DECEMBER 2015
L E I G H P L AC E
Re s i d e n t i a l A g e d C a r e L i v i n g
Ne w s l e t t e r
What’s Inside
Welcome - Page 1
Birthdays/Welcome/What’s On
- Page 2
Church Services/Notices
- Page 3
Halloween BBQ
- Page 4
November Birthdays/Happy
Hour - Page 5
Remembrance Day - Page 6
Christmas Quiz - Page 7
Calendar - Page 8 -9
Welcome to Leigh Place
We would like to give a warm welcome to our new residents that have joined
us at Leigh Place. On behalf of all staff we all greet you in good grace. We
also hope that you are content and comfortable living at Leigh Place.
In November we had a number of celebrations as we are preparing for
Christmas. We began with our Melbourne Cup celebrations and sweeps,
honoured our soldiers with Remembrance Day Morning Tea and service and
ended with the Catholic Church Christmas party. We also had a Christmas
themed dog show and thoroughly enjoyed all the cute dogs performing their
clever tricks!
December marks the end of a long year and with Christmas around the
corner, we are looking forward to celebrating this special time with our
loved ones at Leigh Place. We have a host of activities in this festive month!
Christmas Carols by Candlelight with Kristy Lee, Christmas Lights Bus
Tour, Christmas Library Morning Tea, volunteer’s Thank You Morning Tea
and of course, our Special Christmas Lunch!
Please refer to your activity calendar for times of all the wonderful activities
we have planned!
Getting to Know You
- Page 10 - 11
Staff Thank You - Page 12
Announcements - Page 13 - 15
Christmas Quiz Answers - Page
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PH: (02) 9153 8222
12-18 Leigh Avenue, Roselands NSW 2196
www.leighplace.com.au
What’s on this Month?
1stConcert: Ron Ashton @ 10.30am
1stSpecial Event: Library (Members
Only) Christmas Party @ 10am
2nd Concert: John and Lyn @ 1.30pm
3rd Concert: Steve Mazza @ 1.30pm
Birthdays For
December
4thVolunteers Thank You Morning Tea
@ 10am
7th - Warren Gordon
10th December Birthdays Afternoon Tea
@ 2pm
12th - Arthur Tayler
11thBus Trip: Marconi club @ 10.45am
15th - Pamela Gissing
16th Concert: Patrick Brady @ 10.30am
24th - Richard Norman
16thSpecial Event: Library Chrismttmas
Afternoon Tea @ 2pm
17th Concert: Kristy Lee @ 10.30am
17thSpecial Event: Leigh Place Lollipops
Christmas Concert @ 1pm
18thSpecial Lunch: Christmas Lunch
@ 12pm
18thBus Trip: Christmas Lights Bus Tour
@ 7.30pm
23rd Men’s Group @ 10am
Welcome to New
Residents!
Angelo Lidikis (House 3)
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24th Concert: Dominico @ 10.30am
24th Pamper Group @ 1.30pm
30th Concert: Slim Cash @ 10.30am
31st Concert: Patrick Brady @ 10.30am
31st Fancy Dress Happy Hour @ 2pm
Church Services
Baptist Church Service
Pastor Phillip Ross
Narwee Baptist Church
Wednesday 2nd December at 10am
Morning tea provided
Leigh Place Community Room
Catholic Mass
Father John Walker
Tuesday 8th December at 10.45am
Leigh Place Community Room
Leigh Place
Bus Proceeds
We have been
fundraising hard
together towards a
Leigh Place Bus.
$5716.95
We will need $10,000
for a deposit on a
bus and the Board
will match the rest.
Check every month
to see our progress!
Christian Service
Wednesday 9th December at 10am
Morning Tea provided
Leigh Place Community Room
Movies
Communication Book
Just a reminder to all residents that
we will have a new communication
book system in place of the signing
in/out system. This is in case you
cannot find a carer to notify them
of your absence at Leigh Place. This
is due to fire regulation rules and to
ensure resident’s safety. Thank you
for your consideration.
If you have a movie request, please
speak to the Leisure and Lifestyle
Team so we can organise it for
Saturday at the Movies!
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Halloween BBQ Lunch
In October we had a spooky BBQ Lunch complete with spiders and fun costumes.
We drew the raffle – all proceeds go towards Leigh Place’s Bus. Congratulations to
our winners!
Staff
1st: Iris Best (House 1)
2nd: Betty Sandiford (House 1)
3rd: Jean McCulloch (House 6)
We also had a best dressed prize awarded to Allison for dressing up as a clown!
