June News 2021

Well, June started fairly wet, great for the gardens though. In ‘Gardener’s Club’ we have planted up troughs and the hanging baskets, we have also planted some seeds in pots for later in the year.

In our Arts & Craft class we have drawn summer flowers, the river Stour, the garden and also Wild Orchids. We made thank you cards for members of staff that have helped us and gone over and above to keep us safe through the last eighteen months.

We have managed trips out to Deal, Preston garden centre, Westgate-on-Sea, Ramsgate and Cliffsend nature reserve. Needless to say all destinations where you can have ice cream. On days that we we couldn’t get out, ‘Film Club’ presented The Red Baron, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, A Star is Born among others.

On Cupcake day, we baked in aid of the Alzheimer’s Society and combined it with a Rock & Roll Karaoke, which was enjoyed by all. International Children’s Day coincided with International milk day so we celebrated both by creating our own milkshakes and sandwiches.

Taste it Tuesday and Fizzy Friday had us travelling to Argentina, Thailand, Jamaica, Peru, France and Italy. We combined this with a travel the world quiz on those countries. This was all helped down with Italian wine, Ginger beer, Gin punch, Shandy and Vodkas and lemonade. Apart from baking cupcakes we have made almond cake and vanilla cakes.

In our sensory activities we had guess the taste and smell of items of food and drink, we included English wine tasting day in with this. We recognised the Carer’s Week with the staff who take care of us. All Carer’s, all over the country, have been exceptional over the past eighteen months. We have held several befriending services along with a Church service and residents meeting. The poetry club got together to read and discussed poetry.

John Betjeman is a favourite and Pam Ayers as they can be very funny. We celebrated Fathers Day on 20th June and a lot of our gentlemen were really spoilt, lots of chocolates. We have had sing alongs with the staff and played some Bingo.

All in all June has been a busy month. Looking forward to seeing what July holds for us.

Well the last couple of months have been quite strange weather wise. The variety of flowers and buds in the garden have taken their time to appear and snow showers and frost has not helped.

We have been warm and cosy in doors and kept busy watching, making and doing. We have celebrated three saints days, St Patrick of Ireland, St George of England and St David of Wales.  The Saints days were celebrated with quizzes and an art class on all things Irish, English and Welsh.

Easter came at the beginning of April and we decorated bonnets, eggs and cakes. We have been lucky to have an Easter church service and befriending service. April Fools day we had an afternoon of telling funny stories, jokes and singing.

We have baked fruit cake, St Patricks day cup cakes, coffee cake, cheese straws, vegetable pizza, sausage rolls, vanilla and chocolate biscuits, Victoria sponge and almond cake all very delicious. We have had a variety of films during the last two months. Anastasia, mystery at Wentworth Castle, Battle of Britain, The Pride and the Passion to name but a few.

We celebrated International Women’s Day and Mothering Sunday with a cream tea and entertainment with Drago Music.  Red Nose Day we had a quiz and an 80’s music karaoke. We played a sensory game where we had to guess the smells which was great fun. We quizzed on International Women’s Day and painted what we thought represented Earth Day.

We had a Sunday poetry day and discussed poets and their work. We celebrated Queen Elizabeth’s birthday with a quiz about her long life and events within that time.  Needless to say we have had ‘Taste it Tuesday’ and ‘Fizzy Friday’ with delicious treats from Poland, India, Japan, Turkey, Germany, Spain, France, Algeria and America. Fizzy Friday had us sampling Moscow Mule, Whisky Sour, Mimosas, German Hock and lots more. Arts and crafts we made daffodils to place on a painted background and created an Easter Chick from decorated napkins.

We have managed the gardening club between showers so we are a bit behind with our planting. Finally we had a residents meeting to discuss any concerns we may have about our home life, activities, food and anything else that comes up.

Looking forward to warmer weather so we can get in the garden.

Here we are at the end of May.

Things are beginning to bloom but it’s all a bit slow this year. We have managed to get out and about, at last, in the mini-bus. We’ve been to the Cliffsend nature reserve, Ramsgate Beach, Ramsgate harbour and Minis Bay. It’s always ice cream all round on these occasions.

We have baked chocolate biscuits, almond cake, vol-au-vents, ham and cheese puff pastry parcels, sausage rolls, carrot cake and Victoria sponge.

‘Taste it Tuesday’ had us tasting the food of Canada, Vietnam and Indonesia. There may be a travel ban but we are managing to taste the culinary delights of far flung countries while still at home, the imagination runs riot. This was all washed down with Pimm’s, lemon and lime fizz and raspberry coolers.

In Arts and Crafts we painted a May Pole for May Day and attached ribbons. We also painted pictures about VE Day, Bluebells, Ducks and things found on the Beach. We have been busy in the green house potting plants, a variety of flowers, ready for the garden.

We have played a sensory smelling game with herbs and fruit, which was great fun. We had an afternoon creating our own sandwich’s and smoothies which was interesting.

We had a VE Day Anniversary tea party with an 80’s music theme. All in all a great time was had by all.

February started very wet and windy, we are waiting for the time we can get into the garden and a bit more normality to our lives. We have been busy with our arts and crafts club. We have been drawing Daffodils in a vase along with other spring flowers and winter trees coming in to bud.

In the cookery club we have made Nutella Butterfly cup cakes, cherry cake, chocolate chip cakes, vanilla and chocolate biscuits and banana cake. We celebrated Shoves Tuesday with blueberry ( the healthy option), chocolate, honey and chocolate spread and the original lemon and sugar pancakes.

The staff had a pancake race which was very entertaining. Still on the subject of food, ‘Taste it Tuesday’ saw us enjoying Peruvian, Chinese and Turkish food, as usual the catering staff excelled. ‘Fizzy Friday’ we had coconut rum and coke, orange and white wine spritzers, Coca Cola and raspberry mohito’s. In the entertainment department we all got singing to an 80’s karaoke and an Abba music karaoke which is always a favourite.

We always enjoy our film afternoons watching classics like the 49 Steps, Where Angels fear to tread, The Desperadoes and many more and the popcorn always goes down well. The clocks go forward next month, which means having those wonderful long and hopefully warm evenings.

Well after one of the strangest and challenging years we have experienced so far as a community we have entered 2021 with the hope of returning to some form of normality . There is light at the end of the tunnel as we continue with our vaccination programme of residents and staff.

It has been, for us all, a period of unknown and few certainties but the residents have shown their resilience and determination through this time and our amazing team have not let us down in their dedication and commitment and for this we thank them.

In less than 5 weeks, it will be March. Daffodils, sunshine and warmer longer days greet us and we can once again celebrate the small joys together when we can get in to the garden and our outdoor activity programme can get back into full swing.

In the meantime we continue to enjoy our varied programme of games, singing and food!! Although there is a way to go, till some form of normal returns, we all feel very positive about 2021. We wish you all a happy safe New Year.

Well here we are in December and Christmas is only round the corner. We have two months worth of activities to get through and we have been really busy. We have baked, indulging in shortbread biscuits, apple crumble, Polish cheesecake, fruit sponge, vanilla cupcakes and Halloween decorated cakes.

‘Taste it Tuesday’ had us visiting Italy, Poland, Czech Republic, Asia, Argentinia, Japan, Germany and Romania. It was very delicious and a wide and varying range of flavours.

To wash it all down ‘Fizzy Friday’ had us sampling Watermelon Juice, Orange Prosecco, Banana Milkshakes, Strawberry Lemonade, Coconut infused Rum and Coke and lastly Pimms. It seems we spend our entire days eating and drinking.

