Mia McCloud and Zara Taylor sported fantastic rainbow face paint at our annual children’s party
Inside this issue: • Children’s Party • Cashin Scholarship winner announced • Art Deco tour • Meet Nancy Princess Alexandra Retirement Village Autumn Newsletter 2018
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Greetings from Jodie... Hello and welcome to the autumn edition of Princess Alexandra Post. I hope that you had some quality time with friends and family over the festive season. The year is flying by and we are rolling out many activities for all our residents and family, keep an eye out on the activities calendars. We are really enjoying seeing family and friends visit the village.
created an engaging environment for the young and old. Please remember that my door is always open if you have an enquiry. We welcome your suggestions and ideas and I look forward to seeing you around the village.
We kicked off the year with our annual Children’s Party. This was held at the park next door to us, and it was a very successful day.
Kind regards,
Thank you to the wonderful activities team; their creativity and enthusiasm
Jodie Robb Village Manager
The Ryman Season of The Nutcracker The Royal New Zealand Ballet is hard at work to bring the new production of the muchloved Christmas classic, The Nutcracker, to New Zealand’s stages. The Ryman Healthcare Season of The Nutcracker will be the RNZB’s biggest tour of 2018, opening in Wellington on 31 October and touring the rest of the country. The Nutcracker is the third tour sponsored by Ryman, following the sell-out success of The Wizard of Oz and Romeo and Juliet. For information on the discounts available for Ryman staff and residents – talk to your village manager.
Jodie Robb Village Manager Phone: 06 835 9085
Shona Bayliss Sales Advisor Phone: 06 835 3018
Call Jodie for general enquiries or any information about resthome, hospital and dementia care.
Talk to Shona about retirement living options and availabilities in the village.
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For our annual Children’s Party in January, we went to our local park next door. Under the big walnut tree our residents and staff gathered to watch their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren play.
Kathleen Sherratt with granddaughter Aviva Taylor who won the best dr essed award
We had a fantastic bouncy castle, a clown who specialised in balloon figures and our very popular face painters who had not a moment of rest. No party is complete without food and we had plenty to eat at the BBQ. A special highlight for everyone was designing your own ice-cream sundae. To conclude the day, the children raced for lollies in the lolly scramble and treasure hunt. It was a fantastic day for the young and young-at-heart and we can’t wait to plan our next one.
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Our staff also got in on the act by dressing up
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<generic recipe> Bob Scott bowlers take on Melbourne While most of us were sleeping off our Christmas feasts on Boxing Day, four residents from Bob Scott Retirement Village were heading to Melbourne. The winners of the Ryman lower North Island regional bowls tournament, Arie Molenaar, Shirley Wilson, Ron Scott and Reta Morris, were eager to take on Australian bowlers in the Glen Waverley Bowls Carnival. “The atmosphere was brilliant. There was a lot of interest in us and people asking how we were doing,” Arie says. The team also enjoyed their visit to Ryman’s first Melbourne village, the Weary Dunlop Retirement Village, where they had a tour and morning tea with the residents.
ta t, Shirely Wilson and Re Arie Molenaar, Ran Scot a ent Bob Scott in Australi es pr re to d ou pr re we Morris talk there. It’s a social spot,” Arie says. “Sometimes we’re there for half an hour and we don’t play bowls we just talk!”
They all agree that it is the best thing to have a bowling green in a village as it brings people together.
They all give a very big thank you to Ryman and Denise Thompson, Ryman community and relations team leader, and Russ Nicholls, from the Glen Waverley Bowls Club.
“A lot of people go there just to sit and
“We’re just so proud to be part of Ryman.”
Cashin Scholarship Winner 2018 Emma Glasson is all set to pursue her dream career after winning the $5,000 Cashin Scholarship. The 18-year-old from Invercargill has started her first year studying for a Bachelor of Commerce and she says the scholarship has eased the pressure on her family. Emma’s mum Deanna is a senior caregiver at Rowena Jackson Retirement Village in Invercargill and started there in 2012 after the family moved south from Christchurch. Emma says the earthquakes were tough on the family. “The earthquakes took a toll on us all and mum and dad decided that Invercargill would be a good place to move to.’’ Emma is the seventh winner of the scholarship established in honour of
Ryman director Mike Cashin. Blair Cashin, Mike’s son, said Emma was a deserving winner. “We were delighted to support Emma’s ambitions to study accountancy. She’s part of a family whose lives were disrupted by the earthquakes but she is a determined character who has done well at school through her hard work.’’ The scholarship is open to all Ryman staff and their families.
