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
Woodland View has it covered!
Residents, friends, families and staff of Woodland View have been working as one team, knitting squares to make blankets.
Four blankets (so far!) as well as a couple of hand-made sweaters were presented to Roger Bullen (father of Catherine), ahead of his next trip to Namibia in February.
Roger returned following the presentation of the blankets and gave a talk on the work he and his wife, Linda, and the rest of his team and associated organisations have done and continue to do in Namibia, which is amazing!
To view a video of the presentation and to see the incredible work done by the Catherine Bullen Foundation, please click here.
Everyone at Woodland View wishes the Catherine Bullen Foundation continued success in all of its projects and congratulates its team members on all of the many incredible achievements to date.
Fun was on the cards!
Pupils from Queen Boudica Primary School visited Woodland View Care Home recently to join residents for a game of 'Play Your Cards Right.'
The one time hit show, starring Bruce Forsyth, is a popular weekly game and is hosted each week by Activities Coordinator, Kevin Riley. The pupils visit Woodland View once a fortnight, during term time, to join in the fun. As with the residents, the children really took to the game and now play in opposition against residents.
12 Days of Christmas
Please click here to read all about how we spent our Christmas here at Woodland View.
Employee of the Month - November
Woodland View Carer, Clare Leigh, was shocked but completely delighted to discover residents and staff had voted her as Employee of the Month for November.
Clare joined the Woodland View team on 17th June 2016 and has made such a positive impression that it was just a matter of time before she won this monthly award and recognition for her dedication and approach to her duties.
Christmas came early here at Woodland View
Barn plants of Colchester kindly donated a very large Christmas tree for the outside of our home, where many people can see and enjoy it, which was then decorated by residents.
Santa is truly on his way!
Residents at Woodland View were whisked away to St. John's Plant Centre in Clacton-on-Sea, where one of the biggest displays of Christmas gifts and everything associated could be found.
They had their picture taken in front of a band of animated dancing bears, which had them enthralled, and they really didn't want to leave and head back to the minbus.
It was a real winter wonderland!
