by Kirstie Newell | Dec 12, 2023 | Hengist Field Care Home, Local community
For the past couple of months, our Hengist Field Care Home residents and children from Milstead and Frintsted Primary School have been working hard, drawing their handprints and writing Christmas memories on them to wish everyone a ‘Happy Christmas’. These were to...
by Kirstie Newell | Dec 11, 2023 | Arts and Crafts, Hengist Field Care Home
On Thursday 7 December, we made Christmas orange pomanders together in the afternoon here at Hengist Field Care Home. We designed our oranges with patterns of cloves and once finished, our Christmas pomanders were then hung up in our lounge for everyone to admire and...
by Kirstie Newell | Dec 7, 2023 | Birthdays, Hengist Field Care Home
Birthday wishes A huge ‘Happy 79th birthday’ to our lovely smiley resident Christine, who celebrated her birthday on Sunday 3 December with a visit from her family. Christine loved her birthday cake, the banners in her room and everyone singing...
by Kirstie Newell | Nov 29, 2023 | Creative Activities, Hengist Field Care Home
On Monday afternoon, in our Christmas arts and crafts group, we started to make our Christmas table decorations here at Hengist Field Care Home. Using pieces of sliced cherry tree wood, our residents chose from a selection of Christmas decorations, holly, artificial...
by Kirstie Newell | Nov 28, 2023 | Arts and Crafts, Hengist Field Care Home
On Friday 24 November here at Hengist Field Care Home we had fun with some Christmas resin arts and crafts. We had some Christmas music playing in the background to sing along to while everyone enjoyed making their festive pieces. Our creations included paper weights,...