Oak Springs turned spooky for Halloween with help of local children

A group of nursery school children from Wavertree helped Liverpool care home Oak Springs have a spook-tacular Halloween.

The pre-school children from Kids Planet Wavertree in Heathfield Road visited the care home to take part in themed activities, fancy dress and Halloween treats with the residents.

Andrea Lyon, Registered Manager of Oak Springs, said: “Kids Planet have been regularly visiting our care home over the past four years and they have built a strong community connection with us.

“Both residents and staff look forward to their visits and they always make us smile.

“This time, it was great to welcome a pre-school group of their three-year-olds to the home to help to celebrate Halloween with our residents, who dressed up for the occasion.

“The children danced to a number of Halloween songs, played games including hook an apple and pass the parcel to win sweets, toys and Halloween treats. Our residents enjoyed reminiscing with the children and singing nursery rhymes.”

Kids Planet Wavertree Manager Becky Moore said: “The children were very excited when they arrived to class in their costumes. It was the pre-school group’s first time at Oak Springs Care Home and it was lovely to see all the children interacting with the residents.”

Roisin Chaplin, one of the home’s Activities Coordinator, said: “It was lovely to have the children visit for Halloween. They were very well behaved and loved taking part in the games we had prepared, and we loved their costumes.”

Eileen Pielow, another Activities Coordinator at the home, said: “It was a very fun morning. Seeing the residents faces when the young children interacted with them was golden.”

Resident Olive Newton, 92, said: “The children came up to me to introduce themselves which was very polite of them. They all wanted everyone to know what they were dressed up as.”

Resident Ann Hives, 83, said: “I was delighted to award the children their prizes for hooking the ducks. They all flocked to me and I loved seeing all their costumes - they looked great.”

Terry Symes, 72, who dressed up as Little Red Riding Hood, said: “Having the children here was a Halloween treat. They were very good dancers and all liked my spooky outfit.”

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