We have recently started a new club which involves, yes more food, Cheese and Wine from different countries. So far we have sampled French and Italian cheeses and wines. We celebrated Halloween, you can see the pictures on the Website, which was great fun and we played games.

In arts and crafts we have been creative making leaf decorations from salt dough. We made a group picture of Halloween pumpkins from a potato stencil. Our stain glass window of a tree was very good, using tissue paper as the glass. We individually made autumn leaf pictures and Halloween pictures and decorations.

We watched several movies over the last couple of months in Film Club, Goodnight Mr Tom with John Thaw, Seven Brides for Seven Brother with Howard Keel and Jane Powell, The 39 Steps, Camelot with Vanessa Redgrave and Franco Nero and Robin Hood to name but a few. We had a church service which we always appreciate.

We celebrated Kindness Day and of coarse Remembrance Day and watched the service at the Cenotaph on the television. We had some fantastic fireworks to celebrate Guy Fawkes night with lots of whizz bangs. We put our brains to the test with two November related quizzes. One was to celebrate The Prince of Wales Birthday and the other a St Andrew’s Day Quiz. And to end the month we had a residents meeting to express any concerns we might have and discuss new ideas to keep us busy and food we might like to try. I expect we will be just as busy this month.

A fantastic donation has been made to The British Legion on behalf of the residents and staff at Littlebourne House of £150

We know we are nearer to autumn as the mornings are getting chilly And the leaves are turning in to those beautiful warm golden colours.

We have all been busy this month. In our baking club we have made cakes, sausage rolls and scones. We have been on trips out to Ramsgate Beach and Minnis Bay. It’s lovely to see a change of scenery and the coast takes on a different prospective each time we go. On good days we can see the French coast really clearly.

There are always plenty of ships and tankers to look at. The catering staff have given us a real Asian journey with ‘Taste it Tuesday’. We have visited 🇻🇳 Vietnam 🇨🇺 Cuba 🇮🇳 India and China 🇨🇳. It was all very delicious.

Fizzy Friday had us sampling watermelon/raspberry lemonade, coconut rum and coke, lime soda, straight rum and coke and spiced rum and coke. We felt as if we were in the Caribbean with the sun shinning.

We have watched a variety of 🎥 films in film club Ladies in Lavender - The Victors -  Chitty Chitty Bang Bang -Sherlock Holmes and the 49th Parallel to name but a few. We have had our usual hand massages and pampering sessions which we all enjoy. What delights will October bring?

Well here we are, at the end of August. The summer almost over, nights drawing in and that autumnal chill in the air. We have been busy this month with a variety of activities.

We have been out on the mini-bus to Minnis Bay, St Margaret’s Bay and Pegwell Bay, really lovely to blow the cobwebs away. Taste it Tuesday had us visiting 🇷🇺 Russia, 🇯🇲 Jamaica, 🇹🇷 Turkey and 🇬🇷 Greece. We sampled beetroot soup, Hot Chicken and Rice, lamb Kebabs and Greek Yogurt and Honey just a few examples of the menu. Fizzy Friday we tried Passion Fruit Martini’s, Non Alcoholic Tropical Fizz, Classic 1940 Moscow Mule and a Sea Breeze.

We picked apples and lavender in our Gardening Club to use in our craft and cooking group. Our baking group made apple crumble, cheese scones, rocky road, jam tarts, fruit cake, cheese straws and mini-pizzas. After all that baking and eating we managed to fit in a couple of exercise sessions. In Arts and Crafts we made lavender bags and bouquets to use to raise money for Breast Cancer Day. We painted still life of flowers and sat in the garden to paint trees. We replicated the wall paper in the Brighton Pavillon and Prepared and painted Birthday cards. Cinema Club we watched The Kings Speech, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Guys and Dolls,  Mumma Mia and Hello Dolly to name but a few. In between all these activities we have had a crafty nap.

We have had some wonderful weather during June, really hot days. We have been in the garden making the most of the sun and soaking up that vitamin D. The gardening club planted up pots with sage, mint and lavender, hopefully the kitchen will make use of them once they are established.

We have baked cakes, coconut, chocolate cornflake cakes, Rocky road and fruit cake. Our art classes were inspired by the sea this month. We painted Pictures of dolphins and jellyfish on paper plates, which made a wonderful display in the lounge. The cinema club showed a mixture of films such as, Samson and Delilah, Return of the Musketeers, 49th Parallel, Anastasia to name but a few.

We sampled Whisky punch, white wine spritzer, fizzy apple and orange, beer and fizzy blackberry on ‘Fizzy Friday’. ‘Taste it Tuesday’ we visited France🇫🇷 and and had French cheese selection with baguette, grapes and French wine. We had Jamaican 🇯🇲 jerk chicken, rice, crackers and super malt beer. Across to Asia for a Thai 🇹🇭Red curry, rice and Singha beer and lastly back to Italy 🇮🇹for spaghetti bolognese, pizza and Italian chianti. It was all very tasty and enjoyed by all of us. We had a trip out on the mini-bus to Ramsgate which was most enjoyable. For those of us who can’t get about as much we had hand massages and seated exercise classes that help keep us going after all that food and drink.

We kept the ‘Little Grey Cells’ active with quizzes and board games as we know it’s important to keep the brain active as well as the body.

What a wonderfully hot July we have had. It’s been glorious, just a shame we can’t go anywhere. But that does not mean to say we have not been busy.

We have travelled afar on our   ‘Taste it Tuesday’. We took in Australia, Czeck Republic, Peru and Hungary. We sampled the delights of these far flung countries and again the catering staff excelled themselves. Not only did we taste the food but we discussed the country’s and then had a quiz to see how much we had absorbed. We have been entertained by the staff. We had a Karaoke, staff members singing ABBA songs for us and we joined in. We have had our usual arts and crafts and quizzes to keep the brain active.

We had a Church Service, for which we are always grateful, as we know how stretched our church is, not having a village Vicar and we appreciate the time that they give to us. We had a residents meeting, a chance to discuss matters that may concern us and to put forward ideas that we would like to see implemented in the future. We have had trips out on the Mini-Bus which blows the cobwebs away.

We have a new Summer House which is much larger than the old one and can accommodate more people. Fizzy Friday had sampling cocktails of the alcoholic and non-alcoholic variety. Really it’s all go, and it’s wonderful that we are kept on our toes.

Well we are well in to Spring now. We are still in lockdown though but at least the weather has been wonderful and we can make the most of the beautiful garden that we have.

With no visitors coming and going we have been kept occupied with an array of activities. ‘Taste it Tuesday’ has seen us visiting Canada, Cuba, Vietnam and Indonesia, very different flavours and unusual food from Canada, bacon and pancakes?  Fizzy Friday we tested Pimms’s with lemonade, Sangria with lemon and lime and gin with a choice of tonic, lemon or orangeade. Film Club saw some old favourites and some new arrivals but the popcorn was the same.

We celebrated VE Day, which we all remembered. At 10.30 we had a briefing on the days activities. We started with a VE Day quiz, just to make sure ‘Those Little Grey Cells’ we’re working. This was followed by a Fish and Chip lunch for us and staff. After lunch we were entertained by Mandy Reynolds and at 3pm we all sat down for afternoon tea a great day was had by all and many memories came back to a lot of us. 

