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Ashurst Park
January 2020
What’s inside
Photo Exhibition 3
Fordcombe choir 4
Caring Partners 6
Father Chris-tmas visit 7
Upcoming Events 8
Our Birthdays 12
Adverts 14&15
Movie Calendar 16 &17
Spot the Difference 2o
The Manager’s welcome The team are proud to welcome you to Ashurst
Park. We would like to share some of the work
we do. I would just like to say a few words to
introduce myself; I am Rachel Woodward, the
new manager. I am very pleased to have
joined Ashurst Park and I look forward to
meeting you all, a list of meeting days will be
available soon where I can finally meet you,
but please feel free to pop in and say hello
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Do you know of anything your
family member or friend who lives
with us has always dreamed of
doing? Please let us know so we
can try to support this dream to
come true
Introduction Happy New Year! We have had a wonderful Christmas and an
amazing start to 2020. We have enjoyed some fantastic adventures
out and many fun activities in the home, it has been great to see so
many residents and family members joining in all the fun. We have
started a new breakfast club that we will be running on the 1st
Tuesday of every month, we plan to visit lots of different places for
breakfast so be sure to keep up to date with where we are going.
LATEST NEWS We will be starting fresh
with the Magic moment’s
app! This is a great way to
keep up to date with
everything your family
have been up to.
Our annual Christmas visit from the
Salvation Army was a hit. It was a lovely
afternoon, we thoroughly enjoyed
reminiscing about the past, and it was a
fitting tribute to our residents who have
been affected by the war
For Pat’s birthday this year, her family
decided to pay tribute to her and what a
wonderful life she has lead so far. Her
granddaughter presented a slide show, sang
some songs and the whole family were there
to enjoy the day with Pat. It was lovely seeing
so many people turn up to pay tribute to Pat, it
was a great afternoon.
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Photo Exhibition
Some photos of our activities this month
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Fordcombe School Choir
What a great afternoon visit from the Fordcombe School Choir. It is
always a pleasure to have such beautiful singers and polite children
in our home. We loved hearing all the songs, old and new, and it was
lovely having some time to get to know the children after they had
finished their performance.
The children enjoyed a cup of juice and a biscuit while being able to
sit down and talk to many residents.
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Christmas Party
Wow! I think this may have been our best Christmas party yet.
Everyone had so much fun playing games, being dressed up as a
Christmas trees and listening to some fantastic music by the
wonderful Roger Channing. The home had an aroma of mulled wine,
which I must say we all enjoyed too much.
We would like to say a massive thank you to all the family member
who came along and joined in the fun
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Our Caring Partners Program Oomph exercise is gentle specialist exercises that are based on expert
methodology, and we use reminiscent music and simple routines to deliver
physical and mental health benefits. We really have noticed a difference in
the people who like to join in. We all have lots of fun doing our routines and
genuinely find that the people who do not want to join in, find themselves
doing little bits here and there, they then choose to join in on the next oomph
session. Staff join in as they go about their work and this supports further
interaction for everyone to enjoy.
Activities with Oomph!
Our residents have been really enjoying our Oomph sessions and they all get
involved as well as staff and family members. It is so lovely to see everyone
joining in and the resident love having a laugh at the staff joining in.
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Father Chris-tmas Visit
You better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout I’m
telling you why,, our maintenance man is coming to town . Thank
you to our wonderful maintenance man Chris who once again was
a smashing father Chris-tmas, and with a little help from some elf’s
made some people in our home very happy with a small gift from
their Ashurst Park family. Chris was greeted with smiles and
laughter from everyone in the home
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Tuesday 4th February – Breakfast club
A trip out for breakfast
Friday 7th February – Rob - T
Join us for some musical entertainment by Rob-T
Friday 14th February – Tania ‘Valentine’s day’
Come along to join in a sing along with the amazing Tania
Monday 17th February – Roger Channing
Enjoy listening Roger and his electric guitar
Wednesday 26th February – the day after Shrove Tuesday
We will be making our own pancakes and a competition for highest flip
Wednesday 26th February – Nigel Dawson
Come along and reminisce or even learn something new with Nigel’s
presentations
Interesting
facts about
this month. The Flower for the month of
February is Primrose
February in Latin is
‘Februarius’
February is the shortest month
of the year
In 1865 this was the only
month recorded in history not
to have a full moon
A bit of
housekeeping We have acquired labels for
individuals to iron on their
clothes by Karen in the laundry;
if you could please bring in any
new/unlabeled clothes, she will
be able to do this for you.
