As part of the coronation celebrations at Hengist Field Care Home, we entered a Nellsar-wide competition to design and make an eye-catching coronation crown.
Heading up the competition, Nellsar’s Recreation and Well-Being Manager Viv Stead commented: “The idea was to involve our residents in making something beautiful and memorable to display in their Home or garden that could be enjoyed by everyone for the coronation.”
At Hengist Field, we pride ourselves on being one big family. For momentous occasions in history that we celebrate – recently the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and now the coronation of King Charles III – it’s all about working together and being part of a brilliant team.
Our wonderful residents have worked so hard and thoroughly enjoyed working as a team. They’ve loved every minute, creating and designing some beautiful works of art and masterpieces from scratch. They have designed and decorated magnificent canvases, made and decorated crowns and table decorations, coloured in pictures, painted tiles, designed and made wall plaques and even decorated tea pots!
In our reminiscence conversations, some of our residents spoke of remembering the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on 6 February 1952 and they feel proud to be seeing a second coronation in their lifetime.
They have all excelled themselves once again, by creating our beautiful royal gallery, which they love walking through or just sitting and admiring.
Brilliant team work. A fantastic job. Long live King Charles III!
Although we weren’t crowned amongst the winners, we had so much fun creating our wonderful royal gallery, which made a great centrepiece for our coronation celebrations.
The judges commented: ‘Hengist Field residents had fun creating a right royal gallery! From decorated teapots and crowns to painted tiles and wonderful table decorations, there was a lot of reminiscing. A complete hallway full of wonderful creations for all to enjoy.’
Congratulations again to everyone at Hengist Field involved in creating our fantastic entry for the competition.
Check out the winning entries and all the wonderful runners up!
