March & April 2025

We’ve been out and about to our usual Tuesday club and down to a local swimming pool where we sit in the coffee shop and watch the little ones splashing around in the pool.

We are making plans for VE day and will celebrate it on Thursday 8th May 2025 by having a picnic - hopefully outside if the weather is good for us, followed by a singer to entertain us for the afternoon.

We had a lovely Easter suprise when the children from Tiny Tigers nursery came to Fairby and held an Easter Egg hunt. Nicki placed eggs around the home for the children to find - running in and out of rooms was so much fun. Of course, we all got a lovely chocolate egg at the end of the hunt.

Posted on May 1, 2025 .

January/February 2025

We’ve been keeping ourselves busy indoors during the colder months by decorating the home ready for Valentines. We had a Saxophonist entertain us on the day where we got up and danced. We thoroughly enjoyed listening to him play - very talented indeed.

During February we popped along for our monthly visit to Red Libbets Golf Club where we play games, quizzes and of course enjoy coffee and biscuits.

We missed out on winning the Quiz trophey this month. The Hollies beat us by a few points. Better luck next month Fairby. We still enjoy getting out and chatting with our friends at The Hollies though.

We had a lovely young lady on a weeks placement during February who got involved with activities and getting to know our residents. She thoroughtly enjoyed her time with us and said she will be coming back to see us in her school holidays.

We’ve already celebrated 2 birthdays so far, including our lovely Anthony being 95 this year.

Our monthly visit from Tiny Tigers Pre-School is always a real treat for us. We got our Interactive Table out for them to play on. They bring so much fun to the home and we love having them here with us.

Posted on March 14, 2025 .

November / December 2024

We had a busy few months at Fairby preparing for Christmas.

We started off November by visiting Kenward Trust in Yalding for a lovely afternoon tea. We have visited Kenward Trust many times over the years to see their Alpacas there before having lunch. As you can see from the pictures, the afternoon tea was beautifully presented and very tasty indeed. We shall be returning in the spring to see the alpacas and goats.

As usual we had some Christmas Party invites from our local secondary school in Longfield and our regular tuesday club in New Ash Green.

Some children from the SENCO put on a lovely spread for us and also played games and sang to us. We really look forward to our yearly invite and are very lucky to have this connection with the school.

Our Tuesday club always make us feel special at their events; putting our table near the front so we can all jump up for a dance. We enjoyed lovely homemade cakes, sandwiches and drinks.

Each year the local Beaver Club visit us at Christmas time to sing Carols, which we thoroughly enjoy. The children are always so well behaved and they also pop in to some bedrooms and sing to residents who are in their beds. Some residents spent the morning making the children Christmas cards for them to take home to their parents.

Our Christmas party this year was a little quieter than usual, but this didn’t stop us having a good time. We were entertained by a singer and we all had a dance, mince pies, mulled wine and raised some money from the raffle. Thank you to everyone who was able to attend.

Each year Mel, our lovely Manager likes to cook a Staff Christmas Breakfast. This year Mel was helped by Bev and between them dished up 14 full english breakfasts. Well done ladies…. Afterwards staff entertained our residents with a few Christmas Carols - see our video page for a few clips of us singing. We all had such a fun time singing in our own little way. Residents loved it too, which makes it all worth while.

Residents helped put up our Christmas Tree in the lounge and did a tremendous job in making it look lovely and festive. Everyone opened their Christmas presents on Christmas Day and enjoyed a lovely lunch. What a lovley way to spend the day, with loved ones, friends and family. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

Posted on January 6, 2025 .