Activities at South Chowdene Care Home

9th June saw people racing around from early on preparing for our Summer Fair. In actual fact, preparations had been ongoing for the full week before, with residents making various items for their very own sweet stall. They made, iced, displayed and manned the stall themselves and also helped with our other ‘home’ stalls – tombola, bric-a-brac, raffle, etc. In addition to all this, we had some great visiting stalls, a lively Irish dancing display and fantastic entertainment from Alfie Dobson, who had us up dancing and everybody singing along.

On 14th June, residents celebrated Cupcake Day by tasting a variety of different cupcakes and reminiscing about what they used to bake when they were younger. They talked about different ovens they used and how some of their children loved to ice the cupcakes and how sometimes the results of the baking session hardly lasted an hour! 

Over the last 10 days, residents and staff (and a fair few family members and friends) have watched eggs hatch and the chicks get to grips with their surroundings.

It has been a fascinating time and we are all amazed at how fast the chicks have developed. They have been a very active corner and caused a few bottlenecks, with people stopping to have a little chat with them.

Unfortunately, they have to go to the farm to spread their wings soon, but they have really brought the place to life.

The local primary school visited to draw the chicks and residents loved to see the children awed by them. The drawings were given to residents, who now have them up on their bedroom walls. 

Our Employee of the month for August was Care Assistant, Donna Sim.

Staff who nominated here feel that Donna always goes above and beyond in her role. Donna has a young child at home but still picks up numerous shifts to help her colleagues out.

We would like ot thank the following companies who donated to our Summer Fete:

We would also like to thank all the stall holders that came along:

Thank you to everyone who donated to the fete, large or small, and helped us to raise £649.80.

South Chowdene held a ‘Bake Off’ during Foundation Week. Families and staff members brought in homemade cakes, which were judged by our local Councillor. The winner was the pick-and-mix chocolate cake and carrot cake - joint first. Both were made by staff members, Michael and Gary; Michael made the carrot cake and Gary made the sweet cake.