Sussex care home residents celebrate Harvest Festival in style

 

Two care homes in Sussex joined forces with local children for the Harvest Festival. 

To celebrate Harvest Festival, residents at Care UK’s Mill View, on Sunnyside Close, visited the Toybox Nursery and Skylark House, on St Mark’s Lane, were joined by local youngsters from Holbrook Community Pre-School for an a-maize-ing afternoon as they celebrated the annual festival.   

Each year, Harvest Festival celebrates the time when crops have been gathered from fields and people can reflect and show gratitude for the food that they have. It dates back to when people relied on local crops for food and farmers would give thanks for a good harvest.  

At Mill View, residents visited the children at the Toy Box Nursery to exchange autumnal crafts that the residents and children made. Both the home and the nursery have created a display of each other’s work. 

Commenting on the day, resident Shirley King said: “It was wonderful to visit the nursery it took me right back to my days as a teacher”!

At Skylark House residents and children took part in a special harvest-themed activity session. Everyone enjoyed an afternoon of singing seasonal songs and creative activities to get into the Harvest Festival spirit. 

Trish Banks, Home Manager at Mill View, said: “It was fantastic to visit the children from the Toybox Nursery to celebrate the annual Harvest Festival tradition and explore its importance today.  

Dora Woloszyn, Home Manager at Skylark House, said: “It was fantastic to welcome Holbrook Community Pre-School children to Skylark House to celebrate the annual Harvest Festival tradition and explore its importance today.

“Harvest Festival is a day in the calendar where we can reflect and show gratitude for the food that we have, while serving as an opportunity to connect with others, regardless of age or background.”