RESIDENTS at a Shinfield care home received a festive surprise last month.
Students from Crosfield School in Reading visited Care UK’s Parsons Garage to hand out Christmas letters and cards they had penned.
In recent months, the children have been visiting the home to spend time with residents.
During their visits, the pupils have been able to sit and chat, as well as playing musical instruments, telling jokes and enjoying chess and dominoes.
Recipients of the cards and letters opened them in front of the pupils and read aloud the messages.
Rozina Ali, home manager at Parsons Grange, said: “These young people have been coming through our doors for the past few months so it was wonderful to end the year with personal letters and cards from the children.
“Intergenerational activities are brilliant for both the residents and the younger people they are interacting with. Not only are they a great way of stimulating the mind, but they allow the residents to share stories and reminisce about when they were the same age as the pupils.”
For some letters, the children had also drawn illustrations.
One picture included a winter scene, complete with Father Christmas and his reindeers, and another had a colourful image of Pudsey.
