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!!