Those that could, took part in the Residents meeting to discuss any worries that we might have, especially at these uncertain times. We are continuing to Face Time our families and phone them, which we all feel is very helpful and keeps us close. In our baking club we made vanilla cup-cakes, rice crispy cakes, coffee cake and scones. As the weather has been so good we have had many garden games. Hoopla, giant naughts and crosses and dominoes, croquet and numerous seated ball games. The gardening club were in action repotting their carnations and placing them out for all to see. And the art class got us painting a sunflower field and using balloons as flowers, we painted a vase of balloons.

We used potato stencils to make pictures of butterflies and dandelions. For those of us who can’t join in with activities, we had hand massages and manicures, there is never a dull moment. We look forward to the day that the world comes back to some normality.

In the meantime you keep safe as we will.

Well we are still in Lockdown but keeping busy. The weather has been lovely so plenty of time spent in the garden. We have taken up reading the newspapers together, just so we can get an idea of what the rest of the world is doing during these extraordinary times.

We are still ‘Face Timing’ family members and talking on the phone. We have had our usual mix of arts and crafts, baking, bingo and quiz’s. Our exercise classes with Tony, Georgia and Pattie have kept us moving.

Our singing voices were put to the test with an ABBA karaoke. We have had film afternoons, with some old favourites and treated to manicures and hand massages. We have been in the garden with the gardening club and the greenhouse is coming on a treat with tomatoes. We have had a church service but because of Lockdown it was conducted by Home Staff.

We do pray that everyone keeps safe. All of the staff are doing a wonderful job and let’s keep our fingers crossed that ‘The Virus’ is soon no longer with us.

Well, here we are and March already behind us. We have been busy, even with the restrictions on the home with the Coronavirus. We managed to get two trips out to the ‘Tulip Tea Room’ and Deal Sea Front before we went in to self isolation. All the staff are working incredibly hard to keep our minds and bodies active in these uncertain times.

The alcoholic drinks on ‘Fizzy Friday’ are certainly doing the trick to keep ‘our spirits’ up. We have sampled Vodkas and tonic, red wine, Prosecco and orange fizz, beer, fruit punch and banana milkshake’s to name but a few.

Even though we can not leave the home we have visited Asia, Poland, Ireland, Japan and Turkey on ‘Taste it Tuesday’. This included St Patrick’s day, which we celebrated in fine style. As usual the catering staff excel themselves to give us the delights of food from different countries.

We have had exercise classes to keep us moving and our usual creative art, games and gardening activities.

Film club presented us with a variety of movies including, Gallipoli, The Inn if the Sixth Happiness, How to catch a Thief and many more. We have missed our singing entertainment, from our usual talented artists of the area but I’m sure they will be back when when everything is back to normal.

Meanwhile keep safe everyone.

COVID - 19 Update:

Due to the risk to our residents we are no longer having external entertainment, however for the foreseeable future we will be increasing our in house entertainment.

Coming soon our weekly blog

Well here we are the start of a new decade. With the Christmas and New Year festivities out of the way it’s  business as usual. Our old musical friends Jon Beetham, Tom Abraham’s, Chris Field, Jasmine, Geoff Stephens, Stella and ole favourite Glenda have sung and played in the start of the year. We enjoyed, as always, the Church service,  conducted by the village elders, which we appreciate very much as we haven’t, at this time, a permanent Vicar.

We have been out and about on ‘Tony’s Tours’, weather permitting. We visited Preston Tea Gardens, Gibson’s Farm Shop, The Tadpole Tea room and MamaFeelGood’s. We ventured further a field with ‘Taste It Tuesday’. Tasting the delights of Algeria, Greece, The Czech Republic and the United States of America. Fizzy Friday we toasted Sangria, Fruit Smoothie, Wine, Lemon and Lime Bellini, Shandy, Prosecco and White Wine Spritzer.

We had all our usual arts, crafts, baking, hand massage and bingo, which keeps us all busy. We are looking forward to getting back to the gardening club when the weather improves. We finished the month with a residents meeting to plan what we would like to do in 2020.

Well February was a wet one. We kept an eye on the river and the cellar to see if we needed to hand out life jackets. Joking apart it’s been quite miserable on the outside but inside we have been very busy to make up for the weather. We have visited Peru, Russia, and Jamaica on ‘Taste it Tuesday’ and off coarse we celebrated Pancake Day and the staff raced each other while tossing their pancakes. ‘Fizzy Friday’ had us tasting Bucks Fizz, Shandy, Prosecco, Strawberry-lemonade and Guineas.

Even with the rain we managed to have trips out when the sun shone. We took trips too the Elam Valley vin yard and the valley itself is very beautiful. Preston garden Centre is always a favourite and they do very good tea and cake. We also tried the Tulip tea rooms in Bridge and I’m sure we will revisit in the coming months.

The Film afternoon saw some old favourites. The Kings Speech, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Top Hat and many more. We have been entertained by Chris Field, Geoff Stephens, Jon Beetham, Jasmine, old favourite Glenda and a special Valentines Day sing along with Mandy Reynolds. We joined the over 60’s club at Littlebourne village hall for a Bingo afternoon with a very delicious tea.

We had a residents meeting to discuss any concerns, things we would like to do in the coming months and menu changes. Once again we are grateful to the Church elders who give their time up to come in an hold a service for us. We can only hope the weather improves and we can, in the coming months, get out in to the garden with our gardening club,  roll on summer.

We entered the Christmas month with a choir who sang beautifully and we all joined in which got us in to the ‘Festive Spirit’. We enjoyed parties throughout the month. We were invited to join the children at Littlebourne CofE Primary School for their festivities which was wonderful. And of course or own home party in which relatives and staff enjoyed a splendid buffet and entertainment. The catering staff always put on a great feast for us and work really hard to ensure we enjoy ourselves. Jasmine entertained us with her singing and we joined in with the songs, we also had a fabulous raffle with lots of prizes. It was especially lovely watching residents grandchildren enjoying the time with us.

Our usual ‘Taste it Tuesday’ had us visit France, Greece and Egypt. Our Fizzy Fridays where mainly Prosecco based as it was Christmas so we had a lot of bubbles. At the cinema club, we watched Festive based films such as, Miracle on 34th Street, The Snowman, Meet me in St Louis along with many others. The months musical entertainment saw Glenda, Geoff Stevens, Tom Abraham’s, Jon Beetham and Chris Fields singing Carols and the Littlebourne Brownie Group came in to see us as well.

Christmas dinner was delicious, and we were joined by staff and residents relatives so as you can imagine there were lots of us and again the kitchen staff excelled. Santa Claus came and we all had a bag of goodies, distributed by Santa’s little helpers. We now look forward to 2020, a new decade, a new year with different challenges.

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year.

Well November started with a ‘Bang’. The fireworks were wonderful and we all really enjoyed them and we had the added musical entertainment of Glenda, who is always a favourite. We have carried on the musical theme this month with a Staff/Resident Karaoke and entertained by Geoff Stephens, Alan Harry, Tom Abrahams and Jon Beetham, who always get us singing and dancing. We had a church service, which is always appreciated, that our local Lay Preachers take the time to fit us in.

We also reflected the past conflicts on Remembrance Sunday. ‘Taste it Tuesday’ we travelled to Argentina, Japan, Belgium, Romania and Germany, which our German residents loved. ‘Fizzy Friday’ had us tasting gin and tonic, raspberry lemonade, fizzy mango, sparkling rose and grapefruit, pina coladas, passion fruit martini, fruit punch and sparkling lemonade and lime. We have had a variety of films to watch on our Cinema afternoons. The King and I, Top Hat, Sherlock Holmes and many more.

