by Kirstie Newell | Sep 17, 2024 | Sensory Exploration, Woodstock Residential Care Home
On Sunday afternoon here at Woodstock Residential Care Home we had a lovely time with our residents and their loved ones, with our ‘Smell and Tell’ pack. Our residents all took turns to smell tins containing different aromas, then discussing what they...
by Kirstie Newell | Aug 19, 2024 | Sensory Exploration, Woodstock Residential Care Home
On Monday 19 August our residents had lots of sensory fun and laughter, feeling and holding our giant Goose called Grey! The Goose was loved by everyone, making quite the impact with his size and softness. Grey the Goose is now sitting in a chair in the lounge, so our...
by Kirstie Newell | Oct 6, 2022 | Sensory Exploration, Woodstock Residential Care Home
Our ladies and gents at Woodstock Residential Care Home got to put their sense of smell to the test this week! For our sensory activity, we filled little pots with common smells including orange, vinegar, mustard, pickle, tuna, herbs, coffee, cheese, marmite, lemon...
by Kirstie Newell | Jun 30, 2022 | Sensory Exploration, Woodstock Residential Care Home
Our Woodstock Residential Care Home residents got involved with a sensory, cognitive challenge on Wednesday 29 June. We gave them the task of pairing up nuts and bolts to see how many they could do in a timed session. We also got them to sort the nuts and bolts by...
by Kirstie Newell | Jun 29, 2022 | Sensory Exploration, Woodstock Residential Care Home
On Tuesday 28 June we created two sensory games for our residents at Woodstock Residential Care Home. The first was a game called ‘What’s in the bag?’. Our residents had to reach into a bag and describe all of the different things they could feel. We then revealed...
by Kirstie Newell | Feb 1, 2022 | Sensory Exploration, Woodstock Residential Care Home
On Wednesday 26 January we celebrated Australia Day at Woodstock Residential Care Home. Ant and Dec made a special visit all the way from Australia for Woodstock’s Bush Tucker Trials and brought many messy trials to complete! We prepared for the trials a few days...
