Thank you to pupils from
Mowden Hall School who visited our residents for a lively session of board games: it was such a fun afternoon!
Krishna, Hazell, Lettie, Archie, Ben and Lyle from Year 5 played lots of different games including dominoes, Frustration, Connect Four and some very competitive rounds of Jenga and Pontoon.
Ben and Krishna taught our resident Margaret G how to play Jenga and she loved it, especially when the tower of blocks kept falling down! She said, “they are so full of beans, I just loved chatting to them. I don’t think I’ve laughed so much in years.” Resident Arthur loves dominoes and played a few rounds with Archie and Lyle who were whizzes at the game. He said “the children were really something. So bright and full of energy.”
Another table was set up with pontoon and the children were taught how to play which was a great test of their maths skills. It became very competitive and full of noise and laughter, with children asking the residents for help adding up their cards and debating whether to “stick or twist.”
Ben said “I’ll come back and do this again!” Hazell said “can I stay here and play some more instead of going back to school for lessons?!”
Our resident Margaret S said “this was one of the best afternoons I’ve had – it was just so lovely to see them all having fun. They’re all so polite and very smart in their uniforms. Lettie and Hazell taught me how to play Frustration, so I learnt something too.”
We hope everyone had great fun – thank you so much to Mowden Hall for coming along. We can’t wait to see you again soon!
