Activities at Bryn Ivor Lodge Care Home

Wow, today's Gardening Club session was a blast! We had planted radishes two weeks ago, and today was the big day to move them into larger pots. Our residents were so careful while transplanting the plants and the atmosphere was electric with lively conversations. We heard some amazing stories from the past and got some fantastic gardening tips from our green-thumbed residents! Keeping our residents engaged in fun and meaningful activities is our top priority, and it's a great way to promote their social well-being. Plus, it's so much fun!

It was a full house when a choir from Cwmbran called “Baroque Singers” visited Residents of Bryn Ivor Lodge. The choir performed several well-known festive tunes and afterwards spent time getting to know Bryn Ivor Residents and enjoying hot chocolate and mince pies. It was a special visit for one of our Residents, Patrick, who used to be a member of the choir. When asked about the performance Patrick stated it was ‘fantastic!” and was delighted to have his picture taken with his old choir colleagues.

With Christmas in full swings Residents of Bryn Ivor Lodge decided to pay visit to their local Primary School. Marshfield Primary School put on a fantastic Christmas Show with children performing songs and dancing like professionals! After the show all children were gifted chocolate gold coins by our Residents. One of our Residents- Grace, a retired teacher, said it was such a pleasure to be back in school and see children smile and perform.

Community Engagement is very important to us and we pride ourselves at keeping in touch with local community, schools and businesses so we were very happy when the Head teacher, Mrs Lewis was invited residents to return for more shows after New Year.

On 12th of December Staff and Residents of Bryn Ivor Lodge dressed up in their festive outfits to celebrate Christmas Jumper Day. The cause: Raising money and awareness for Save The Children Charity. Each Staff member, as well as some of the Residents and their Family members paid £1 towards the cause. Save The Children is a charity supporting children in over 100 countries worldwide,  it helps with education, mental health, support& safe space.  We were very proud to support such an important cause and in total we have raised nearly £50!

Beautiful little ballerinas from En Pointe Theatre Arts School came to visit Bryn Ivor Lodge residents and perform their dance show. All girls, dressed in blue tutus for their winter-themed dance performance came with their parents to look around the home, dance and afterwards enjoy crafts with the residents.

Resident Jill Miles said “The girls were a joy to look at, so skilled at such young age!”. At the end of their visit each girl was gifted a Christmas bag filled with goodies as a thank you and well-done for their wonderful ballet skills.

Remembrance day and Remembrance Sunday in Bryn Ivor Lodge is being taken very seriously. Many of our Residents remember the events of II World War. On the 11th of November at 11am we held a service to commemorate all fallen soldiers during WW1, WW2 and all conflicts since. Our Residents gathered in Bistro area around a display made by Angela, one of our Residents, they read poems and held 2 minutes silence. On Remembrance Sunday we welcomed D-Day Dollies Duo who performed all war-time favourites, with many residents joining in a sing-a-long. Residents of Bryn Ivor Lodge were very content that such important occasion was commemorated by themselves and all staff.