Storytelling

Recently at The Orchard, we were very fortunate to have a storyteller come to the home to tell us some amazing stories. Ostin captivated us with his wonderful speaking voice and clever use of words, which certainly conjured up some vivid images in our heads. He kept us entertained with a beautiful poem (told to…

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Out & About

Even with a full programme of in-house activities, we have still found time to go out and about. Our ladies really enjoyed a trip to the local museum for a ‘Shoe Inside Out’ exhibition.

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St Patrick’s Day

Our St Patrick’s Day here at Ganarew consisted of some baking , decorating and of course sampling. We then had an afternoon of themed games.

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St David’s Day

Over the past two days we have celebrated St. David’s day here at Castleford! ✨We started our celebrations with an all-Welsh produce afternoon tea, as we boarded a virtual train ride that took us up the Welsh mountains 🚂To commemorate the “feast day of St. David” we headed to Raglan Castle for a picnic with…

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St David’s Day

We are the only Welsh Milkwood home, and of course we love to celebrate our patron saint. With the home adorned with Welsh dragon flags, residents and staff dressed in their finest Welsh red. We had a vase of daffodils on every window sill and male voice choirs sounding throughout the home via Alexa. We…

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Button Trees

Today we made Button trees 🌲🏵 which was different and fun with Rosemary, Vicky, Esme Sandra Barbara,Mary

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Wild Animals

We have been talking about wild animals and this has been reminding our residents of holidays and days out that they have had where they might have seen some of these. They enjoyed the cuddly versions

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Furr-ever Friends

We started the week off by spending time with our therapy animals, Billie and Ginny! We are incredibly blessed with the gentle and calming nature both animals have. It’s perfect in this environment to allow lots of fuss and cuddles Laura was over the moon to see her furry friends and was in awe of…

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Percy Pig Pancake Party

Because it’s Shrove Tuesday we celebrated traditionally, with lots of pancakes, but this year we put a twist on it! 🐷A Percy Pig themed pancake celebration (which was not influenced by any Percy Pig fans on Lifestyles 👀) seemed like an excellent idea, with delicious flavours of raspberry, white chocolate and cream 🍶We tried a…

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Bubbles at Lunchtime

Here at Ganarew House, we don’t need an excuse to have bubbles at lunchtime! Our ladies enjoyed a glass of fizz with their lunches!

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