Staying active
Seniors, Active at Home booklet (PDF, 3.5 Mb)
Stay Active at Home booklet, produced by Northamptonshire Sport, specifically for older people
Difference between Covid-19, cold and flu symptoms (PDF, 242 Kb)
A handy guide showing the difference between symptoms of Covid-19, colds and flu
- Staying active while social distancing
Danes Camp may be closed, but Trilogy have lots of ideas to help you stay active while social distancing - from home workouts for all ages and fitness levels to swimming techniques on dry land, they've got plenty of ideas for things to try at home.
- Tai Chi with Jeff
Some of our Seniors Club members have been enjoying Tai Chi sessions with Jeff at Danes Camp recently. Jeff has put together this great video so we can all have a go!
- Get Active with Roz
Roz leads our Get Active Tuesday's sessions with our seniors club members - a great workout for our more active seniors
- Joe Wicks Chair Exercises
A chair based exercise routine from Joe Wicks - join in the fun!
Crafty stuff
We are incredibly lucky to have some brilliant artist people here in East Hunsbury. Even more lucky, that over the past year, they have been working with us to share their skills.
For Easter – we invited local groups to suggest and create crafty activities. Here are the sessions – something for everyone!
Ollie's Spring Flowers wreath
Easter Wreath Making - with East Hunsbury W.I.
Ollie from our local W.I. has suggested this Easter Wreath. See the pattern, which we have selected for you and a picture of the lovely wreath, made by Ollie. This is probably one for the grown-ups, but children may like to help.
Spring Flowers knit wreath (PDF, 657 Kb)
Pattern for making a Spring Flowers knit wreath
Knit Your Own Easter Bunny – from Pauline our Crafty Session Leader
Pauline has been running sessions at our Activity Hub at the Library, for the past year. Here, she takes a simple knitted square and creates a lovely Easter Bunny. Something that the grown-ups and children can work on together.
Easter Bunny tutorial (PDF, 663 Kb)
Knitted East Bunny tutorial by Pauline
Pom Pom Instructions (PDF, 283 Kb)
Make a pom pom tail for your Easter Bunny
Easter Rock Painting – with East Hunsbury Rocks – Sarah Docker
Sarah runs an amazing Facebook group, who encourage people to paint and hide and find rocks in our local parks. See here, Sarah's tutorial for Easter. At this time, we are saying please do not pick up rocks in the parks, but paint them at home, to hide later, when we can all get back to normal!
Patchwork Chick Tutorial (PDF, 401 Kb)
Patchwork Chick rock painting tutorial
Keeping in touch
- Zoom - Joining a Zoom Meeting for the first time
Zoom is a great tool for keeping in touch with people - this YouTube tutorial gives you all the info you need to join a meeting for the first time
- Zoom - Hosting a meeting
Get your family and friends involved - host a meeting yourself!
Mindfulness
1 Minute Mindfulness Strategies (PDF, 109 Kb)
1 Minute Mindfulness Strategies
- A useful guide about improving mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Just for fun
- Creative Colouring from Northants Police
Keep children busy with a creative colouring challenge from Northamptonshire Police
East Hunsbury Quiz April 2020 (PDF, 95 Kb)
Just for Fun! Can you get all of the answers on this East Hunsbury related quiz?
What Is It? Quiz (PDF, 340 Kb)
A weekly quiz to try - all of the items this week can be found in the kitchen. How many can you get? Answers published next week!
Logo grid quiz (PDF, 118 Kb)
Just for Fun! Work out where these parts of our logo go
Spot the Difference (PDF, 101 Kb)
Can you find all of the differences in the East Hunsbury Primary school logo...
Name the Birds quiz (PDF, 310 Kb)
All of these birds appear in East Hunsbury street names - can you name them?
Parish Councillor Wordsearch (PDF, 115 Kb)
Our councillors all appear in this word search - can you get them all?
Word Scramble (PDF, 71 Kb)
East Hunsbury related Word Scramble - have a go!
- Julie Andrews explains how to stop the spread of Coronavirus!
