Activities at Newington Court Care Home
Our Activities Coordinator here at Newington Court constantly strives to mentally and physically stimulate those we support in our home. We have our own minibus enabling residents to go shopping, to the local garden centre, out for fish and chips, and for boat trips in the summer. We also have regular visits from the PAT dog, musicians and entertainers. We hold cheese and wine evenings for residents and their families and our residents attend services at the local school for Remembrance Day and Christmas. The junior school also come in and sing for our residents at Christmas. The residents also attended a Christmas Party held at a local Grammar School hosted by the students.
Jo English
I joined Newington Court in September 2021. After working as a Carer in September 2022 I became the Lead Activities Co-coordinator. It is a pleasure to care for our residents and make sure that their needs are met to the highest standards. Every day is different but it is a very rewarding job and gives a great sense of satisfaction. I am looking forward to ensuring that our residents are getting an enriched lifestyle and by getting to know them on a one-to-one basis making sure that we cater to everyone’s needs and interests.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
Read our brochure
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 Newington Court Care Home
VE Day
We like to observe special anniversaries at Newington Court and VE Day is no different. We reminisced about our own memories and celebrated in the garden with a few drinks, nibbles and music
Arts and Crafts
Following our sunflower theme this week, we have been painting our own sunflowers to display in our living rooms
Gardening Club
At Newington Court, now the weather is starting to improve, we like to do our bit in the garden. This year we are growing our own sunflowers and having a competition to see who can grow the tallest!
Easter
We love to bake at Newington Court and this Easter we made some Bird’s Nest Easter Cakes. We enjoyed them at our Easter party later in the day. On Easter Sunday we had a little wine with our traditional lamb dinner and were treated to an Easter Egg.
Grand Nationals
To mark the Grand National we had our own horse racing activity. We each owned a horse and answered a series of quiz questions before rolling the dice to proceed to the finish line. We had to be careful not to land on a forfeit square!
Mothering Sunday
This year for Mother's Day we had afternoon tea and listened to a jazz playlist. We reminisced about fond memories of our mothers and looked forward to visits from our children!
