Activities at Station Court Care Home

Staff and residents at Barchester’s Station Court Care Home have been having fantastic fun hiding Easter bunnies all over the place in Ashington for local children to find.

The staff and residents decided to challenge local children to find 12 Easter bunnies that are hiding in local shop windows in the town. The children need to write down the number of each bunny and where they have been found in order to take part in the Easter Bunny Hunt between 1st and 9th of April.

General Manager, Sarah Kelly, said: ‘’Residents have had so much fun visiting local shops to hide the bunnies and we are all looking forward to the children visiting with their completed forms and receiving their prizes and choosing one lucky winner for a eggstra special prize!’’

We had a brilliant day at our Red Nose Day fundraiser!

We all had fun dressing up for the event with friends and family joining us to sing and dance with live entertainment from the brilliant Chris Gilly.

Resident had fun judging our staff bake off as staff members battled it out for the ultimate award: best baker and we all had a barrel of laughs competing in fun red themed challenges in games. All in aid of a brilliant charity.

We Raised a grand total of £193, Thank you all who participated our event.

We have had a delicious week celebrating Nutrition and Hydration week and everyone’s been involved in the fun around food and drink.

On Monday we all got together for a brilliant breakfast, on Tuesday we had fun making our own fruit kebabs super snacks, on Wednesday ladies in baking club made energy balls and mixes for everyone to enjoy protein power, on Thursday we all enjoyed our ‘Vitamin bar’, fruity Friday was a hit with exotic fruits tasting, Saturday we made delicious smoothies and shakes and had fun tasting sessions with each other and last but not least on  Sunday we all got together for the mother of all tea parties and devoured delicious sweet and savoury bites and glasses of bubbly.

Each day we focused on one superfood and discussed the importance of maintaining a healthy food and fluid intake.

We had a brilliant morning with the weird, wacky and wonderful animals from Animal Antics, with children from Buzz learning and the mind active team joining us too!

We held all sorts of animals from mice to rabbits to the not so cuddly bearded dragons and hedgehogs and our brave residents even held a python snake! Animals are amazing for bringing comfort and joy and it was a brilliant way for generations to connect with each other

Across our services, our residents were treated to a special virtual sensory storytelling session.  Together with Art Historian Jon Sleigh and the Historic Royal Palaces community team, we explored several royal palaces through the theme of food, dining and celebration!

We enjoyed a fantastic taste-a-long experience from the comfort of our home, from Tudor treats to Stuart sweets. A lovely time was had by all.

Across our services we had a lovely time joining Mark Piesing for an exciting virtual event to discuss his book ‘N-4 Down: The Hunt for The Arctic Airship Italia’.

Our residents were thrilled to find out more about the book and the fascinating story of the world-famous exploring airship Italia, returning from the North Pole on May 24, 1928. The airship was struck by a terrible storm and crashed somewhere over the Arctic ice, triggering the largest polar rescue mission in history.

The virtual book club experience was truly enjoyed by all.