Activities at Magnolia Court Care Home

Our Activities Coordinators work as a team by involving staff and relatives in the activities sessions. They implement and plan activities tailored to residents' likes, dislikes, beliefs and life stories. Lots of people choose to place loved ones in Magnolia Court because of our reputation for hosting great activities all year long!

Enriching life
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Tammie Comey

Activities Coordinator Lead

I joined Barchester in December 2019 as an Activities assistant and in February 2022 I became the Activities Lead at Magnolia Court Care Home. I am passionate about my role at Magnolia Court, I am a people person and nothing makes me happier than putting a smile on our Residents faces. It is a joy to work with such a great team, I am very happy to be a part of team Magnolia and look forward to meeting you soon!

Life-encriching activities booklet

Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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Activities and Events Partnerships

As part of our bespoke life-enrichment programmes, we host a number of live virtual events in the home on a regular basis through a number of partnerships with places of interest and world class performance companies

Life at Magnolia Court Care Home

Wallace Collection Museum visited residents at Magnolia Court.

Holly from the Wallace Collection Museum joined residents at Magnolia Court to exhibit and discuss a selection of paintings and prints from French Artists.

Reginal said it was interesting finding out more about the painters and their different styles.

 

Shopping at the Garden Centre.

Residents at Magnolia Court had enjoyed a lovely outing to Sunshine Garden Centre. We had a lovely day and enjoyed the good weather. We stocked up on seeds and bedding plants for our raised beds and pots and are looking forward to start sewing in preparation for our spring gardening session. 

Live Music on Mother Day!

Live Music on Mother Day!

Residents at Magnolia Court had a lovely day this afternoon with the violinist Chloe with her band and performed for the Residents. They thoroughly enjoyed it we also had a lovely singer named Jonny whom sang for all our mothers.

Ann White said "They were amazing and we are so looking forward hearing them play again."

Not such an ugly duckling!

Residents and team members at Magnolia Court love all sorts of different animals. So, we all were absolutely thrilled when Performing Pets came to visit us and brought a cute bunny and a baby duckling. They are such loving and loyal creatures!

Reginald said “they looked so pretty and would.be nice to have them around at all times”.

The baby duckling couldn’t stop chirping which made everyone laugh.

 

An afternoon of music at All Saints Church.

An afternoon of live music at All Saints.

Residents and team members at Magnolia Court Care Home enjoyed a wonderful afternoon of live music at All Saints Church in Childs Hill. 

Creating Music - an illustrated presentation by composer and pianist Penelope Thwaites exploring tracks from her recent album "From Five Continents".

Residents were delighted to have an opportunity to meet and char with Penelope after.

 

Pancake Day at Magnolia Court!

Pancake Day at Magnolia Court!

The staff and residents at Magnolia Court have been flipping and turning pancakes for Shrove Tuesday Pancake Day celebrations.

Magnolia Court has marked this year’s Pancake Day with a pancake making master class and of course, lots of pancakes to eat! Crischan chef at the home, flipped more than 100 pancakes, serving them up with sweet and savoury fillings for all the eager staff and residents.