facts around why Nutrition and Hydration is important for our overall health, with facts and quizzes from the Oomph platform!

On Sunday To finish off our Nutrition and Hydration week, it would be rude not to indulge in an ice cream Sundae...on a Sunday! Our Head Chef took the sweet trolley around all communities and residents could choose from Kinder Bueno, Biscoff, Chocolate or Strawberry Sauce.

What a great week. Nutrition and Hydration week is one of our favourites!

Residents had a wonderful time celebrating pancake day here at Woodland View. We all had a turn flipping pancakes, and also decorating our yummy desserts. Residents could choose from: Chocolate Spread, Golden Syrup, Strawberries, Banana, Blueberries, or good old-fashioned lemon and sugar!

Residents were all included in decorating pancakes. Even if they wanted to stay in their rooms, our Activity Assistant ensured everyone got to join in the fun!

One of our residents enjoyed reminiscing: “I absolutely love pancake day. It takes me back to my childhood when my mother used to make us all pancakes, and we’d all wait in turn for ours hoping the batter would stretch to another.  We’ve had so much fun reminiscing and sharing our favourite recipes for fillings.