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Festival of Colour week in Woodlands
Holi is a popular and significant Hindu festival celebrated as the “Festival of Colours, Love and Spring.” It is celebrated every year usually on the full moon day of the Hindu month of Phalguna, which typically falls in March. On Monday the residents enjoyed...
Welsh week in Woodlands
In our home we have residents that come from different parts of the nation, including Wales, so we enjoyed celebrating St David`s Day. We started our week with chair exercises. Gentle exercise is very important for the improvement of our residents mobility. Tuesday...
MARDI GRAS WEEK IN WOODLANDS
Mardi Gras (French: Fat Tuesday) is a festive day celebrated in France on Shrove Tuesday, which marks the close of the pre-lent season. This week we celebrated Mardi Gras in woodlands. We had word search, a Mardi Gras tea party, pancake tasting and many more...
WOODLANDS RESIDENTIAL HOME’S KITCHEN MAINTAINS ITS HIGH STANDARD OF BEING RATED 5 AND VERY GOOD
Woodlands had a routine but unannounced inspection on Friday 17th February by an Environmental Health Officer. We kept our proud tradition of being rated 5 and Very Good. This is the highest rating you can be awarded by the Food Standards Agency for kitchen food...
HILLBROW DIARY 13th February-19th February
Valentines at Hill Brow We started the week off with Gentle exercises! The best way to start the week! We had fun putting on our chef hat’s at cooking club! It’s good fun to bake and chat with friends! Love was in the air at Hillbrow on Valentine’s day! We had lots of...
Valentine’s week at Woodlands
This week we celebrated love at woodlands. For Valentine’s Day, we decorated our home and enjoyed many fun activities. On Monday, we started our day with an intellectual activity, “word search.” In the afternoon, we had a special Valentine’s tea party. Our chef had...
HILLBROW DIARY 6th February-12th February
Our new resident BH, enjoyed a chilly but sunny stroll around the gardens. The whole home was silent when the word searches came out. It was good to keep our minds active with Housework Word Association! Dementia Choir is FINALLY back! It was good to sing with new...
Home Cleaning Week in Woodlands
This week we had a very interesting theme, "home cleaning in woodlands." The residents helped with daily tasks, folding laundry, setting tables for lunch, helping with the tea round amongst other daily chores. The main purpose of the home cleaning themes is to...
FLOWERS AND FRIENDSHIP WEEK
We celebrated friendship and flowers in woodlands this week. We think of ourselves as a big family and also as best friends. The residents are always together and absolutely adore one another. This week, there were many interesting games and activities to join in,...