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Cards & Movies At Charnley House in Hyde

7th February was National Send a Card to a Friend Day, a chance to tell your friends how much they mean to you by way of a card.

There was a time when men and women wrote daily notes to their friends. There were thank you notes, party invitations, love notes and of course the gossip filled notes catching up on the previous evening’s antics! Now we have a minute to minute digital journal on social media! So National Send a Card to a Friend Day is all about stepping away from the devices and showing someone how much they mean to you.

So, here are some of the cards that we made and send to celebrate National Send a Card Day.

Also, Global Movie Day is held on the second Saturday of February each year to celebrate the power movies have to reach, connect and inspire people around the world. So, we decided to have our own movie night. We made a makeshift cinema with snacks and popcorn and enjoyed watching some great movies from different eras of film. Everyone really enjoyed the event and we had a good chat about the films afterwards as well.

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Cakes, Cookies & Connect 4 At Charnley House Care Home in Hyde

As we always say, it’s been a busy few weeks around here. We don’t let anyone get away with being bored here at Charley House, so here’s the roundup of activities over the last couple of weeks.

We’ve had A LOT of baking activities going on. Great for the winter weather and tasty for everyone!

We’ve had cornflake cake making…

Making and decorating our own cookies…

And making scones (a real favourite)…

We’ve had plenty of gaming activities, from the physical to the cranial. It all gets very competitive around here you know.

We’ve had a Connect 4 master championship…

And fun playing softball…

Finally we’ve had some more leisurely activities preparing our new Circus Wall. Our residents have been colouring pictures to go on the wall as well as painting some large mural masterpieces…