inside gossip - july 2012

GossipISSUE 23 | JULY 2012

RESIDENTS ENJOY A BOAT TRIP!

Amidst the Jubilee celebrations, Codnor Park residents braved the miserable weather to take a boat trip on the St John Ambulance Water Wing. They embarked the Nottingham Crusader at Colwick Marina and enjoyed a cruise down the River Trent whilst enjoying a few hot drinks and some lunch. Everyone enjoyed seeing the sights and they even travelled under the Trent Bridge. A few weeks ago, West Hallam residents also enjoyed the same trip on the Nottingham

Crusader, they lucked out with the beautiful weather. They took in the wonderful scenery and enjoyed their packed lunches made by the home’s kitchen staff in the sunshine. We’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone at St Johns Ambulance for making both Codnor Park & West Hallam’s boat trips such an enjoyable & unique experience. Our residents couldn’t wait to tell the staff and their relatives about their trip on the Nottingham Crusader!

IN THIS MONTH’S ISSUE...

Who won our Jubilee Stamp/Coin Comp? ......................................................PAGE 8

Which resident has visited Kenya?.............. ......................................PAGE 2

Inside Gossip is your newsletter so we want your contributions! Residents, relatives and staff are all welcome to write in. Whether its an article on a trip or event that’s

happened at your home, perhaps you’d like to write about something you’d like to reminisce about with others, you might want to write a letter to get your view across about something you feel passionate

about. What about something you’ve made that you’d like to share with everyone at Ashmere? You could even put together a quiz or riddle for puzzle corner. Just hand it in to the Activities Co-ordinator at your

home & we’ll make sure its in the next newsletter!

WRITE FOR THE ASHMERE INSIDE GOSSIP!

Which home had a trip to the zoo? .................................................... PAGE 7

By Jessica Holmes, Activities Co-ordinator

Inside

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Our visit to Treetops

My wife and I visited as part of our tour in Africa, Treetops in Kenya. On arrival at Nairobi, we were requested to get into parties of eight to go in the minibuses. At Treetops, we were met by the warden who had a rifle cocked and over his shoulder already. He advised us we must obey his instructions at all times. It is quite a walk from where the buses stop into Treetops itself. The two of us were walking along when the warden said ‘Shh’ and an elephant walked within a hundred yards of us right across our path. I nearly broke Rosalind’s arm when I grabbed it! In front of Treetops there is a small lake full of mud. When there is a party like ours, they mix salt into the mud and the elephants know this and come down and wallow in it. We watched this from the hotel lounge.

We then all went to dinner. In the middle of this the warden asked us to quietly go up on the flat roof and we saw the lioness go off hunting. We stayed up there and in a while it came back with, I think what was a gazelle in its mouth. We couldn’t see exactly as it was getting dark by this time. Then all the other animals came down to drink. There was a battle of wills between one of the lions and an elephant. This was quite fascinating and went on for some time until the elephant backed down!During the night the noises were fantastic and you wondered what was moving about. The next day the baboons all came down to breakfast with us. The bird life was wonderful. I’m no ornithologist but the colours and different shapes and sizes were amazing. The little ones pinched the food off your plate if you let them! Next day we went on to see the Masai Mara Reservation.

By Alan Stuart, Codnor Park

West Hallam enjoy a Jubilee Afternoon Tea

West Hallam Residents & Staff enjoyed their Jubilee celebrations. We had Kevin & Marie for entertainment, everyone loved them. They dressed up & sang, the whole show was fantastic and very enjoyable. On the Tuesday, we had a cream tea & a

bottle tombola, residents thoroughly enjoyed our delicious cakes made by Sally and Mel and we had a cup of tea to toast the Queen. The bottle tombola raised a brilliant £50 for the residents fund. Thank you to everyone who came to celebrate the Jubilee with us!

By Kirstie Bowers, West Hallam

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Valley Lodge celebrate the Jubilee!Valley Lodge’s Jubilee party went down very well with the residents and their relatives. Residents have been busy for the past few weeks mak-ing crowns, table centrepieces, paperchains and flags especially for the occasion. Valley Lodge was definitely looking the part for the Jubilee with all their decorations. To celebrate, there was a royal

treasure hunt for all in the afternoon followed by a sing song. Once everyone had enjoyed their tea, Kevin & Marie entertained everyone with their Jubilee special show. Everyone had a lovely day and felt that they couldnt have celebrated the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee any better!

