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Saturday, December 24
Season's Greetings...
by
Zoe
on Sat 24 Dec 2011 12:19 GMT
 I would like to take this opportunity to wish
everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from us all at Valerie Manor. I would especially also like to thank our wonderful staff for all their dedication and hard work during 2011 and for making the resident's Christmas so special.Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year! from everyone at Valerie Manor Friday, December 23
Reverend Challis and his Wonderful Choir
by
Zoe
on Fri 23 Dec 2011 18:16 GMT
 A huge thank you to Reverend
Challis, his choir and pianist for giving a very special Christmas Service for
our residents today at Valerie Manor. The service was very special and we all enjoyed singing
along to the carols that the choir performed. Everyone then enjoyed a sherry
and mince pie and were able to admire the fantastic homemade Christmas cake
made by Chris which we will be enjoying on Christmas Eve with afternoon tea.
 Thank you once again to Reverend Challis for making today so very special for
the residents.Thursday, December 22
Celebrating Christmas with Friends & Family of Valerie Manor...
by
Zoe
on Thu 22 Dec 2011 19:08 GMT
  What a lovely afternoon we all had this week with the wonderful friends and families of Valerie Manor. We enjoyed mulled wine and mince pies with around 100 guests, it really was a special afternoon for the residents and staff and I was so delighted to see so many families come back to see us who have had their relatives with us in the past. Thank you once again to Chris for making the most delicious mulled wine that I have ever tasted; several comments were made so compliments to the Chef! Tuesday, December 20
Christmas Party
by
Zoe
on Tue 20 Dec 2011 18:12 GMT
 32 members
of staff attended our Christmas party last week at a hotel in Brighton with everyone looking stunning in
their evening attire. The evening was a great success, with a wonderful meal followed by plenty of dancing on the dance floor! It was a great way to end an eventful year at Valerie Manor and to say thank you to all the staff for their support, dedication and
hard work throughout the year.Friday, December 16
Christmas Carols
by
Zoe
on Fri 16 Dec 2011 20:16 GMT
  Our good
friends at the Towers Convent School performed a Carol concert for us on
Tuesday, which made us all feel very Festive, especially with our decorations
up as well. The girls sang all our favourites with a little help from everyone at Valerie Manor! The
residents thoroughly enjoyed themselves and we cannot thank everyone at the
Towers enough for their frequent visits.
Friday, December 9
Let’s Dance! (Hassocks) Christmas entertainment
by
Zoe
on Fri 09 Dec 2011 18:40 GMT
   What a lovely way to start our Christmas Festivities! Let’s
Dance! (Hassocks) very kindly gave up their time to come and entertain the
residents at Valerie Manor on Wednesday, this was our first Christmas activity and the residents
thoroughly enjoyed themselves. We had children and adults entertaining us with
ballet, tap, modern and even some singing – everyone got into the festive
spirit and we had our first mulled wine and mince pies of the year! Thank you to all the kind dancers and my mum (Robin) and sister (Sally–Ann) for giving up their time to start the Christmas proceedings in style and help make the residents December a very special one. Thursday, December 8
Jalopy Christmas Lights Tour
by
Zoe
on Thu 08 Dec 2011 14:41 GMT
We went out
a bit later in the day this week to drive around the surrounding villages to
look at their Christmas lights through the high streets and to see if any
private homes had put their decorations up outside. People are certainly
getting into the Christmas spirit already! We were particularly impressed by
one house on the Hassocks road between Hurstpierpoint and the Stone Pound
crossroads – If you are in the area take a look! WOW We'll be getting in the spirit ourselves this weekend when a team of volunteers will be coming to decorate the Manor. It'll be our first Christmas in the new extension and we're all looking forward to making it wonderfully Christmassy. Friday, December 2
November Activities Summary
by
Robin Bates
on Fri 02 Dec 2011 20:07 GMT
November seems to have flown by.  Busy
again at the Manor, our third Poem, put together by some of our ladies and
gentlemen is finally finished. We enjoyed a ‘reading’ of it together to
check the details that were included and to make sure that everyone was happy
for it to go to print. You'll see a copy soon at the Manor.  Amongst
our physical Activities we have had Throwing Rings, Target Toss, The Parachute
Game and Giant Dice. Our usual exercise from our chairs had a couple of
twists...one week including Musical Instruments and on Curry Week
Movement to authentic Indian Music and a demonstration of Indian Dance.
We enjoyed Poppadoms with our coffee and dear Chris cooked up a wonderful
Indian Meal for those who wanted it.We celebrated St. Andrews Day with a decorated Dining Room, themed food, Quiz and a DVD of ‘Scotland from the Air’. Singing along to The Batchelors brought back many memories as did watching D-Day ...The Atlantic Invasion. We were very lucky to receive visits from the Steyning Girl Guides who gave a Remembrance Day Service, a beautiful singer called Sophie and the Table Tennis team. Alan was in his element running around the grounds wearing his head light and setting off the firework display which was really great. Thank you Alan. Pudsey Bear had his annual airing and monies were raised once again. The cakes were fantastic and the staff were delighted to dress up in their Pudsey Spots ! Our ‘Mind benders’ included Triads, Famous Couples and Closure Phrases. As Christmas is drawing closer we enjoyed a Reminiscence Session talking about Gifts and Christmas food from years gone by. One gentleman remembered receiving a lead toy horse and a wooden aeroplane in the RAF colours, one of our ladies remembered receiving a China Doll and that her two brothers squabbled and broke off the doll’s head ! Another cherished memory was of a doll called Suzie and wax crayons. Another doll was called Elizabeth after our Queen who was at that time a Princess. Moving onto the festive food everyone seemed to remember having silver three penny piece coins in the Christmas Pudding always served with homemade custard (I can hear Zoe now reading about the coins and shaking thinking ‘Health and Safety...Health and Safety !) Individual Yorkshire Puddings and homemade horseradish sauce with sprouts, cauliflower and roast potatoes were on the menu with the turkey and pork. One gentleman even remembered attending a Christmas Midnight Service, taken by the Reverend Tarrant, at Southwick. A big Congratulation to Zoe on reaching the final of the Regional Care Home Manager Award. You will see the photos on a seperate link. A lovely time was had by all ! Sally-Ann joined us on this occasion which was great. Finally I’d like to report on our BBC Children in Need Sponsored Tap Sessions at Let’s Dance ! (Hassocks). We had a one hour Children’s Fancy Dress Session in the afternoon and a two hour Adult one in the evening. Our pupils and their families pledged in excess of £1,400 for the cause...lots of sore feet but happy faces ! Please see photos below. Here is the count down to Christmas I hope to see you on the Families Day on 22nd. John and I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year. Robin   |
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