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News in and around Wimbledon Beaumont

2 new SMART Televisions You may have already enjoyed listening to music and songs, watching films and video clips on one of our new SMART TV’s. Great for accessing and enjoying songs and films you may have enjoyed long ago…or for more current favourites from the thousands available.

GREETINGS CARDS are now available to buy from a new card stand in the

Reception area.

Book Club Thursdays at 11am. We are enjoying reading The Miniaturist by local Wimbledon author Jessie Burton, which won Waterstones Book of the year 2014.

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Activity Review Meetings Thursday 14th May 2pm Saturday 16th May 11am

As part of our continual review of the activities available to our residents, instead of sending out a survey for you to complete, this year we invite all our residents and family/friends to come along to discuss individual interests and requirements, whether for outside visits in the minibus, large or small group activities, or one to one room based amusements and pastimes.

Keep Fit! Come and try our new re-vamped chair based exercise with additional sensory exercise equipment!

Magic Painting! As well as Thursday Art Club with Pauling look out for MAGIC PAINTING in the main lounge for those who thought they couldn’t paint!

News in and around Wimbledon Beaumont

Gardening Club has relaunched! Spring weather means – yes the Gardening Club has sprung into action! There are a few plots left! So…calling all green fingered residents who would like to help our gardeners transform empty flower beds into beautiful horticultural works of art!

Welcome!

A warm welcome to our newest residents: Mr and Mrs Chapman, Mrs Flowers, Mrs Milroy, Mrs Owusu, Mr Ridley, Mr & Mrs Taylor, and Mr Whelan and to new staff members: Ms Torto, Ms Tomaro and Ms Boakye.

How many hands does it take to change a lightbulb? Many. Many hands make light work. How many therapists does it take to change a lightbulb? Only one…but the lightbulb has to want to change.

And with the general election on the horizon… The word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly', meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'. Larry Hardiman

A few words from Barchester

Nominate someone amazing for a Care Award!

Nominations are now open for the

9th Barchester Care Awards, so if you know a

Barchester staff member who does an

outstanding job and goes above and beyond

their normal day-to-day duties to help

residents and their families, let us know!

This year there are 12 categories ranging

from Carer/Support Worker of the Year and

Registered Nurse of the Year to Volunteer of

the Year and Home Administration

Champion.

To nominate a member of staff in any of the

12 categories from any of the homes and

hospitals around the UK, please complete the

nomination form on our website or pick up a

paper form from any Barchester care home.

Nominations close on 7th May.

The online nomination form can be found

here: www.barchester.com/our-

people/barchester-care-awards-2015

Carehome.co.uk is a website that lists recommendations for care homes across the UK. If you are pleased with the care you or a relative are receiving at a Barchester home, please consider sharing your experience with others who are looking for good quality care by submitting a recommendation. You can pick up a recommendation card to fill in at any Barchester care home or you can go to www.carehome.co.uk to submit a recommendation online.

Carehome.co.uk

Tea Break Fill in the blank squares so that each row, column and each of the nine 3x3 grids contain one number from 1 to 9. Good Luck!

Barchester in Bloom 2015 Barchester homes across the country have their pruning shears and gardening gloves

at the ready as they gear up for this year’s Barchester in Bloom gardening competition.

Homes have until the end of May to enter their gardens into the competition and the judging

will take place during June when the gardens are in full bloom. There are so many talented

gardeners living and working in Barchester homes that the judges are expecting another year of

tough competition.

The categories for this year’s competition are: Most Innovative Garden, Most Improved Garden,

Community Garden and Garden of the Year 2015.

Ingredients (makes 10) 100g (3 ½ oz) plain flour 50g (2oz) semolina 100g (3 ½ oz) butter 50g (2oz) caster sugar 25g (1oz) flaked almonds A little caster sugar for dusting 125ml (4fl oz) double or whipping

cream 25g (1oz) caster sugar A few drops of vanilla extract 250g (8oz) fresh strawberries

(sliced)

Method 1. Preheat the oven to 170°C (gas

mark3) 2. Mix the flour with the semolina in a

bowl.

Spring Recipe – Strawberry Shortbread

3. Add the butter and sugar and rub together with your finger tips, until the mixture is just beginning to bind together. Knead lightly until the mixture forms a smooth dough.

4. Roll the dough out to a thickness of 5mm. Cut into 20 rounds with a biscuit cutter and bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes,

5. Leave to cool and sprinkle with sugar. 6. Whip the cream with the vanilla extract and sugar. 7. Sandwich the shortbread rounds together with the

cream and strawberries.