King William’s Jubilee Garden Party!

King William’s Jubilee Garden Party was a success raising £200 for the resident’s fund. We started off outside but unfortunately the weather was against us so we had to bring everything in. It still

managed to be a lovely day, everyone had a fantastic time celebrating the Queen’s jubilee together. We also had entertaiment from Sam Kenney to get everybody in the spirit. Thank you to everyone who came and supported us.

By Jessica Holmes, King William


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NEIGHBOURHOOD NEWSWhat’s going on where you live?

On the 12th June, residents went to Shipley Park for coffee. They enjoyed looking at the plants

and doing a bit of shopping.

VALLEY LODGE

Our residents really enjoyed our boat trip on the 8th June. It was a shame that the weather was wet and windy but it didn’t spoil

our day!

THE FIRS

This month has been a busy month for The Firs. We have been busy making olympic torches, hats for ladies day at Ascot (Firs Style), card making and cake making for our Jubilee

party.

Rain stopped us going out in the garden for our Jubilee party but it didn’t stop us from having a lovely day with a great atmosphere. Thanks again to all our relatives and friends for their support. The raffle will be drawn on Ascot Ladies Day.

Residents are looking forward to Kevin & Marie visiting on 27th June at 2.30pm to perform their Jubilee show. Everyone is

welcome to join us!

CODNOR PARK

The Olmpic Torch is coming past Valley Lodge on the 29th June. Our residents are hoping the weather will be pleasant so they

can wave them on.

Happy Birthday to Beryl Russell and Ellen Farnsworth We hope

you have a lovely day!

At the end of the month, we are looking forward to a visit from ‘The Owl Experience.’ All the residents are very excited!

The baking club made loads of cakes and scones for the Jubilee party and all of them were sold! All money raised went into our

residents fund!

We supported Age UK Falls Awareness Week on 18th - 22nd June with an informal coffee morning on Friday 22nd June. Thank you for everyone who came along, it was lovely to see

you all.

On Monday 11th Jun, some of us went to Carsington Water and had a walk around (even though it felt more like Autumn!) We then had fish & chips for lunch. Everyone really enjoyed themselves and had a well

earned nap afterwards.

On Monday 18th Jun, we had a trip to Chatsworth. It was a lovely sunny morning &

everyone enjoyed it.

The bingo and quiz nights continue to be very popular in the home. The residents are very competitive when it comes to the quiz. Ames Angels won again this month which puts them back in

the lead.

We’ve been on trips to Carsington Water & Ashbourne this month which the residents

have loved.

Happy Birthday to Gertrude Wathey who celebrated her birthday on 16th June & Olive Matthews who celebrated on 22nd June. We hope you both

had a lovely day!


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We are having a ‘Think Pink’ day on the 29th June in aid of Cancer Research. Staff are dressing in pink and donating a pound to support a charity that is

close to our hearts!

Happy Birthday to Edna who celebrated her birthday on 8th June. We hope you had a lovely

day!

On the 8th June, we enjoyed some entertainment from Kevin & Marie for Edna Tatten Jones’ birthday which everyone throughly enjoyed. We’ve also introduced the ‘birthday buffet’ tea which will happen on every

residents birthday.

Our ‘Come Dine with us’ evening is on 28th June. We have already had some tables booked. With the ‘Olde English Menu’, there is something that everyone will like. Residents are looking forward to eating with their

loved ones.

Our Italian Bistro Night was a big success raising over £50. All our families really enjoyed it. Our next Bistro Night is a Fish & Chip supper on the 27th June. All are welcome to come along. Its £4 per relative and all proceeds go

to the residents fund.

Our summer fete will be 21st July from 2-4pm. All are welcome to come along. We will have a bouncy castle, face painting, bottle on a string,

cakes, tea and much more.

KING WILLIAM

Gillian has been enjoying playing games on the computer. We went on her favourite website, ‘Build a Bear’ where she fell in love with a Pudsey Teddy Bear and we had to order it. Every morning she got excited to see if her bear had been delivered, when it came she couldnt help but show it off. Gillian decided to call the bear, Amanda, after our much loved

member of staff.