‘Tony’s Trips Out’ took us to Mama Feel Goods coffee shop, Preston Garden Centre, always good for a cuppa and Chatham garden centre. We were entertained by a very agile Belly Dancer and some of us attempted to replicate the moves. We finished the month with a residents meeting to discuss any concerns that we may have and projects we would like to see in the future. We are looking forward to the Festive Cheer of December

October, the Witching month and what fun we had carving our pumpkins and the designs were amazing. It’s been rather a wet month and the garden is looking really autumnal now even though there are still patches of colour where the last of the flowers are still in bloom. We have had our arts and craft days and been very creative in our work. Our usual musical entertainers have been in. Tom, Chris, Glenda, Jon, Geoff, Jasmine and a new comer called Alan, they were all very good and we always enjoy a sing-a-long. Tony has taken us out on the mini-bus to visit the Spitfire museum at Manston airport, the Chillingham tea rooms, Preston Garden Centre and the Tadpole Tea room, which sounds like something out of Harry Potter. We have visited China, Italy, Poland, France and Asia on our ‘Taste it Tuesday’ all very delicious from our catering department. Fizzy Friday had us sampling Long Island iced Tea, pink Majito, cloudy Lemonade, Expresso martini’s, sparkling apple and raspberry lemonade with Bacardi, white wine spritzer’s, red wine and ice cream sodas. We watched Charlie Chaplin, Dr Zhivago, Norman Wisdom, Camelot, The 39 Steps and The Kings Speech to name but a few. We visited the village hall for bingo and afternoon tea, always lovely to catch up with our friends. Zoe held our gardening club and we discussed what we needed to do in the coming winter months in and out of the greenhouse. We held a residents meeting and had a church service where we gave thanks for the Harvest and the local farming community. We are looking forward to next month and Bonfire night. Before you know it The Festive Season will be upon us.

We are now at the end of the summer months and that autumnal nip is in the air.

The garden is still in bloom though and we are still managing to get out amongst the flowers during the day when it’s warm. We have had another busy month with visits to the Staple vineyard, Weatherspoons for fish and chips, Tadpole Coffee Shop, Mama Feelgood Coffee Shop and two trips to the village hall for an afternoon tea and bingo session. Further afield we have visited Vietnam, Cuba, India and Spain on our ‘Taste it Tuesday’ treat, all very flavoursome and once again the catering staff did a great job.

We have been entertained by our usual wonderful singers. Jon Beetham, Geoff Stephens, Chris Field, Glenda and Jasmine and her 60’s Divas, we always have a sing along with them. Our cinema club had some classic films on offer. Brief Encounter, Rebecca, The Man With The Golden Gun, and many more. We have had our usual ‘Arts and Crafts’, manicures, exercise classes, cooking and one-to-ones. Fizzy Friday had us sampling Mojitoes, Passion fruit Mojitoes, Pina Coladas, Passion Fruit Martinis, Pink Lemonade and for those who prefer not to have alcohol sampled non-alcoholic raspberry Mojitoes.

The staff, visitors and residents enjoyed fund raising for Macmillan by holding an afternoon tea and cake event. We ended the month with a residents meeting to air  any concerns we may have and to discuss what we would like to do in future months. Looking forward to what’s in store next month with Halloween high on the agenda.

The month of August, when the surrounding country side is waiting for the farmers to bring in the harvest. Our own gardening club have been busy in the greenhouse and on the raised bed bringing in our produce. We have had an abundance of tomatoes, rhubarb, runner beans and plants. We have been out and about with Tony on the Mini-bus to various destinations around the coast, a favourite is Deal where we have ice-creams along the beach.

The village hall has entertained us this month with afternoon tea and a Bingo afternoon which was really enjoyable. It’s lovely to meet residents of the village. We have had our usual musical entertainers. Jon, Tom, Glenda, Mandy, Geoff and Chris for a sing-song. The Arabic dancer returned to give us all another display of agility on the dance floor and we joined in with the percussion instruments. ‘Taste it Tuesday’ had the delights of the catering staff getting us to taste Thai, Italian, Pakistani and Australian Food which were all very delicious.

‘Fizzy Friday’ is always a treat. Gin and Tonics, Bucks Fizz, Shandy’s and Ice cream sodas. We have had cinema club, arts and crafts, painting, chair aerobics, quizzes and dance sessions, we do seem to cram in so much, keeping us on our toes. Our resident meeting went well, these are always useful for both residents and staff to put forward suggestions and concerns that may arise.

We had the Church Service for those who wished to attend and we are always grateful that they make time to come in to the home to allow us to have this service. Here’s looking forward to September, which I’m sure will be as full and entertaining.

This month on the 5th of April our lovely Resident Peggy turns 100 , she had a lovely cake and plenty of birthday cards, including a birthday card from the Queen to mark her centenary.

We would like to this opportunity to wish Peggy a very happy 100th birthday and heres to many more!

Garden Games / Geoff Stephens Entertainment

10.30 am GARDEN GAMES 2.00 pm GEOFF STEPHENS ENTERTAINMENT

Taste Tuesday

11.00 am RESIDENT’S MEETING 2.30 pm “TASTE TUESDAY” AND”TRAVEL THE WORLD” EGYPTIAN FOOD 3.30

Music Entertainment

2:30pm Geoff Stephens Classic 40's, 50's, 60's, Country, Irish and Easy Listening In a career spanning two decades Geoff Stephens w

Taste it Tuesday

2.30 pm Taste it Tuesday-Peruvian food, 3.00 pm Travel the world-information and quiz about Peru

Bingo at the War Memorial Hall

Every 3rd Thursday of the Month 2.00 pm Come along for a friendly game of bingo in the lounge. Refreshments included £1 entra

Taste it Tuesday

2.30 pm Taste it Tuesday-Russian food, 3.00 pm Travel the world-information and quiz about Russia

Music Entertainment

24th July 11.00 am (Wednesday) Chris Field music entertainment "Chris Field has been a professional singer ente

Taste it Tuesday & Residents Meeting

11 am Residents Meeting 2.30 pm Taste it Tuesday-Turkish food, 3.00 pm Travel the world-

Karaoke

3.00 pm (Thursday)  Staff Karaoke Staff Karaoke for the Residents (Main House)

Baking

10:30 am Baking sessions

Church Service

11:00 am Church Service

Bingo Afternoon

2:30 pm Bingo Afternoon

Exercise With Tony

10:30 am Exercises With Tony also 10:30 am Manicures

Minibus Trip

Tony's Tours mini bus trip at 2:30pm

Quiz

10:30 am Quiz  also  10:30 am Indi

Fizzy Friday

2:30 pm Fizzy Friday!   3:15 pm Singing and dancing with pom poms

Board Games & Exercises

10:20 am Exercises and Board Games   2:30 pm Quiz

Baking and Bingo

10:30 am Baking session   2:30 pm Bingo Afternoon

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Taste it Tuesday

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Blog Week 15

WEEK 15 BLOG This week included lots of old favourites, Bingo, Scrabble, Baking, Painting and some routine exercise. The

