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1 Brampton View August 2016 What s Inside Activities Photo Album 2 Oomph! Spotlight 5 Poem of the Month 6 Staff & Resident Photos 7 Bowling Champion 7 What s Ahead 8 Resident Spotlight 9 Dates for Your Diary 10 Employee Spotlight 11 Puzzle of the month 12 Manager s Corner 13 Welcome! With our lovely warm British Summer, we have been spending more time in the sunshine. Inside are some fun ways you can enjoy your Summer at Brampton View. Be sure to add the next Relatives Meeting, August 3 rd 6pm to your diaries as well as our summer Fête, August 19 th 3pm.

2 2 Photo Exhibition Here we have a selection of photos of some of the moments we ve shared this past month. A few of the things we have enjoyed this month: a wine and cheese event for Bastille Day, pottery painting (tea mugs this month), ball games this past month and a trip to the Windhover.

3 3 Enjoying the Sunshine We love our time in the sunshine. This month we visited the Windhover, Brampton Halt,Wyevale garden centre, Abington park and enjoyed time in our gardens.

4 4 American BBQ Residents, visitors and staff enjoyed burgers, hot dogs and S mores while they listened to a live Country Western band in July.

5 5 Featured Wishing Well Here is a magic moment captured of Ann making crafts. Ann s wish is to create new things. She supports all of the Recreation and Activities events but especially loves craft sessions. Also pictured is Betty s wish of seeing a cat being granted. Oomph! Spotlight This month s theme is summer festivities! Please let us know if you have any songs that make you think of summertime for our next session. Join us on any of the many sessions throughout the building as listed on your programme. Weekly sessions are held in the Meadows Lounge every Thursday at 11am and in the Signal Walk Lounge every Tuesday at 11am. Multiple sessions are scheduled for Valley Mews throughout the week.

6 6 Poem of the Month Margate, Summer 1927 As a child, I used to play Upon the beach all through the day. Sandcastles built by the score, Flags flying aft and fore. Around it all a moat would run Until it ran dry oh, what fun! Dad with trousers rolled up high But Mum must keep her bloomers dry. Sandwiches all taste of sand. Hark! The ice cream man, Ain't life grand!! Win Ashton

7 7 Staff and Residents Monthly Photographs In Memory Our July Bowling Champion is June Flower! Congratulations! We would like to say goodbye to Rae Bolland, Neil Cochrane, Elsie Forester, Muriel Gibson and Charles Tagg. You are greatly missed. Those we love can never be more than a thought apart. For as long as there s a memory, they live on in our heart. We will always cherish the memories.

8 8 August Events and Activities Mon 1 st 2:30pm- Seaside themed party Wed 3 rd 6pm- Relatives Meeting Wed 10 th 2.30pm- Robert s Reminiscence Thurs 14 th 5.30pm Sing Along with Mick Mon 15 th 2.30pm- Kurling Session Tues 16 th 11am- Exercise with Neil Thurs 18 th 2.30pm- Pottery Painting Class Fri 19 th 3pm- Summer Fête Sat 20 th 2:30pm- Lemonade Day tasting & quiz Mon 29 th 2.30pm- Music with Mick for Bank Holiday Monday Interesting Facts about this month The birth flowers for August are the gladiolus and the poppy. The birthstones for August are the peridot and the sardonyx. On August 6, 1926, Gertrude Ederle successfully swam the English Channel. On August 12, 1877, the phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison. On August 20, 1630, Lemonade was first served in Paris, France. August 16, 1977, Elvis Presley died. NEWS We will be adding relaxing features to the Meadows middle lounge in the upcoming months our Relaxation Lounge. We will be buying fish soon so watch this space! Our wish list: Nature films Picture books mini Zen garden water fountain feature Aromatherapy items

9 9 Resident Spotlight Peter Unwin Where did you grow up? I grew up in Doncaster. It was provincial but nice. What is your fondest memory? Memories of my daughter What is one thing you are really good at? I am pretty lucky with Bowling. I really enjoy playing here. I d love to win the cup again! What is your favourite season and why? Autumn, because it is a nice time of year. A piece of advice to share? Do well and make a difference. Feedback Thank you for the wonderful feedback this past month. We love hearing from you all. Any questions comments or concerns, please drop us a note at reception or by post. Thank you! Many thanks, Brampton View staff

10 10 Summer Fête Summer Olympics Celebrations Friday, 19 th 3-5pm Live music by Simon the Saxophonist Raffle Tombola Craft stalls Handbags Handmade soap Coffee Van, Cakes Games You re invited to Brampton View s Memory Café Our afternoon will include socialising over tea and cakes. Come along and bring a friend or two! Thursday 11 th August, 2-4PM Friday, 5 th 2.30pm: Opening of the Summer Olympics with a tipples and quiz afternoon Monday,15 th 2.30pm: Kurling session Sunday, 21 st 2.30pm: Olympics themed games for the closing Seaside Theme Afternoon in the Garden Monday 1 st August from 2.30pm

11 11 Birthdays this month! Residents We would like to wish Happy Birthday to: John Salmon, 2 nd Peter Unwin, 9 th Des Silcox, 19 th Iris Cordingly 23 rd Monthly Party This month s birthday celebration will be: Thursday, 25 th August 2:30PM in the Signal Walk Lounge with music by Richard Deveroux Employee Spotlight: The employee of the month this month is Matthew Norman. Matthew has been working as a Registered Nurse at Brampton View for 2+ years. Matt supports the Valleys whenever asked and happily checks on other units during his shift just to see how we are getting on. - Amanda Clark Matthew is always thinking of the residents and can always be seen with a smile. Recreation & Activities Bright ideas If you have suggestions of things to do or places to go please let us know. We love getting suggestions! If you are a Resident who would like to share your ideas to a group, please visit this month s Resident/Activity Meeting on Thursday, 4 th August 2:30PM in the Signal Walk Lounge.

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13 13 Manager s Note Hello, I hope you have been enjoying the lovely British Summer we are having and have kept cool on the very hot days. We have made the most of the sunshine with lots of time outdoors. Please take care this month and ask staff for any sun cream hats or drinks you may need. A big thank you to all who supported our poppy picnic in support of the Royal British Legion- 34 was raised. I would like to invite all family and friends to attend our quarterly Relatives meeting this month on Wednesday August 3 rd 6pm. If you are unable to attend, but would like to give feedback, you are more than welcome to stop in my office anytime. Our annual Summer Fête is just around the corner. We have a large amount of stalls booked and look forward to a fun day together. Please let your friends and neighbours know. We appreciate the support. Hope to see you soon! Kind regards, Andrea Goodall Would you like to review us on carehome.co.uk? We d love for you to share a good experience you ve had at Brampton View with others. Reviews can be made by a resident, relative or friend. Simply go online or ask a member of the team for a card. Brampton View Care Home Brampton Lane, Chapel Brampton, Northampton NN6 8GH Tel: bramptonview@brighterkind.com brampton-view.brighterkind.com