Happy Birthday to Roy Fearn who will be celebrating his

birthday on the 3rd July. Have a brilliant birthday, Roy!

We are still enjoying Makeover Mondays & Baking Club Tuesdays. Jessica, our Activities Co-ordinator has just introduced a crossword club to

keep our minds active.

On the 13th June, Tom Smith, Roy Brown, Mary Bridges and Joyce Hemingway enjoyed a trip out to Denby Pottery. We had a stroll around the beautiful shops and enjoyed tea and cake in the cafe where Roy’s granddaughter works. He was very happy to be able to go & see her & it was a nice surprise for his

granddaughter too!

The Nottingham Crusader Boat Trip was amazing, the weather couldn’t have been more beautiful. We would like to thank St John’s Ambulance for

such a lovely day.

We have had the college come in to pamper the residents with manicures and hand massages. The residents enjoyed it so much, the college have been asked to

come back soon!

WEST HALLAM

Some of our residents enjoyed some cake decorating ready for tea time. Hetty and Laura did some lovely decorations & enjoyed one with a cup of tea

after their hard work.

We have some new plants in our courtyard to bring summer into our Extra Care Unit. Brian’s having a lovely time taking care

of them, watering them daily.


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KIDSLEY GRANGEThank you to everyone who came to our Jubilee event on the 2nd June. We had lots of stands including a beauty stand from Heanor College. We also had Kevin & Marie visit to perform for us all. In total we raised a brilliant £85 for the residents fund. Thank you again everyone!

Residents have been busy taking part in lots of crafts this month including designing Jubilee coins/stamps, decorating plates and finger printing. We’ve also played bingo with prizes. They’ve all had a great time.

Our new Activities Co-ordinator, Ruth has been getting to know the residents by filling in the ‘All About Me’ booklets with them. There’s been lots of laughs and reminiscing from filling them out.

We had a trip to the garden centre on the 14th July. It was lovely to get out and about with some of the residents and do a little bit of shopping too!

Heanor Gate Beauty College came to visit us on 26th June. All our residents were pampered with hand massages, head massages & manicures by the students. Residents are already looking forward to

another visit.

We have the Owl Experience coming to visit us on the 27th June. All the residents can’t wait to meet the owls they bring along.

Kidsley Grange will be having an Olympic themed day next month. Staff will be dressed in red & white and games will be played such as balloon tennis, egg & spoon race. Residents will be starting the day by carrying the torch through our home.

Everyone is welcome to come to our Wimbledon Cream Tea on 7th July at 2.00pm All money raised will go to the residents fund.

SMALLEY HALLResidents enjoyed a trip to Shipley Park. Everyone enjoyed a cup of tea and a chocolate bar and getting out & about.

We all enjoyed our Jubilee Tea Party. Everyone had made crowns for the occasion which were worn throughout the day. They enjoyed a buffet lunch and watched the Jubilee on television. Everyone had a lovely

day!

Happy Birthday to Joyce who celebrated her birthday on 16th June. We hope you had a lovely

birthday! Michaela, Ashmere’s Art Co-ordinator will be starting to decorate our home in the next few weeks. We held a tea party for Michaela and our residents to discuss what they would like to see Michaela do with the home. There were some brilliant ideas and Michaela can’t wait to get

started now.

Everyone is welcome to come to our Summer Fete on Saturday 28th July at 2.00pm. All money raised will go towards the

resident’s fund.


Meet King William’s Newest Residents

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King William would like to introduce two of their newest residents to the home, Ginger and Pip. They’re 2 very beautiful chickens who have taken up residence in the King William garden. They’ve got their own very special pen and they also enjoy a run around the garden as well! All of the residents have commented on how much they enjoy having the new additions to the home. Many of the residents had chickens when they were younger and its brought back some lovely memories for them. They all watch the chickens out the window and when its nice weather, they love to go outside

and help feed them. The 2 free range eggs we get each morning are an extra bonus in the home. Everyone gets excited to see whether the chickens have laid any eggs. Residents have been taking it in turns to enjoy having a King William free range egg for breakfast. The eggs have also been used in cakes and we’ve even been using them in quiches!

If you fancy meeting Ginger, Pip and all our King William residents, feel free to pop in at anytime. All visitors are welcome!