Monday Quiz

10.30 am QUIZ 10.30 am INDIVIDUAL WORK 10.30 am MANICURES 3.00 pm STAFF KARAOKE F

Taste it Tuesday

10.30 am TRIP BY MINIBUS 2.30 pm ‘TASTE IT TUESDAY’ HUNGARIAN FOOD 3.00 pm &l

Garden Games

10.30 am GARDEN GAMES 2.30 pm BINGO AFTERNOON 2.30 pm INDIVIDUAL WORK

Minibus Trip

10.30 am CARD/BOARD GAMES 10.30 am EXERCISES/GUESSING BOX WITH TONY 2.30 pm TRIP BY MINIBUS

Dancing with Pom Poms

10.30 am QUIZ 10.30 am MANICURES 2.30 pm ‘FIZZY FRIDAY’ 3.15

Baking and Garden Games

10.30 am BAKING SESSION 2.30 pm EXERCISES AND GARDEN GAMES WITH GEORGIA

Painting and Bingo

10.30 am PAINTING SESSION 2.30 pm BINGO AFTERNOON

Thursday 1st July

THURSDAY 1st JULY  10.30 am BAKING SESSION/PAINTING  2.30 pm GARDEN OR BOARD GAMES&

Friday 2nd July

FRIDAY 2nd JULY 10.30 am QUIZ 10.30 am MANICURES   2.30 pm ‘FI

Saturday 3rd July

SATURDAY 3rd JULY 10.30 am CHAIR YOGA/GUESSING BOX 2.30 pm BOARD GAMES   

Sunday 4th July

SUNDAY 4th JULY  10.30 am BAKING/PAINTING SESSION 2.30 pm BINGO AFTERNOON 

Tuesday 13th July

Tuesday 13th July   10:30 am Scrabble/Board Games 2:30 pm Taste it Tuesd

Wednesday 14th July

Wednesday 14th July   10:30 am Painting Session 2:30 pm Bingo Afternoon&

Thursday 15th July

Thursday 15th July   10:30 am Garden Club 10:30 am Quiz

Friday 16th July

Friday 16th July   10:00 am Trip Out 10:30 am Quiz 2

Saturday 17th July

Saturday 17th July   10:30 am Chair Yoga / Guessing Box 2:30 pm Garden o

Sunday 18th July

Sunday 18th July   10:30 am Baking Session 2:30 pm Bingo Afternoon

Saturday 24th June

Saturday 24th June   10:30 am Chair Yoga / Guessing Box 2:30 pm Bingo Af

Sunday 25th July

Sunday 25th July   10:30 am Baking Session 2:00 pm Church Service

Monday 26th July

Monday 26th July   10:30 am Quiz 2:00 pm Befriending Service

Tuesday 27th July

Tuesday 27th July   10:30 am Exercise Class 10:30 am Art Class

Wednesday 28th July

Wednesday 28th July   11:00 am Residents Meeting 2:30 pm Bingo

Thursday 29th July

Thursday 29th July   10:30 am Garden Club 2:00 pm Trip Out &l

Friday 30th July

Friday 30th July   National Cheesecake Day 10:30 am Quiz and Individual

Saturday 31st July

Saturday 31st July   10:30 am Chair Yoga / Guessing Game 2:30 pm Scrabbl

Exercises with Tony

10.30 am Exercises with Tony

Quiz

11.15 am Quiz

Fizzy Friday

Fizzy Friday experiencing fizzy drinks

summer Fair

Littlebourne House hold the Summer Fair on 2nd of June from 2pm - 5pm. Jasmine will entertain us by singing Jazz and Swing music. B

Quiz

10.30am Quiz in the Main House

Bingo

2.30 pm Bingo

Entertainment

Glenda is performing at 11.00 am

Taste it Tuesday

“TASTE TUESDAY” AND”TRAVEL THE WORLD” - Resdients will enjoy Chinese Food and discuss facts about China

session with Alexa

Resisdents will experience new technology - Alexa - to play their favourite music.

Church Service

11.00 am - Church Service

Film Afternoon

Film Afternoon at Main house at 2.00 pm

Baking

11.00 am - Baking in the Main House

Tony's Tours

Mini Bus outing with Tony in the afternoon  (weathe permitting)

Manicure

Manicure session in the morning.

Exercise With Tony

10.30 am Excercise session with Tony

Fizzy Friday

Tasting fizzy drinks in the afternoon.

Games and Painting

Resident's choice of games and painting session in the morning.

Bingo

Bingo afternoon

Art and Crafts

Art and Crafts session in the morning.

Taste it Tuesday

Experiencing French food and discussing information about France - 2.30 pm

session with Alexa

Residents play their own music using Alexa.

Baking

Baking in the morning

Exercise and Quiz

10.30am Exercise session and Quiz to follow

Tuck Shop

Tuck Shop round in the afternoon.

Film Afternoon

Residents' choice of movie afternoon

session with TOVERTAFEL

Our Magic Table - TOVERTAFEL  - another new technology for our residents to experience

Entertainment

Tom Abrahams is  performing in the morning

Tony's Tours

Mini Bus Outing with Tony (weather permitting)

Alzheimer's Society - Cup Cake Day

Raising funds for Alzheimer's Society - Cup Cake Day.  Staff participated by making cakes and cup cakes.

Exercise and Quiz

Exercise and Quiz to follow.

Manicure Session

Manicure session in the morning

Fizzy Friday

Having a tea party for fizzy friday

session with Alexa

Session with Alexa to play residents' favourite music.

Entertainment

Geoff is performing in the morning.

Bingo

Bingo Afternoon

session with TOVERTAFEL

TOVERTAFEL - our magic table with brain simulating games for residents. Another new technology to experience.

Entertainment

Jon Beetham performing in the morning

Film Afternoon

Film  Afternoon in the King William

Individual Work

Choice of residents' favourite activity

Art and Craft

Art and Craft morning

Tony's Tours

Afternoon outing on the mini bus with Tony

Exercise and Quiz

Exercise and Quiz with Tony

Fizzy Friday

Fizzy Friday Tea Party

Quiz

Quiz morning in the Main House

Bingo

Bingo Afternoon

Manicure

Manicure Morning

Taste it Tuesday

Experiencing Hungarian Foods and facts about Hungary

Residents Meeting

Monthly Residents Meeting in the morning

Tony's Tours

Outing with Tony (Weather Permitting)

Entertainment

Tom Abraham is performing in the morning

Tuck Shop

Tuck Shop round in the afternoon

Film Aftenoon

Film Afternoon in King William

session with TOVERTAFEL

Experiencing new technolgies - TOVERTAFEL - our magic table with brain simulating games

Entertainment

Kelly to entertain our residents in the morning

Fizzy Friday

Tea Party at 2.30pm

session with Alexa

Afternoon with Alexa, residents play their favourite songs.

Memorial Hall Afternoon Tea

4th June 2.00 pm (Tuesday) Littlebourne Memorial Village Hall-Tea Afternoon Every 1st Tuesday of the Month 2.00

Church Service

5th June 11.00 am (Wednesday) Church Service The Holy Communion service will be held monthly 11.00 a.m. for any

Garden Club

6th June 10.30 am (Thursday) Garden Club There are many studies on the benefits of gardening both for the mind

Music Entertainment

7th June 11.00 am (Friday) Chris Field "Chris Field has been a professional singer entertainer since 2005.

Choir

9th June 11.00 am (Sunday) CHOIR 2.00 pm

Music Entertainment

13th June 11.00 am (Thursday) Tom Abrahams “Thomas Abrahams is a gypsy jazz guitarist inspired by the gre

Music Entertainment

17th June 2.30 pm (Monday) Geoff Stephens Classic 40's, 50's, 60's, Country, Irish and Easy Listening I

Bingo at the War Memorial Hall

20th June 2.00 pm (Thursday) Bingo afternoon Village Hall Every 3rd Thursday of the Month 2.00 pm Tea/c

summer Fair

22ndJune 1.30 pm (Saturday) MANDY SUMMER FAIR (12.00 pm-3.00 pm) Now in my 20th year of singing professionally

Music Entertainment

26th June (Wednesday) 11.00 am Glenda Lovely singer, interact with The Residents, dressed costumes such as Snow

Residents Meeting

27th June 11.00 am (Thursday) Resident’s meeting

Tea Party

28th June 3.00 pm TEA PARTY including certificates for resident’s Bingo, Quiz winners and Exercise.