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November Birthdays/Happy Hour
We combined our November Birthdays with our Happy Hour this month. We
celebrated all residents with a birthday in November with some mini hot dogs,
nibblies - chips and dips and of course, a chocolate birthday cake!
Thank you to everyone who showed to help us celebrate our resident’s birthdays!
We hope you enjoyed your day and all your celebrations!
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Remembrance Day
November marks the month of remembering and honouring our brave soldiers
who fought for our country. Due to cases of gastroenteritis, we were unable to
hold our service on Remembrance Day. However we held a morning tea followed
by a ceremony to mark this special day the next week. Due to our delayed
Remembrance Day ceremony we had the privilege of Gary Grant (Harald’s
son) lend us his beautiful poppy sculpture! This sculpture was unique as in the
very centre held a special vial. In each vial contained authenticated sand from
the shores of Albany at the point where our soldiers left Australian soil before
embarking on the Gallipoli campaign. The vials also contained a needle from the
pine tree from Yarralumla Nursery in Canberra, whose ancestor was the original
Lone Pine in Gallipoli. Gary organised vials to be presented to each resident by
the RAOs so we can all have a special memento of Remembrance Day.
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Christmas Quiz
1.In 1974, Darwin, the capital of the Northern Territory in Australia was hit
by a disaster on Christmas morning, what sort of disaster was it?
a. Cyclone b. Earthquake c. Floods d. Bushfires
2.
Which country created the eggnog?
3.
If you were born on Christmas day what would be your sign?
4.
There are 365 days in a year; which number is Christmas Day?
5.
What hovers above angels’ heads?
6.
What is the biggest selling single song of all times?
7.
What is the main ingredient in gingerbread cookies?
8.
If an unmarried man finds a button in the plum pudding, what does it mean?
9.There is National Park on the Indian Ocean, 2600 km northwest of Perth,
360 km south of Jakarta. What is it called?
a. Christmas Island b. Santa Atoll c. Yule Reef d. Boxing Day Island
10. Which country has St Nicholas as its patron saint?
a. Poland b. Russia c. Czech Republic d. The Netherlands
11.What weather condition gets its name because it starts just after
Christmas?
a. Aurora Australis b. Christmas Monsoon c. Aurora Borealis d. El Nino
12. When is Advent Sunday?
a. The 2nd Sunday before Christmas b. The 3rd Sunday before Christmas
c. The Sunday before Christmas d. The 4th Sunday before Christmas
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Leigh Place
December 2015
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
30th November
1st
10am: House 5
Bus Trip
12.30pm – 1.30pm:
Music Therapy House
5 with Scott
1.30pm: Art Class
3.30pm: Shoppe
House 1
9.30am – 10.15am:
Fun & Fitness
10.30am: Ron Ashton
10am: Library
Christmas Party
(Members Only)
1pm – 2.30pm: Choir
3.30pm: Shoppe House 2
7th
8th
10am: Roselands
Shopping Trip
12.30pm – 1.30pm:
Music Therapy House
5 with Scott
1.30pm:Art
Classes
3.30pm: Shoppe House 1
9.30am – 10.15am:
Fun & Fitness
10.45am: Catholic
Mass
14th
15th
10am: House 5
Bus Trip
12.30pm – 1.30pm:
Music Therapy House
5 with Scott
1.30pm:Art
Classes
3.30pm: Shoppe House 1
9.30am – 10.15am:
Fun & Fitness
10.45am – 11.45am:
3.30pm: Shoppe House 2
21st
22nd
10am: Roselands
Shopping Trip
12.30pm – 1.30pm:
Music Therapy House
5 with Scott
1.30pm: Art
Classes
3.30pm: Shoppe House 1
9.30am – 10.15am:
Fun & Fitness
10.45am – 11.45am:
28th
29th
Boxing Day
Public Holiday
1.00pm: Movies
OLIVER TWIST
2nd
10am: Baptist
Church
1.30pm: John and
Lyn
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
4th
5th
6th
9.30am – 10.15am: Fun &
Fitness
10.30am: Steve
Mazza
10am: Volunteer’s Thank
you Morning Tea
1.00pm: Movies
THE WATER DIVINER
10.30am – 11.30am:
3.30pm: Shoppe House 3
Bingo
BINGO
10am: Christian
Church Service
1.30pm: Art Class
1pm – 2.30pm: Choir
10th
11th
9.30am – 10.15am: Fun &
Fitness
10.45am: Bus
Trip – Marconi
Club at Bossley Park
10.45 – 11.45am:
2pm: December
Birthday’s Afternoon Tea
3.30pm: Shoppe House 4
16th
17th
3pm: Pet Therapy House
5 and 1
3.30pm: Shoppe House 6
NO ACTIVITIES
DUE TO
CONSTRUCTION
20th
1.00pm: Movies
TO SIR, WITH LOVE
10.30am – 11.30am:
3.30pm Shoppe House 3
9.30am – 10.15am:
12pm: Christmas
Fun & Fitness
Lunch
10.30am: Kristy
Lee
7.30pm: Bus Trip –
1pm: Leigh Place
Christmas Lights
Lollipops
3pm: Pet Therapy
Christmas Concert House 5 and 2
3.30pm: Shoppe House 4 3.30pm: Shoppe House 6
23rd
24th
25th
26th Boxing Day
10am: Men’s Group
9.30am – 10.15am:
Fun & Fitness
10.30am:
Dominico
Christmas Day
Public Holiday
Merry Christmas!