Smalley Hall’s Trip to the Zoo

Residents & Staff at Smalley Hall braved the cold and wet weather to visit Twycross Zoo for a day out. They saw lots of different types of monkeys as well as giraffes, leopards and meerkats. They enjoyed lunch in the cafe and had a look at the zoo’s cafe.

Everyone had a lovely time and thoroughly enjoyed it despite the miserable weather. Everyone was shattered and needed a nap after a very long day out.


JUBILEE COMPETITIONResidents, Relatives and Staff at Ashmere were set a competition last month to create a stamp or coin to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Ashmere’s partner, David Poxton picked out our 1st, 2nd & 3rd prize winners. As everyone did such a brilliant job, we also had 7 runners up who all recieved a Limited Edition Jubilee medal. Here are all our winners and runners up....

1st

3rd

2nd

Congratulations to....

Denise Cox,King William Residential Home

Ashmere Partner, David Poxton thought that a lot of hard work had gone into the stamp and it stood out from all

the others.

Denise wins a Royal Mint Commerative Jubilee set of coins, a Limited Edition Jubilee Medal and £100 for King

William’s Residents Fund.


Joan Merriman,West Hallam Residential Home

Joan wins a Limited Edition Jubilee Medal and £50 for King William’s Residents Fund.


Mary Foukes,Codnor Park Residential Home

Mary wins a Limited Edition Jubilee Medal and £25 for King William’s Residents Fund.


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JUBILEE COMPETITIONRunners Up

Joyce Penn

Valley Lodge Nursing Home

Minnie Hubball

King William Residential Home

Lillian Charlmers

Valley Lodge Nursing Home

Edna Woodward

Kidsley Grange Nursing Home

Archie Allcock(age 3)

West Hallam Residential Home

Ruth Rogan

Kidsley Grange Nursing Home

Millie Lewis

The FirsNursing Home

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We are sorry to say farewell to sister Jo Gould at The Firs who has retired. There was a lovely farewell ‘fuddle party’ on Friday 15th June where everyone brought a contribution to the buffet. Eileen, one of our newer residents made gingerbread men and decorated the fairy cakes that Olivia & Jane made - Well done ladies. We

wish Jo all the best for her retirement.

We’d like to say goodbye & good luck to Ann Ridgeway at Valley Lodge. Everyone was sad to see her go but wish her all the best for the future. She was surprised by staff with a beautiful

bouquet of flowers.

GOODBYE & GOOD LUCK TO...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!Codnor Park

Happy Birthday to Kelly Downie who celebrated her birthday on 7th June and Gayle Fowkes who celebrated on the 25th June. We hope you had a

lovely day!

THANK YOU!Kidsley Grange

Ruth Rogan would like to say a huge thank you to all at Kidsley Grange for making her first few weeks in her new job role as Activities Co-ordinator pleasurable. Everyone has been so helpful and she looks forward to continuing to

work with everyone

Valley LodgeEveryone at Ashmere would like to welcome Valley Lodge’s new Deputy Manager, Linda Howard to the

home. We wish her all the best in her new role.

WELCOME!

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We want your Vote!In a recent meeting, our Activities Co-ordinator’s decided that instead of our Annual Memory Walk, they would like to do something to raise money for a charity close to Ashmere’s heart that can involve everyone including the residents this summer. Residents, Staff & Relatives are all invited to use the form below to vote for what sort of sponsored event you’d like to take part in and which charity you think we

should raise money for this summer. Once the form is completed, please hand it in to the Activities Co-ordinator or Home Manager.

We’ll reveal the results in the next newsletter.

I’d like to take part in a:

Sponsored Walk

Sponsored Singalong

Sponsored Sports Day

Sponsored Fancy Dress Day

Sponsored Dance

Other (please state) ------------------------------------------

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I’d like to raise money for:

Alzheimer’s Society

Stroke Association

Age UK

Parkinson’s UK

Cancer Research

Other (please state) ------------------------------------------

Codnor Park’s Diamond & Tiara Day

Residents & Staff celebrated the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee with a Diamond & Tiara Day. Everyone dolled themselves up for the occasion and ladies had the chance to wear a tiara. Many of the residents had been busy making their own crowns for the occasion which they all wore to the lunch. The dining room was laid out as if residents were

celebrating the Jubilee at a street party which everyone loved. A buffet lunch was served and a member of staff had made a special Union Jack cake for everyone to enjoy.Everyone had a lovely day & raised a toast to the Queen to wish her all the best on her Diamond Jubilee.