Blog Week 9

WEEK 9 BLOG Glorious spring sunshine all week saw lots of outdoor activities, from games, arts and crafts to an afternoon

Taste it Tuesday

Argentinian Food,   This week we will be travelling to Argentina on Taste it Tuesday samplin

Blog Week 10

WEEK 10 BLOG This week we had a real mixture of weather conditions. Sunshine and warmth turning to showery and windy weat

Church Service

11 am Church Service 

Taste it Tuesday

This week we are sampling delights from France.   With an afternoon of fun facts and a quiz&

Afternoon tea for The Queens Official Birthday

Afternoon tea to celebrate The Queens Official Birthday

Blog Week 11

WEEK 11 BLOG This week saw a return to chilly mornings and April showers. On the days that it was warm enough residents e

Taste it Tuesday

This week sees us travelling to Jamaica for Taste it Tuesday.   Followed by an afternoon of

Music Entertainment

2:00 pm Music Entertainment with Mandy 

Alzheimers Tea Party

3:15 pm tea party to support the Alzheimers Society   Baking to beat Dementia

Afternoon Tea for Fathers Day

2:30pm Afternoon tea for Fathers Day

Blog Week 12

WEEK 12 BLOG This week was a really busyone. The weather was kind and lots of activities were held outside. Taste it Tues

Taste it Tuesday

This week we sample the culinary flavours of Thailand, followed by our afternoon information and quiz

Tea Party

Afternoon Tea Party  at 2:30pm to celebrate the residents certificates

Taste it Tuesday

Travelling to Italy this week for Taste it Tuesday.   An afternoon of fun facts and a quiz a

Residents Meeting

This months residents meeting at 11:00 am

Thursday 3rd June

Thursday 3rd June:   10:40 am Garden Club  

Friday 4th June

Friday 4th June   National Cheese Day   10:

Saturday 5th June

Saturday 5th June   10:40 am Chair Yoga / Quiz 2:30 pm Board or Garden G

Sunday 6th June

Sunday 6th June   10:30 am Baking Session / Card Games 2:30 pm Bingo Aft

Monday 7th June

Monday 7th June   2:00 pm Trip Out 2:00 pm Befriending Service

Tuesday 8th June

Tuesday 8th June   Taste it Tuesday Thai Food  

Wednesday 9th June

Wednesday 9th June   2:30 pm Tuck Shop National Candy Month

Thursday 10th June

Thursday 10th June   10:40 am Garden Club 2:30pm Create Your Own Sarnie&

Friday 11th June

Friday 11th June   10:00 am Trip Out 3:00 pm Cupcake Day 

Monday 14th June

Monday 14th June 2:00 pm Befriending Service

Tuesday 15th June

Tuesday 15th June   Taste it Tuesday Jamaican Food National Beer Day

Wednesday 16th June

Wednesday 16th June   10:30 am Create Your Own Smoothie 2:00 pm Trip Out

Thursday 17th June

Thursday 17th June   10:40 am Garden Club 2:00 pm Trip Out &l

Sunday 20th June

Sunday 20th June   Fathers Day

Monday 21st June

Monday 21st June 10:30 am Quiz 2:00 pm Befriending Service 2:30 pm Exercise Class

Tuesday 22nd June

Tuesday 22nd June   10:00 am Trip Out 10:30 am Individual Work

Wednesday 23rd June

Wednesday 23rd June 11:00 am Residents Meeting 2:00 pm Trip Out 2:30 pm Bingo

Thursday 24th June

Thursday 24th June 10:30 am Individual Work 10:30 am Garden Club 2:30 pm Guess th

Friday 25th June

Friday 25th June   10:30 am Quiz 10:30 am Individual Work <

Saturday 26th June

Saturday 26th June   10:30 am Baking Club 2:30 pm Art Club / Painting<

Sunday 27th June

Sunday 27th June 10:30 am Chair Yoga / Quiz 2:30 pm Bingo (National Bingo Day)

Monday 28th June

Monday 28th June 10:30 am Quiz 2:00 pm Befriending Service 2:00 pm Trip Out

Tuesday 29th June

Tuesday 29th June   10.30 am POETRY CLUB   10.30 am INDIVIDUAL

Wednesday 30th June

WEDNESDAY 30th JUNE 10.30 am EXERCISE CLASS/QUIZ 2.30 pm BINGO AFTERNOON

Baking and Painting

Baking and Painting at 10.00 am

Exercises and Quiz

Exercises and Quiz at 10.30am with Tony

Taste it Tuesday and Travel the World

Tasting Australian food and exploring facts about the country

Church Service

Church Service at 11.00 am

Film Afternoon

Film Afternoon at 2.30 pm

Games and Painting

3.30 pm Games and Painting at Main House

Entertainment

Tom Abraham entertaining us at 11.00 am

Tours with Tony

Trip out with Tony in the afternooon. Weather permitting.

Quiz

11.15 am - Quiz

Fizzy Friday

2.30 pm Fizzy Friday - tasting different variety of Fizzy drinks

Quiz

10.30 am Quiz

Baking and Painting

10.30 am Baking and Painting

Taste it Tuesday

Experiencing Swedish food and discuss information of Sweden

Arts and Crafts

10.30 am - Arts and Crafts

Tuck Shop

2.30 pm Tuck Shop

Film Afternoon

2.30 pm - Film Afternoon

Games and Painting

10.30 am - Games and Painting

Tony's Tours

Tour out on the mini bus in the afternoon. Weather permitting.

Quiz

10.30 am  Quiz

Fizzy Friday

2.30pm - Tasting different fizzy drinks

sing-a-long

3.00 pm - Sing a long Session

Quiz

10.30 am - Quiz

Games and Painting

Games and Painting - Individual Work

Exercise and Quiz

10.30 am Exercise and Quiz with Tony

Taste it Tuesday

Tasting Turkish food and discussing information about Turkey

Board Games

3.30 pm Board Games

Arts and Crafts

10.30 am Arts and Crafts

Tuck Shop

2.30 pm Tuck Shop

Film Afternoon

2.30 pm Film Afternoon

Manicure

3.30 pm Manicure Sessions

Entertainment

11.00 am Jon Beetham entertaining us

Tony's Tours

2.30 pm Tour on mini bus with Tony. Weather Permitting.

Exercises with Tony

10.30 am Exercises with Tony

Fizzy Friday

2.30 pm Having a Tea Party for Fizzy Friday

Games and Painting

10.30 am Games and Painting - Individual Work

Quiz

10.30 am Quiz

Entertainment

11.00 am Geoff Stephens entertaining us

Taste it Tuesday

Tasting Polish food and discussing information about Polnad

Arts and Crafts

10.30 am Arts and Crafts

Board Games

3.30 pm Board Games

Games and Painting

10.30am Games and Painting

Tony's Tours

Tour on mini bus with Tony in the afternoon. Weather Permitting.

