Posts by Milkwood Admin
Remembrance Day
Residents and staff marked the 2 minutes silence at 11am on Thursday 11th November. Gaye, Judith, Christine and Eileen coloured in a poppy each and we joined all the poppies to make a wreath and displayed it on a window in the conservatory.
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Some of our ladies painted poppies to commemorate Remembrance Day – they really seemed to enjoy this creative activity.
Read MoreChelsea Buns
Our residents had a great afternoon making Chelsea Buns, they were brilliant at kneading and rolling the dough, adding the raisins and cutting them perfectly! They also were great at sampling their creations!
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This afternoon, on popular request, we held an afternoon tea party! We joined together in our makeshift café area, where we had scones, cupcakes and cappuccinos, listening to Ed Sheeran (Josie’s request), whilst the room filled with the smell of coffee brewing to create the perfect café atmosphere.People requested scones, but one of our residents…
Read MoreArmistice Day
Resident’s John, Liz and David attended the local church at Ganarew for the Remembrance Sunday service.A poignant service at St Swithins Church followed the laying of wreaths which our residents and staff from The Orchard considerately attended.The service commemorated the contribution of British and Commonwealth military and civilian servicemen and women in the two World…
Read MoreVirtual Fireworks
With another weekend finished at Castleford House, we’ve been up to lots of fun things! We had a visit from our therapy dog, Ernie, and celebrated the 5th of November, virtually On Saturday Amelia came in on her weekend off to bring Ernie up to see everyone! As usual, his bouncy, friendly and funny personality…
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Our lovely residents have been showing their support for Remembrance Day. They have made Poppy wreaths for our heroes.
Read MoreBonfire Night
What a lovely evening ,all of our residents sat in the garden last night round the fire and had sparklers and enjoyed a mug of hot chocolate with chocolate stirrers made by our lovely staff Ranie, and had hot dogs and burgers for supper. Great evening had by all!
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Although November 5th was a little cold, it did not stop our residents braving the wind to enjoy sparklers, hots dogs and burgers.We also enjoyed marshmallows, which went down a treat!!
Read MoreWelsh Wordsearch
Here, our ladies are pictured busily completing the Welsh wordsearch that was in the last Mountains Peak newsletter. Rosa, Heather and Tahereh all completed the wordsearch correctly, and had lots of fun doing it!
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