Activities at Atfield House Care Home
Activities are an integral part of life at our care home. We want to ensure that the people we support have as much fun as possible during their time with us, so it’s important that our activities programme is created with the interests of residents in mind. Our skilled Activities Coordinators bring a certain uniqueness to the home that can’t be found anywhere else, and which is reflected in the activities they organise.
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 Atfield House Care Home
Tap Dance Performance
The residents of Atfield House watched in amazement, as Katie performed her breathtaking tap dance performance.
Residents joined in clapping and shaking their egg-shakers, while mesmerised by Katie's energetic and professional dance performance. Nobody wanted to miss out on this opportunity to see Katie dance to the beautiful and well-known songs from the good old days!
We all enjoyed yet another uplifting and fun afternoon in the first month of 2025!
Chinese New Year!
For Chinese new Year's Celebrations, Atfield House decorated the home with colourful displays of red and gold. We were entertained by two dancers, who performed a beautiful, energetic and serene dance with red streamers and another dance, as beautiful as the first one with green umbrellas.
The music for the dances was tranquil and peaceful Chinese music. Residents and visitors watched in attentive anticipation, as the two dancers glided with graceful movements and beautiful costumes over the dance floor. After the performance, the dancers then greeted residents in their rooms to wish them a happy Chinese New Year and also performed a dance in our courtyard unit, for the residents there.
The dancers enjoyed the opportunity to have a chat with all our residents. Happy Chinese New Year to all, may the year of the snake bring luck and fortune.
New Year's Concert at Atfield House!
Residents and family visitors enjoyed an energetic and beautiful start to the new year with a performance by the South Thames Trio. Many residents wanted to listen to music and more and more people streamed in and all the places were taken. They performed the Waltz of the Flowers by Tchaikovsky, Eine Kleine Nachtmusic, movement 1, a Jazz Suite by Shostakovich, amongst others. The music was beautifully performed and energetic.
The concert finished with a Hungarian dance by Brahms. After the performance, residents enjoyed a social exchange with the musicians, who trained at the Royal School of Music, where one of our respite residents also used to teach. As the pieces were well-known, everyone knew the melody already and enjoyed the music all the more!
The musicians said how much they loved playing at Atfield House for this lovely audience!
What an uplifting introduction to the new year 2025!
Theatre Performance of Little Red Riding Hood
Rah Rah theatre company group entertained our residents this Christmas time with a performance of Little Red Riding Hood.
Residents participated in the theatre performance and joined in with comments and suggestions, when prompted by the players. The performance was humorous and exciting and we watched how the wolf put on a scary dance and tried to frighten us, but to no avail.
The songs within the performance were catchy and so well known, that we all wanted to sing along. We Wish you a Merry Christmas finished this funny and humorous rendering of the story of Little Red Riding Hood. Family members went home safely, not wavering from the path, as we learnt in the story of Little Red Riding Hood.
Our residents also made sure to not be swayed from the path and enjoyed a well-deserved rest after this lively late afternoon performance. We thank the Rah Rah theatre company for visiting us again with another great performance this Christmas time.
Christmas Party
Our Christmas party at Atfield House this year was truly one of a kind.
Kind family members and residents were sharing the tables and made more and more room for more visitors. All possible places were occupied by these one of a kind people, chatting and enjoying the food that our chef had prepared.
This year our Christmas party was also a Christmas market and we had two stalls: one stall consisted of Madiha's handmade glass jewellery. Each piece was one of a kind and looked stunning in the light, changing its colours when turned.
For our second stall: Sally brought the paintings of her father, and our resident artist Stephen was delighted to sell more pieces of his original artwork. Many staff members took the opportunity to acquire some of his paintings!
It was wonderful to see so many family members and friends sharing these special moments with their loved ones and are looking forward to sharing more happy moments together in 2025!
Christmas Day at Atfield House
Atfield House was buzzing with Christmas spirit and festive cheer this Christmas day.
Already early in the morning, one could hear staff members wishing visitors a very Merry Christmas. Today many visitors streamed in through our doors, to wish their loved ones a Merry Christmas too!
The lounges and many rooms filled up with kind family visitors sitting around the beds and gathering around their loved ones! The Christmas tables were set and everything looked festive and beautiful.
Soon the special Christmas lunch will be served and our Chef will also appear. Many thanks to his hard work. I am so proud to be one of our staff members today, truly everyone is busy, making this day a special day to be part of at Atfield House.
Santa was also there and distributed his gifts from room to room, and person to person. He had a little helper with him who brought smiles to our residents faces. Merry Christmas to every one!