1.00pm: Christmas Movie:
A MERRY CHRISTMAS
10.30am – 11.30am:
MIRACLE
10.30am: Patrick
Brady
2pm: Library
Christmas
Afternoon Tea
BINGO
1pm – 2.30pm: Choir
5pm: Christmas
Carols by
Candlelight with
Kristy Lee
Bingo
BINGO
1pm – 2.30pm: Choir
3.30pm: Shoppe House 2
30th
1.30pm: Pamper
Group/Men’s Group
3.30pm: Shoppe House 4
31st New Year’s Eve
10.30am: Slim
Cash
1.30pm: Art Class
3.30pm Shoppe House 3
9.30am – 10.15am:
Fun & Fitness
10.30am: Patrick
Brady
2pm: NYE Happy Hour
Fancy Dress
3.30pm: Shoppe House 4
18th
NO ACTIVITIES
DUE TO
CONSTRUCTION
13th
19th
Bingo
BINGO
BINGO
12th
Bingo
3.30pm: Shoppe House 3
3.30pm: Shoppe House 2
1pm – 2.30pm: Choir
3.30pm: Shoppe House 2
Bingo
3pm: Pet Therapy House
5 and 6
3.30pm: Shoppe House 6
3.30pm: Shoppe House 4
BINGO
Bingo
SUNDAY
3rd
1.15 – 2.15pm:
9th
9.30am – 10.15am:
Fun & Fitness
10.45am – 11.45am:
SATURDAY
1.00pm:
Christmas Movie:
A CHRISTMAS
CAROL
Bingo
BINGO
27th
Bingo
BINGO
Getting To Know You
Questions for Harry.
Every month we will get to know
one of our residents a bit better. This
month we have:
How long have you been at
Leigh Place?
2 years this January.
Harry!
What is your favourite activity?
Reading. Anything that’s fair dinkum
– true stories.
What did you used to do for
work?
I drove trucks.
Where did you grow up?
Blacktown until I was 9 and then
Riverstone for 43 years. Also lived
in Shoalhaven Heads/on the South
Coast near Nowra, fishing and
enjoying myself.
Do you have any children?
9 children – 5 girls and 4 boys.
What is your favourite memory?
Memories of my wife.
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Getting To Know You
Questions for Seini.
Every month we will get to know one
of our staff a bit better. This month we
have
What is your role at Leigh
Place?
Carer.
Seini!
How long have you been at
Leigh Place?
Since March – so 8 months.
Tell us about your family and
children.
I have 3 daughters. I grew up with 6
brothers and 1 sister. I’m the eldest.
What is your favourite activity?
Taking the kids out, being involved
in the community and spending time
with friends.
What is your favourite memory?
When I was 7, my granddad took
me fishing on a boat early in the
morning. Afterwards, we sat down
on the beach and ate the fish raw!
Grandad prepared it and told me
if I ate fish I would be a smart girl.
That’s the only reason why I ate it
because I used to hate fish!
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Staff Thank You
Last month we unfortunately had some cases of gastroenteritis. We had to cease
all activities this week which unfortunately coincided with Remembrance Day.
We would like to take the time to thank the residents for their patience and
understanding during this time. This also resulted in additional workload for our
staff and we would like to take the time to say a very big THANK YOU to the
following staff members for stepping up, being a great team player, and putting in
extra hard work to ensure our residents were well looked after. Gillian (Clinical
Care Manager) would like to express her gratitude to all staff members for
working hard together, but in particular:
Sonia, Katrina, Paddy, Francheska, Ali, Seini, Rosa, Elizabeth, Anita, Gladyz & Terry.