Next Resident Meeting
Next Relatives meeting both to
be confirmed
Magic moments meeting 11th
February 12:00pm
Upcoming Events and Activities
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Team and Residents
Monthly Photographs
We would like to extend a big Ashurst
Park welcome to our new manager
Rachel, be sure to pop your head in to
her office and say hi or if you catch her
walking around the home give her a
wave.
The team would like to say a massive
thank you to Mr. & Mrs. Jolley on their
donation to the team Christmas party,
it was a fantastic night full of great
food and lots of fun
Well done to Barbara on receiving her
long-term service award. A whopping
10 Years as part of the Ashurst Park
family
Team News
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Happy 100th Birthday
Congratulations Mavis on you 100th birthday, you honestly don’t
look a day over 80 . Mavis had a wonderful day; she had so many
gifts the best of course being her telegram from the queen. Many
residents and team members came to shake her hand and extend
there congratulations on such a milestone, not many people can
say they have lived in two century’s.
Mavis celebrated the day with her family, who came from far and
wide to be with her. She enjoyed a cake made by our wonderful
chef that everyone loves and listening to us all sing happy birthday
(a bit off key)
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‘Food
Glorious
Food’
Our Christmas Party was a hit as
always! It was so much fun
joining in with games and
listening to the talented Roger
Channing.
Our next food themed event:
Friday 14th February – Valentine’s
day, come along and make some
sweet treats
WANTED ITEMS.. Any donations for
upcoming events
Large Knitting needles and
wool
Horror DVD’s
Garden Bowls
Alcohol and mixers
Plants and flowers
Old time CDs
Garden games
Gardening equipment
Quiz books
Bowls Tournament
Winner….. Nick
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Residents
We would like to wish
Happy Birthday to:
5th Graham & Daphne
9th Edna
10th Grace
Team members
We would like to wish
Happy Birthday to:
2nd Jo and Alice
7th Amanda
9th Barbara
15th Jaison
19th Angela
23rd Ryan
28th Alisha
••••• Bright ideas/Thank you•••••
Calling all volunteers… We are looking for some amazing people to
volunteer their time to our residents, please talk to Bethany and Laura
for any info if you are interested or know someone who is. We would like to say a massive thank you to all the families who have
made donations and helped out with events this month, it really
makes a difference having the support of family.
Birthdays
this month!
Employee of
the month Alice
Keep it simple- Will help
anyone who needs it
Do it from the heart- caring
person and it shows
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What a better way to celebrate Elvis’s birthday than to have the
very man himself come for a performance
Everyone enjoyed singing along and bopping to the music, we
have some real Elvis fans in the home it was wonderful to see their
faces light up at the sight of Elvis dressed up to the nines and
shaking his hips
Elvis’s Birthday
Did you know? In 1947, a local radio show offered a young Elvis
(age 12) a change to sing live on air, but he was too shy to go on
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My love of dance started as soon as I could walk. Apparently, I liked nothing
better than dancing in front of the TV or as soon as I heard any music,
I would immediately move to the beat. At the age of three, I attended ballet
and loved it so much that I also started tap, modern, jazz and musical theatre
at a local dance school.
I loved dancing and performing in local shows, many happy memories were
spent with wonderful friends. At the age of 16, I continued to train at
Chichester College and completed a BTEC Diploma in Dance gaining a
distinction. After college, I was offered a place at Performers College in
Essex where I studied Performing Arts.
It was soon after this I decided I wanted to become a dance teacher and
combine my love of dance with aspiring others to dance. To gain teaching
experience I completed various courses including Exercise to
Music/Aerobics Instructor courses and taught at various local gyms.