PUZZLE CORNER PUZZLE CORNER

Name........................................................... Home.............................................................

Fancy winning a special prize? Simply fill in your details below once you’ve completed the Olympics Wordsearch and hand it to your Activities Co-ordinator or Home Manager.

We’ll choose a winner on the 16th July. Good Luck everyone!

P N P A T V Y C W G R B C G OA O O G R A I E D E A H N N LR L D O P C N W V S A I O I YA H I L H L H L K R W T D T ML T U D O E I E I O N C N F PY A M C O S T O R I Y D O I IM T K M Y B T T M Y M O L L CP N E V A R G D E R E V E T SI E M L A W A T O R C H S H FC P L C B B E C E E R G L G ES F I U S A I N B O L T A I NT N E L L I V E D N A M D E CG S E B A S T I A N C O E W IN Y K Y S H O O T I N G M Z NL L A B D N A H B R O N Z E G

ARCHERYBADMINTONBASKETBALL

BRONZECHARIOT RACING

FENCINGGOLD

GREECEHANDBALL

LONDONMANDEVILLE

MEDALSOLYMPICS

PARALYMPICSPENTATHLON

PODIUMROWING

SEBASTIAN COESHOOTING

SILVERSTEVE REDGRAVE

TORCHUSAIN BOLT

WEIGHTLIFTINGWENLOCK

Olympics Wordsearch


THEASHMERE

RIDDLE

There’s one ‘sport’ in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends. What is it?

Can you guess the answer to this month’s Olympic related riddle?

The answer will be in next month’s newsletter.

Answer to last month’s riddle: Q: It’s red, blue, purple and green, no one can reach it not even the queen. What is it? A: A rainbow!

PUZZLE CORNER

Olympics Sports Word Scramble

The Olympic games start in London this month so to celebrate here are a few Olympic related puzzles. Can you solve these Olympic Sports anagrams?

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PUZZLE CORNER

1. TALNOTHRI _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

2. BNOTNDIAM _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

3. VELLABYLLO _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

4. AHILCTSTE _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

5. EIAERTQSUN _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

6. HKYCOE _ _ _ _ _ _

7. CGCIYNL _ _ _ _ _ _ _

8. GCSNTISMYA _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

9. CINNAGEO _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

10. DINVIG _ _ _ _ _ _

11. SIAGILN _ _ _ _ _ _ _

12. ACHYRER _ _ _ _ _ _ _

13. SWMMIGNI _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

14. FLBOOATL _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Answers: 1. Triathlon 2. Badminton 3. Volleyball 4. Athletics 5. Equestrian 6. Hockey 7. Cycling 8. Gymnastics 9. Canoeing 10. Diving 11. Sailing 12. Archery 13. Swimming 14. Football


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REMINISCENCE CORNERSports

Do you think Andy Murray will win Wimbledon?

What do you remember from your school sports day? Did you have an annual sports day? What type of sports did you have? Did you have to participate in sport at school? Do you remember the egg and spoon race, sack races, relays and three legged races? What sort of excuses did you make to get out of playing sport at all? Have you played sport competively? Has anyone you know been awarded a certificate for playing sport? What sort of sport did they play when they were younger? Do any family members play sport? Have they met any famous sportspeople? How do you think sports have changed over time?

Do you enjoy watching sport on tv? Which ones? Wimbledon? Snooker? Football? Motor Racing? Horseracing? Which football team do you support? Why? What do you think about footballers today compared to when you were younger? What do you think about the likes of David Beckham and Wayne Rooney? Do you have a favourite sports player? Do you find sport boring? Do you think there’s too much sport on television?How do you feel that the Olympics are based in London this year? Does it make you proud or do you feel bored by it all? Do you think Great Britain will win lots of medals?

Reminiscence Corner gives you a chance to remember and talk about your memories. With Euro 2012, Wimbledon & the Olympics taking place this summer, why not tell someone about what you remember

about Sports. Whether its a relative, friend, member of staff or another resident, I’m sure they’d be willing to hear your stories!

Do you feel David Beckham is overrated?

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