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Ryman Healthcare is proud to be partnering with Child Cancer Foundation in the Haier Big Hoot. From 3 March till 6 May, 47 owl sculptures decorated by New Zealand and international artists will be displayed across Auckland. One of these owls has been sponsored by Ryman Healthcare. There will also be 60 owlets mostly decorated by children on display. Auckland sculptor Jeff Thomson has created the Ryman owl, which has landed at a location in Birkenhead. Jeff’s Tin Owl is made from corrugated iron and is quite striking against the other painted fibreglass owls. If you live, or find yourself in Auckland, grab some friends and go on a wander around the beautiful city and see if you can find Ryman’s Tin Owl! For a trail map and more information about the art trail, please visit www.thebighoot.co.nz
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Art Deco Tourheritage
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Fruit Carving
Recently our residen ts had the chance to see fantastic fruit ca rving in action. Rahm , a visitor from Singap ore, performed the demonstration and everyone now look at fruit and vegetables differently thanks to her! Rahm demonstrates how to carve a watermelon
Introducing Richelle Villanueva Hello, my name is Richelle Villanueva and I am from the Philippines. I have been practising as a registered nurse in New Zealand for ten years now. I have worked mainly in aged care and decided to specialise in it. When I came to New Zealand, I worked in Tauranga for six years and it is there that I met my partner. We now have a five-yearold daughter and her name is Diamond. We decided to move to Napier in order to be closer to my partner’s family, which is, of course, very good for my daughter. When I am not working, I enjoy spending time with my family, watching movies, listening to music, and having picnics at the beach. I have also become addicted to
adult colouring books! I joined the Princess Alexandra team and have been working night shifts for the last three months, which I have enjoyed. I have now taken the role of Duchess unit coordinator. It’s good to see everyone in action as it is different from the night shifts. I am looking forward to getting to know all our residents and their families, as well as the wonderful staff.
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I trained to be a teacher in 1954 at Ardmore in Auckland, which was an old army base. My first teaching position was in Opoutama, Mahia.
cy n a N t Mee Hello, my name is Nancy Lyons. I moved into the Princess Alexandra Duchess wing in June 2017. My husband, Noel, has since passed on. My parents were Scottish and immigrated in 1934. They settled in Nuhaka between Wairoa and Gisborne. I was born that same year. Because of the climate in Scotland, my mum owned leather coats and fur stoles. I remember feeling embarrassed that none of my friend’s mothers owned these items. We also had thick woollen rugs on our wooden floors, which to me looked inferior to the shiny lino that my friends’ homes had. My father worked on our 2000-acre farm and ran sheep and cattle. We hired two boys to live and work alongside my father. One was ‘The Sheppard’, the other we called ‘The Cowboy’. The Cowboy milked the cows. ‘Blucks Transport’ collected the cream twice weekly in the large cream can. The cream was then delivered to The Butter Factory in Wairoa.
I travelled to the UK with a friend in 1960 and we travelled through the Panama Canal on a ship. The ship that we were due to leave on from Napier was diverted due to a wharf workers strike. We therefore had to fly to Bluff and catch a ship from there. We spent six weeks at sea. One of my most memorable moments was attending a garden party high tea at Buckingham Palace – complete with cucumber sandwiches! We were to meet the Queen, however, she was unwell so her husband Prince Phillip stepped in for her. I remember thinking that he looked very odd as he was wearing make-up. Perhaps he needed a little colour, or maybe it was for the photos? During my three years overseas, I worked as a teacher in London, Edinburgh and in Toronto, Canada. I met my husband Noel on my return home through our association with the Presbyterian Church at St Pauls in Napier. We were married in 1963. We have a daughter, Ann, who now lives in Sydney, Australia with our grandson Sam. I continued teaching throughout my married life at Wycliffe Intermediate School and retired in 1990. Some of my ex-students actually work at Princess Alexandra and it’s lovely to be able to reminisce. I have always been a keen gardener and recently enjoyed a van outing to Hastings, where we were treated by our hosts to a lovely high tea. I enjoy my life here at Princess Alexandra.
Princess Alexandra Post Philippa McCord and Joy Donnelly had fun with the beach-themed BBQ
BBQ luncheon February was BBQ season and we followed suit with a spectacular BBQ lunch in the garden courtyard. The residents made the decorations for the tables, which consisted of bottles ďŹ lled with sand and shells, toi tois in jars, shells, and beach rocks. Everyone also dressed up in hats and summer shirts for the day!
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