My time at Aerodance has involved teaching fun dance routines to children
age 2 years up to adults. I am now very happy to be launching Studio N
Dance and I am extremely excited for the future.
Natalie noodle
07787 434162
Inspirational dance classes in
the Tunbridge Wells area,
Kent and East Sussex
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Wed 26th 3:00pm
February
Wednesday 5th 3:00pm – Oliver
Friday 7th 2:00pm – Hook
Wednesday 12th – Jurassic World
Wednesday 19th 3:00pm – Ghost
Friday 21st 2:00pm – The never-ending story
Wednesday 26th 3:00pm – The water horse
Film Night – Calendar
Wed 5th 3:00pm Fri 7th 2:00pm Wed 12h 3:00pm
Fri 21st 2:00pm Wed 19th 3:00pm
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Mature Movie Mondays
Calendar February
Mon 3rd 6:30pm – Orphan
Mon 10th 6:30pm – Mama
Mon 17th 6:30pm – Don’t knock twice
Mon 24th 6:30pm – The Crucifixion
Mon 3rd 6:30pm Mon 10th 6:30pm
Mon 17th 6:30pm Mon 24th 6:30pm
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In the spotlight
Ericka
Age: 19…. Oh to
be that young again
Where did you grow up?
I grew up in Tunbridge Wells.
What school did you go to?
I went to St. Greggs and then stayed on at sixth form a
while but decided I wanted to get out in to the world and
work.
What made you come to Ashurst Park?
Mum and Dad work here and I fancied a change from
waitressing at Prezzo’s in Tunbridge wells
What do you want to be when you get older?
I have no idea I am very indecisive and just like seeing
where the world takes me.
Have you traveled a lot?
Yea I have traveled around the UK, the Philippines, Spain
and France.
Where would you go if you could travel
anywhere?
I would love to visit San Francisco, my cousin’s lives
there.
Any interesting facts about yourself?
I used to do gymnastics and I became a coat at NDGA for
a little while.
What do you like to do outside work?
I love socializing with my friends, especially my best
friend Peter
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Jenifer enjoying prawns at a
Turkish restaurant
Graham and Stephen
Christmas shopping
Joan and Maggie at
Brookside garden center
Out and About
Pat at Brookside
garden center
David bowling at the
local Bowplex
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Song of the month
Auld Lang syne by Dougie MacLean
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and auld lang syne?
For auld lang syne, my jo,
for auld lang syne,
we'll tak a cup o' kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.
And surely ye'll be your pint-stowp!
and surely I'll be mine!
And we'll tak a cup o' kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.
We twa hae run about the braes,
and pu'd the gowans fine;
But we've wander'd mony a weary foot,
sin auld lang syne.
We twa hae paidl'd i' the burn,
frae morning sun till dine;
But seas between us braid hae roar'd
sin auld lang syne.
And there's a hand, my trusty fiere!
and gie's a hand o' thine!
And…
And there's a hand, my trusty fiere!
and gie's a hand o' thine!
And we'll tak a right gude-willy waught,
for auld lang syne.
(Chorus)
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Promise by Jackie Jay
Remember, the time of year
When the future appears
Like a blank sheet of paper
A clean calendar, a new chance.
On thick white snow
You vow fresh footprints
Then watch them go
With the wind’s hearty gust.
Fill your glass. Here’s tae us. Promises
Made to be broken, made to last
Poem of the month
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A final note…
Ashurst Park Care Home
Fordcombe Road, Fordcombe, Tunbridge Wells,
Kent TN3 0RD
Tel: 01892 709000
www.brighterkind.com/ashurstpark
Thank you all for taking the time to read this newsletter. We love
keeping everyone up to date on the exciting things going on around
the home and all the adventures we go on.
We are so proud of just how hard our team work, make sure you
give the team a smile and let us know what we are doing right; we
love to hear just how much of a difference we are making to you and
your family.
At Ashurst Park, you are part of our family. All comments, ideas and
suggestions are welcome and appreciated.
If you have any feedback on this newsletter or ideas for
our residents’ activities, please contact: Bethany Wells and Laura Courtney: Tel: 01892 709056
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