Francheska
Gladzy
Elizabeth
Rosa
Terry
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Katrina
Paddy
New Years Eve
This New Year’s Eve we will be
hosting a Happy Hour at 2pm on the
31st of December. It will be fancy
dress themed and we hope to see you
all there to celebrate the wonderful
year we have had!
Leigh Place Lollipops
Christmas Concert
We will have our very own choir
perform a special Christmas Concert!
Leigh Place Lollipops will be showing
everyone a little bit of what they
have learnt throughout the year
and serenade us with Christmas
Carols! We hope you can join us in
this special event and support our
residents! It will be held on the 17th
at 1pm in the community room.
The concert will begin at 1pm and we
will serve afternoon tea afterwards.
Library Christmas
Afternoon Tea
Sally and Greg are coming to celebrate
Christmas with us all for a special
Christmas Afternoon Tea. All are
welcome to join this event!
When:
Time: Wednesday 16th
2pm
Library Christmas Party
Our local library are hosting their
annual Christmas Party on the 1st
December! Sally and Greg will be the
hosts of this special event and are
looking forward to see you all! The
bus will pick our residents up between
10am and 11am. Please note that this
party is for members only. If you would
like to become a member of this (free)
service, please see Carmen (Leisure
and Lifestyle Manager).
December Birthdays
Morning Tea
Due to the busy rush leading up to
Christmas we will be hosting one
big afternoon tea to celebrate all
birthdays we have in December.
We hope you come along to the
community room on the 10th at 2pm
to celebrate with us.
We will resume the individual house’s
birthday celebrations in January.
Volunteer’s Thank You
This month we will be thanking all
the volunteers we have had at Leigh
Place throughout this year. We will
be holding a special morning tea for
all residents and volunteers to enjoy
on the 4th December at 10am.
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Summer is Coming
Speed Limit
And that means that it is going to get
hot! We want to make sure that you
are safe and cool this summer.
Just a reminder that the speed limit
in the facility is 10kms to ensure
the safety of our residents and staff.
Thank you for your co-operation..
Here are a few handy tips to stay cool
this summer:
•Check the weather forecast to see
when the hot days are coming
•If it is predicted that the weather
is going to be hot plan to do any
outdoor activities or outings early
in the morning or later in the
afternoon
•Drink fluids! It is recommended
that you drink at least 8 cups of
water based fluids a day (unless
your doctor has said otherwise)
Medicare Cards and
Pension Cards
Just a friendly reminder if your (or
your loved one’s) Medicare and/
or Pension Card has expired and
you have received a new one, please
bring it down to Reception to be
photocopied for your file. Thank you
for your co-operation.
•Keep your caffeine consumption
to a minimum as this causes
dehydration
•Tell the staff if you are feeling
unwell particularly if you have been
outside
•Use your air conditioner to cool
your room
•Ask for an Ice Block: we have them
available in the freezers.
•Don’t use fans in a hot room: all
this does is blow the hot air around
and does not cool the room.
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Parking!
Please note that there is to be no
parking along the pathways outside
houses or within the roundabout.
Please only park in the designated
spaces. Additionally parking is
available on Skinner Avenue. Thank
you for your understanding.
Christmas Lunch
Library Service
We will be hosting a special catered
lunch for all residents on the 18th at
12pm in the community room. We
hope you can all come and celebrate
Christmas with us!
Sally and Greg run a bus service that
gives residents access to the library
to choose their own books. This
service runs on the first and second
Thursday of the month. If you are
interested please let Sally (librarian)
or Carmen (Leisure and Lifestyle
Manager) know.
Christmas Lights Bus
Trip
We will be hosting a special Christmas
lights bus trip on the 18th at 7.30pm.
We will be driving around our local
area to view all the beautiful Christmas
lights. We hope you can join us on this
special trip!
Leigh Place Cat
Please note that our facility cat
(Puss) has high cholesterol. PLEASE
DO NOT FEED HER MILK OR
CREAM! It will make her very sick.
Cat food only please.
Christmas Carols by Candlelight
We will be holding Christmas Carols by Candlelight with Kristy Lee on the 23rd
December at 5pm. We hope you can all come and bring your best singing voices!
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Christmas Quiz Answers!
1.
A - Cyclone Tracy
2.
England
3.
Capricorn
4.
359
5.
Halos
6.
“White Christmas”
7.
Flour
8.
Bachelorhood (he will not get married).
9.
(A)Christmas Island
10. (D) Netherlands
11.
(D) El Nino
12.
(D) The 4th Sunday before Christmas
PH: (02) 9153 8222
12-18 Leigh Avenue, Roselands NSW 2196
www.leighplace.com.au