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Newsletter April 2023

Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023

Hello everyone! We hope you are all well and healthy.341703838 976437506856827 4852214063209888440 n

Welcome to our first newsletter in 2023! We at St Winefride’s would like to let you all know what we have all been getting up to so far this year.

During January we took part in the BBC Birdwatch. We made some birdfeeders and have put seeds on the table regularly trying to attract different types of birds. We had the usual pigeons and seagulls visits. They enjoyed the pinecone feeders we made. We’ve also had the occasional magpie, also a few different birds had tried their luck. A few sparrows visit in the morning and even a robin has been spotted buy our eagle-eyed residents. We also had a visit from a fox who was seen (from a safe distance) enjoying running through the garden. 

We continue to get fantastic entertainers visit. We have had Shay who sings country and western, Tim West who with his guitar plays songs everyone loves; Kim and her lovely dresses and a wonderful voice gets everyone up and dancing and we also have Angela who brings in instruments & fun hats for everyone to enjoy and gets everyone moving and singing along. All the residents love them and the majority will sing and dance along to them all.

We have our wonderful art therapist (Joana) working with residents. Joana has helped some residents find their hidden talents. They also enjoy sitting and talking with her or expressing their emotions through art and creativity. For those who like more applicable art, it will be open opportunity to be creative by painting our garden furniture or join our fence painting project and bring more colors in everyone’s life to enjoy.
We have also enjoyed our cooking club where we have attempted sometimes very successfully making lots of cakes like banana bread and rock cakes (very nice) scones (not so great) and of course pancakes which they were able to cook and decorate themselves.341589925 181651504773312 8875151166780620400 n
We’ve also started planting some seeds for our garden although its still too cold to put them outside at the moment. We’ve started indoors, and some have started to sprout so hopefully we’ll have a bumper crop of tomatoes, cucumbers, beetroot and iceberg lettuce this year.

In February, we also had a meeting with the residents and changed our winter menu to spring menu from 1st of April. The feedback is just amazing and the plates coming back empty! This menu has a vegetarian option every day and our residents seem to love it.pork sausage casserole

We continue to have Kids Breakfast Club every morning. We see staff children popping in before and after school. They interact with residents and form intergenerational friendships.

Buddy is also doing a hard job. He comes to work every day and entertains everyone! Residents love spending time with him, giving him treats, taking him out for a walk to the garden and giving him so much needed pampering.

In April, we had duckling eggs. We watched them hatch and grow. The kids were teaching them to swim, and residents enjoyed cuddling them.342544065 760985325745377 4779452187000564434 n

We also had an Easter Egg Hunt party. All the children and some residents enjoyed hunting for chocolate eggs and then eating them. This was followed by a homemade buffet and drinks.343922085 735371494954290 1781392389082895550 n

This year we have refurbished our ground floor toilets, we put new non-slippery flooring in our kitchen and dining room. We are planning to change the flooring in the laundry room342224206 926636845258380 3545209774440728365 n and in the staff room.