Exercise with Tony

10.30 - Exercise with Tony

Bingo

2.30 pm - Bingo

Entertainment

11.00 am Kelly the entertainer to sing for residents

Fizzy Friday

2.30 pm Fizzy Friday Tea Party

Quiz

10.30 am Quiz

Bingo

2.30 pm Bingo at Main House

Baking

10.30 am Baking

Taste it Tuesday

Experiencing Chinese food and discussing information about China

Residents Meeting

11.00 Residents' Meeting held by Tony

Film Afternoon

Film Afternoon at King William  

Arts and Crafts

10.30 am Arts and  Crafts

Tony's Tours

Trip out with Tony in the afternoon. Weather Permitting.

Church Service

The Holy Communion service will be held monthly 11.00 a.m. for any resident to attend. For Catholic residents, a priest visits the care home and pr

Garden Club

There are many studies on the benefits of gardening both for the mind and the body. Simply being outdoors and connecting with nature can have a cla

Music Entertainment

Jasmine sings the classics from the Rat Pack, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Nat King Cole et al. Swing along with the best hits includin

Music Entertainment

“Thomas Abrahams is a gypsy jazz guitarist inspired by the great maestro Django Reinhardt of Paris in the 30s and 40s. His performance includ

War Memorial Hall Afternoon Club

War Memorial afternoon club starts at 2pm

Music Entertainment

Music with Jon Beetham

Bingo at the War Memorial Hall

Do you fancy a chat, cup of tea and a friendly game of BINGO? Come along to the Lounge, every third Thursday in the month at 2pm.

Music Entertainment

Classic 40's, 50's, 60's, Country, Irish and Easy Listening In a career spanning two decades Geoff Stephens with his smooth velvet voice an

Chair Yoga

Chair Yoga with Jess involves gentle movement, yoga postures and breathing whilst seated in a chair. The seated postures help to improve mobility,

Chair Yoga

Chair Yoga with Jess involves gentle movement, yoga postures and breathing whilst seated in a chair. The seated postures help to improve mobility,

Music Entertainment

Chris Field with old time classics

Residents Meeting

Monthly residents meeting

Tea Party

Residents Tea Party, including certificates for resident’s Bingo, Scrabble, Quiz winners and Exercise, art/painting.

V.E. Day 75th Anniversary Celebrations

V.E. Day 75th Anniversary Music Entertainment in the garden.   We will be having some music

Blog Week 6

This week has seen the weather yet again being kind to us and everyone being able to enjoy activities in the garden. For those residents who

Blog Week 7

WEEK 7 BLOG   After the commemorative V.E. Day Celebrations this week has been a much quiete

Blog Week 8

WEEK 8 BLOG Another lovely sunny and warm week. Wednesday was especially hot. For those residents who enjoy the outdoors

Taste It Tuesday

This week sees our taste buds travelling to Indonesia. Followed by the travel the world quiz and facts about Indonesia<

Residents Meeting

Our monthly residents meeting will take place in the main house dining room at 11 am

Monday 3rd May

3rd May 2.00 pm Befriending Service

Tuesday 4th May

4th May 2.30 pm ‘Taste it Tuesday’ Canadian Food, 3.00 pm ‘Travel the w

Wednesday 5th May

5th May 11.00 am Church Service  2.30 pm ‘Tuck Shop’ 

Thursday 6th May

6th May 10.30 am Garden Club  10.30 am Sensory Game ‘Guess the taste’&am

Saturday 8th May

8th May VE Day Anniversary, Tea Party and 40’s-50’s Music/Sing Along Session 

Monday 10th may

10th May 2.00 pm Befriending Service 2.00 pm Trip out 

Tuesday 11th May

11th May 10:30 Exercise Class 10:30 Manicures 2.30 pm ‘Taste it Tuesday

Wednesday 12th May

12th May 10.30 am Poetry Club  10:30 Baking Session / Card Games 2:30 Bi

Thursday May 13th

13th May  10.30 am Garden Club  10:30 am Individual Work 2.30 p

Friday 14th May

Friday 14th May 10:30 am Quiz 10:30 am Individual Work 2:30 pm Fizzy Friday

Saturday 15th May

Saturday 15th May 10:30 am Baking Session / Call to Mind Game 2:30 pm Chair Yoga / Quiz &l

Sunday 16th May

Sunday 16th May 10:30 am Arts and Crafts / Painting 2:30 pm Bingo Afternoon &

Monday 17th May

17th May 2.00 pm Befriending Service 2.00 pm Trip out

Tuesday 18th May

18th May 2.30 pm ‘Taste it Tuesday’ Vietnamese Food, 3.00 pm ‘Travel th

Thursday May 20th

20th May 10.30 am INDIVIDUAL WORK  10.40 am GARDEN CLUB   

Friday 21st May

21st May 10.00 am TRIP OUT  10.30 am QUIZ 2.30 pm ‘FIZZY FRIDA

Saturday 22nd May

Saturday 22nd May 10.40 am CHAIR YOGA/QUIZ 2.30 pm ’CALL TO MIND’ GAME/BOARD GAME

Sunday 23rd May

Sunday 23rd May 10.30 am BAKING SESSION/PAINTING  2.30 pm BINGO AFTERNOON

Monday 24th May

24th May 10.30 am QUIZ 10.40 am INDIVIDUAL WORK/TOVERTAFEL 2.00 pm TELEPHONE BEFR

Tuesday 25th May

25th May 2.30 pm ‘Taste it Tuesday’ Indonesian Food, 10.40 am EXERCISE CLASS/GUES

Wednesday 26th May

26th May 10.30 am CREATE YOUR OWN SMOOTHIE  2.30 pm BINGO AFTERNOON 2.30

Thursday 27th May

27th May 11.00 am RESIDENTS MEETING 2.00 pm TRIP OUT   2.30 pm BOARD/CAR

Friday 28th May

28th May 10.00 am TRIP OUT  10.30 am QUIZ 2.30 pm ‘FIZZY FRIDA

Saturday 29th May

NATIONAL BISCUITS DAY  10.40 am CHAIR YOGA/QUIZ 2.30 pm BAKING SESSION/ ‘CALL TO M

Sunday 30th May

10.30 am ARTS AND CRAFTS/PAINTING    2.30 pm BINGO AFTERNOON

April Week 1 Blog

April Week 1 Blog: This week everyone enjoyed the lovely spring sunshine, we celebrated a residents 101st birthday and on

Easter Week Blog

This week residents and staff sampled food from Germany on Taste it Tuesday - Sauerkraut, Bratwurst and lots more which everyone enjoyed. We

Blog Week 3

This week after the busy Easter weekend we had a calmer start to our activities enjoying some stencilling and painting. Tuesday we tasted foo

Blog Week 4

This week we toasted the Queen’s 94th birthday with a glass of Bucks Fizz and we all joined in the National Anthem which seemed esp

Blog Week 5

This week saw us all celebrating May Day on the 1st. Traditionally this heralded the start of spring and new life where Morris Dancers joined

THURSDAY 1st APRIL

10.30 am ARTS AND CRAFTS 10.30 am SCRABBLE/BOARD GAMES 2.30 pm FOOL’S DAY

FRIDAY 2nd APRIL

10.30 am QUIZ 10.30 am INDIVIDUAL WORK 2.30 pm ‘FIZZY FRIDAY’

