Activities at Collingtree Park Care Home

Remembrance Sunday is such an important day and we were very lucky to have our friends from St Giles Church join us for a lovely remembrance service. All of our residents were moved by the service and paid their respect by laying their own poppy wreath followed by a two minute silence. Our Activities Coordinator wanted to make an extra special display and created a beautiful dress with individually cut out poppies. It truly was a morning to be remembered.    

Our Gentleman here at Collingtree Park all love to help out around the home, and never pass on the opportunity to do some DIY! This week we jazzed up a wooden dresser with some new knobs. Our residents loved getting stuck in and showing our maintenance man Simon how it’s done!

The Residents of Collingtree Park celebrated World Animal Day with a lovely visit from Animal Edutainment. Walter, Animal Edutaiment’s main ranger who is a keen animal lover brought along a variety of animals and provided an exciting handling workshop. Our activities Coordinator specifically choice a variety of animals that would provide the most stimulation for our residents. The animals that came to visit Collingtree Park included a Chinchilla, African Pygmy Hedgehog, Corn Snake, Herman’s Tortoise, Netherland Dward Rabbit, Lesser Tnerec, Tiger Salamander, Reticulated, Gargoyle Gecko and Australian Water Dragon. Our residents were fearless and did not hesitate to hold and touch the animals, one of our residents even said ‘If I kiss the frog will it turn into a prince’ which we all had a good giggle about. We are hoping Walter and the animals from Animal Edutainment will visit us again soon!

Martin the Music Man came to visit the residents here at Collingtree Park. Martin is always a huge hit with the residents, and brings along instruments for everyone to get involved. Whether it is playing an instrument, singing along or tapping their feet to the music, our residents always enjoy a variety of musical entertainment.

Here at Collingtree park we have many residents that are keen gardeners. When we cannot get out into our beautiful gardens with raised beds, we bring the garden indoors to enjoy green fingered fun. Our residents love getting their hands dirty potting Daffodils, Forget me Not’s and Herbs, which we all take great care in maintaining and monitoring the progress of their growth. Gardening is one of our favourite frequent activities and allows us to show our creative side.  

The residents of Collingtree park enjoyed a surprise visit from the Northampton Royal Marine Cadets and Sea Cadets. The Cadets quickly sprung into action helping make tea for the residents, and handing out the home-made cake prepared by our wonderful kitchen team. The Cadets also visited the residents who were in their rooms, to ensure no one missed out. During the visit our residents particularly enjoyed seeing the uniforms the cadets were wearing, which took them on a trip down memory lane reminiscing on the uniforms their family, friends or themselves used to wear.