Activities at Woodland View Care Home
Woodland View is passionately committed to providing residents with a varied choice of entertainment, social, health and well being, craft and relaxation based activities.
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.
The activities provided will also include involvement from other local community based organisations and are open to all residents, family and friends of residents. Our activities will be facilitated by staff from all departments as well as invited guests. Families are also enthusiastically encouraged to play a part in activities when possible.
There will always be at least one person at every activity who has been DBS checked to ensure the safeguarding of our residents. The dignity of our residents and our respect for them is at the centre of everything we do, each and every day.
We are always reviewing and changing our schedule of activities to be a centre of excellence and actively invite feedback and suggestions for new and meaningful activities and ideas.
Petra Hardman
Hi my name is Petra and I'm the Activities Coordinator here at Woodland View. I love seeing the difference that activities can make to each individual, and finding out what interests they have and ensure I incorporate that into our activities here.
I love music and drama coming from a musical background as a singer all over the country, music is important to me and I feel it makes such a difference to everyone, it evokes memories, and creates happiness. I also love to boost residents self esteem by creating pampering sessions and having one to one time to relax and reminisce.
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 Woodland View Care Home
Mini-bus Trip to Colchester Arts Centre
Our residents were lucky enough to be invited by Anthony Roberts, Director of Colchester Arts Centre, to their Friday Afternoon Club, a new event being held monthly which we were very grateful for,
The afternoon consisted of local acts, including an Elvis impersonator, vocalist, prize bingo, and plenty of tea and cake! Residents really enjoyed the afternoon, with comments of “This really lifted my mood, thank you” and “How lovely, I’ve really enjoyed myself”
Colchester Arts Centre is located in an old church, with an interesting history. The church was built next to the Roman wall after the Boudica revolt destroyed much of Roman Colchester. It is now a unique venue hosting events from Jazz music, comedy shows, festivals and farmers markets, and so much more!
Outdoor Activities for Well-being
Now the weather is getting warmer, our residents have been getting outside within the garden, and our local community.
The benefits of outdoor activities include natural Vitamin D intake, increase mobility, boost immune system, reduce stress, allows a better quality of sleep, and improves the general mood of our residents.
Residents have enjoyed visiting our local Highwood’s Country Park, and having conversations with people from our local community. We have also visited Highwood’s Visitors Centre, and enjoyed ice-cream and a cold drink, to “Beat the Heat”
Cowboy themed Movement to Music
Here at Woodland View, our residents love keeping active, ensuring physical, sensory, social and creative needs are at the forefront of our activities.
We enjoy ‘Movement to Music’, but we do love variety! This month we donned our cowboy hats and sang along to the hits from the musical Calamity Jane, along with bubbles, ribbons and scarves to allow gentle physical movement, as well as lots of fun!