SATURDAY 3rd APRIL

10.30 am BAKING SESSION 11.20 am CHURCH SERVICE 2.30 pm BINGO AFTERNOON

SUNDAY 4th APRIL

  10.30 am DECORATING EASTER CAKE/’CALL TO MIND’  2.30 pm PAINT

MONDAY 5th April

EASTER Monday   Drago Music Entertainment 3.00 pm 

TUESDAY 6th April

2.30 pm ‘Taste it Tuesday’ French Food   3.30 pm 60’s Music Ka

WEDNESDAY 7th April

11.00 am Church Service 

TUESDAY 13th April

2.30 pm ‘Taste it Tuesday’ Spanish Food

THURSDAY 15th April

2.30 pm Cheese and Wine Club, Polish Cheese and Wine

TUESDAY 20th April

2.30 pm ‘Taste it Tuesday’ Algerian Food 

WEDNESDAY 21st April

Queen Elizabeth II Birthday

THURSDAY 22nd April

10.30 am EARTH DAY Painting/Quiz

FRIDAY 23rd April

St. George’s Day 10.30 am Quiz/Painting    3.00 pm Rock and Roll Karaoke&

TUESDAY 27th April

2.30 pm ‘Taste it Tuesday’ American Food

THURSDAY 29th April

11.00 am Residents Meeting

FRIDAY 30th April

2.45 pm Certificates/Singing

Entertainment

Tom Abraham is entertaining us again at 11.00 am

Bingo

Bingo afternoon in the Main House

Keep Fit

Excercise session with Tony at 10.30am

Fizzy Friday

We will be having a Tea Party for this weeks Fizzy Friday

st Davids Day

St Davids Day : Arts and Crafts, Baking and a Quiz. 

Music Entertainment

Music Entertainment with Glenda from 2:30pm

Music Entertainment

Music Entertainment with Tom Abrahams from 11:00 am Thomas Abrahams is a gypsy jazz guitarist inspired by the great maestro Django Reinhard

Music Entertainment

Music Entertainment with Jon Beetham from 11:00 am

Red Nose Day

Red Nose Day: Afternoon Tea Party, cakes

st Patricks Day

St Patricks Day, Arts and Crafts, Baking and a Quiz, followed by a special supper for the residents

Music Entertainment

Music Entertainment with Geoff Stephens from 2:30pm  to celebrate St Patricks Day Geoff Stephens Classic 40's, 50's, 60's, Cou

Music Entertainment

Music Entertainment with Chris Field from 11:00 am Chris Field has been a professional singer entertainer since 2005. Chris started

Tea Party

Tea Party for the residents, including certificates for Bingo and Quiz winners.

Garden Club

March GARDEN CLUB 10.30 am There are many studies on the benefits of gardening both for the mind and the body. Simply being outdoors and co

Chair Yoga

CHAIR YOGA WITH JESSICA Chair yoga is a modification of ‘traditional’ yoga, featuring poses that are adapted so that they can b

Mothering Sunday

Mothering Sunday, Music entertainment from 10:30

Music Entertainment

Music Entertainment with Jasmine from 10:30 am to celebrate Mothering Sunday Jasmine first came to prominence as a vibrant cocktail pianist

March Blog

With Littlebourne House not being open to visitors at this unprecedented time, our activities team are encouraging residents to take part in more i

Karaoke

8th March 10.30 am International Women’s Day-Quiz/Painting 2.00 pm Telephone

Taste It Tuesday

9th March 2.30 pm ‘Taste it Tuesday’ Polish Food (Tuesday)

Mothers Day

14th March 3.00 pm Mothering Sunday/Tea Party/Drago Music Entertainment 

Telephone Befriending Service

15th March 2.00 pm Telephone Befriending Service (Monday)

Taste It Tuesday

16th March 2.30 pm ‘Taste it Tuesday’ Irish Food (Tuesday)

St Patrick's Day

17th March 10.30 am St. Patrick’s Day-Quiz/Painting (Wednesday)  

Red Nose Day / Fizzy Friday

19th March 3.00 pm Red Nose Day-Tea Party/80’s Music Karaoke

Beginning of Spring

20th March Spring Begins (Saturday) 2.30 pm Virtual Choir 

Poetry Reading

21st March 2.30 pm Poetry Day/Reading Poems (Sunday) 

Telephone Befriending Service

22nd March 2.00 pm Telephone Befriending Service (Monday)

Taste It Tuesday

23rd March 2.30 pm ‘Taste it Tuesday’ Japanese Food (Tuesday)

Virtual Choir

27th March 2.30 pm Virtual Choir 

Telephone Befriending Service

29th March 2.00 pm Telephone Befriending Service (Monday)

Residents Meeting

30th March 11.00 am Residents meeting (Tuesday)

Film Afternoon

Film Afternoon at the King William

Tony's Tours

Residents will be touring with Tony in the afternoon. (Weather permitting)

Entertainment

Tom Abraham is entertaining us again at 11.00 am

Bingo

Bingo afternoon at the Main House

Keep Fit

Pilates with Debbie at 11.00 am

Fizzy Friday

We will be having a tea party for this week Fizzy Friday

Bingo

Bingo afternoon at Main House

Keep Fit

Excercise session with Tony at 10.30am

Taste Tuesday and Travel the World

We will be tasing American food this week

Resident's Meeting

Meeting with residents at 11.00 am  to discuss any concerns, any suggestions on  new activities/entertainment that they would like to ejo

Film Afternoon

Film Afternoon at King William

Tony's Tours

Residents will be touring with Tony in the afternoon

Taste It Tuesday Chinese New Year

Taste It Tuesday this week is in celebration of the chinese new year so we are having Chinese food

Music Entertainment

11:00 am Tom Abrahams joins us for our musical entertainment this week

Taste it Tuesday's

Taste it Tuesday this week takes in the delights of Peruvian Quisine

Music Entertainment

Chris Field is our music entertainment this valentines day

Taste it Tuesday's

Taste it Tuesday this week is set in Russia, with some delectible Russian quisine

Music Entertainment

Jon Beetham joins us this week to delight us with some music entertainment

Karaoke

Karaoke listening to the delights the staff and residents have instore for us.

Music Entertainment

Our last music entertainment of February is Geoff Stephens

Taste it Tuesday's

Taste it Tuesday is set in Jamaica this week

Tea - Party

Tea - Party for the residents, including certificates for residents bingo and the Quiz winners.

Music Entertainment

Music Entertainment with Chris Field from 11am

Taste it Tuesday

Taste It Tuesday this week we are trying Russian food.

Valentines Day

Valentines Day Celebrations with music from Mandy Reynolds

Music Entertainment

Music Entertainment with Geoff Stephens from 2:30pm

Taste it Tuesday

Taste it Tuesday this week sampling the delights of Jamaican food

Music Entertainment

Music Entrtainment with Jon Beetham from 11 am 

Music Entertainment

Music Entertianment with Glenda from 2:30pm

Pancake Day!

Pancake day race from 2:30pm

Residents Meeting

Monthly Residents meeting at 11am

Music Entertainment

Music Entertainment with Jasmine at 11am "Songs from the shows"

Bingo at the Village Hall

Bingo Afternooon in the village hall at 2:00 pm

Baking

4th February 10.30 am Baking-Nutella cookies (5th February World Nutella Day)

Karaoke

5th February 3.00 pm   80’s Music Karaoke 

Taste it Tuesday

9th February 2.30 pm   ‘Taste it Tuesday’ Chinese Food

Chinese New Year

12th February Chinese New Year-Quiz

Valentines Day

14th February 2.30 pm   Valentine’s day Tea Party/Singing

Taste it Tuesday

16th February 2.30 pm   ‘Taste it Tuesday’ Pancakes 

Taste it Tuesday

23rd February 2.30 pm   ‘Taste it Tuesday’ Turkish Food

Residents Meeting

25th February 11.00 am   Residents meeting

Karaoke

26th February 3.00 pm   ABBA Music Karaoke