Activities at Paternoster House Care Home
Our teams are trained to enrich the lives of residents through stimulating the mind, body and soul, and taking the time to learn about each person to ensure everyone receives support that adds enrichment to their life.
Our specialist activities staff are committed to organising a mix of activities and events for residents and the local community to get involved in, including trips out to local places of interest in our minibus and visits from entertainers and musicians. It is important to us that each individual who we support can get as much from these as possible, so we try our best to arrange activities that reflect their interests and capabilities as best as possible, and encourage them to participate in any way they can. We also encourage relatives to join with activities and events as often as they can.
Angela Hawkins
Hi my name is Angela, known as Angie, I joined Paternoster House in April 2016 as a care assistant, I have a passion for enriching our residents lives and being part of the Activities Team means I can help them achieve their dreams, keep them motivated and happy.
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 Paternoster House Care Home
Easter Celebrations Fun for All Ages
Today we celebrated Good Friday with a special Coffee Morning which included an activity table full of Arts’n’Crafts to keep the children busy while visiting their relatives.
Resident Diane was very keen to help hide all the Chicks & Bunnies for the children to find on the Easter Egg Hunt. The children were very exciting running around the gardens looking for the Easter Bunnies treats.
We judged the Easter Bonnet competition and it was Meadowlands who won with a very impressively decorated Bonnet. They were presented with a bag of chocolate eggs to share amongst themselves & residents. Well done Meadowlands!
We also drew the Easter Raffle. Many prizes were up for grabs but it was our resident Barbara who won first prize, she picked one of the biggest eggs.
Lastly the Easter Bunny made another appearance to distribute lots of chocolate to each community.
Ladies Lunch at the Queens Head
Life Enriching Week of Tailored Actvitites
This week our residents enjoyed a selection of activities. Here are just a few photos to highlight their week. Namaste, Aqua Painting, Boule.
Did you know our activities team create a weekly schedule of activities based on residents’ interests? Many of these activities are open to the local community to attend. Please call the activities team on 01992 787 202 to find out more.
Parachute Play in the Sunshine
We got the parachute out this afternoon and we had lots of fun and exercise in our garden.
Our resident’s challenge was to keep the balls inside the parachute whilst making large and small waves. Activities coordinator Cathy showed off her juggling skills whilst resident Norma demonstrated her tap dancing while remaining seated. They then enjoy a long cool drink after the exercises.
Sowing Seeds for Groundwork East
A huge thank you to Groundwork East for donating gardening equipment and seeds to our gardening club. Groundwork East inspires individuals to grow their own fruits and vegetables.
Our residents got very busy planting Sunflowers, Nasturtium, Courgettes and Runner beans. We couldn’t have chosen a sunnier day to spend in our garden.
Resident Len said “I will be out here every morning to water and monitor the plants". He then proceeded to do our gardeners job and water every other plant in the garden.
They residents remained in the garden while enjoying light refreshment’s and having a chit chat amongst themselves.
Easter Fun at Fire Station!
Our Residents had a wonderful time when they visited Waltham Abbey Fire Station with Easter Themed Arts’n’Crafts.
After George allowed them to have a go with the water hose, it was Dot who took up the challenge while Norma decided to climb into the Fire Engine Cab.
We'd like to send a massive thank you to the Essex County Fire and Rescue Service crew who gave our residents the unique opportunity to experience some of their amazing equipment!
These community coffee mornings are always special, we also send thanks to the Epping Forest District Council Community and Wellbeing Champions for helping to bring us all together.
Upcoming events
Professional's Networking Breakfast
Are you looking for a relaxed, inviting environment to network with local professionals? Join our General Manager on third Thursday each month for breakfast from 8.00am.
Community Coffee Mornings
Come along and meet new people while enjoying a chat over a hot drink and a selection of sweet treats every Friday from 10am-12 noon.
