Year 5JL Reflections - Salem Nursing Home Visit
Reflections......5JL
Salem Nursing Home.
CAMILLE AND JOLIE
Salem was an amazing place to visit. While we were there, we were able to meet the nicest people. First Camille and I met a lovely woman named Betty. She was the first person here and when she saw Camille and I she was talking to someone at the time, but when she noticed us she smiled and waved. Then invited us over to talk. I told her my story and then we said we would come back with a gift for her (it was a bookmark). When we came back she had a big smile on her face. I gave her the bookmark and then she hugged us both. She kissed me on the cheek and Camille on the hand.
ARABELLA AND LEILANI
Tuesday 13th of August was such an enjoyable day. We met a beautiful woman who was named Betty. She talked about her surgery that she was having in her mouth. We read some stories out to her and she loved them. Then we met a man named Bill but he didn’t talk that much because he was very old but he loved hearing us speak.
ALICIA AND NIV
What a memorable day Tuesday 13th August was at Salem. It was so memorable because the nurse who was helping us told us before we came back to school that we had made one of the residents named Viv smile. He hadn’t smiled for six weeks because of a stroke. Another thing that made the trip amazing was that we got to make bookmarks. We coloured them in and gave one to each of the residents we met. It made them so happy, especially Betty.
DOMINIC, LILLIAN, LEON AND WILL
Our trip to Salem was memorable and we will never forget it. Our favourite memory from that day was when Leon handed Viv a part of the book we are writing and his face was like WOW. It made us feel really proud and we just felt like we were on top of the world. We really enjoyed our time there and we will never forget it. Our trip to Salem was the most memorable trip we have ever had. At first, it was a little bit confronting but we got used to the new people who were in high care. At first we read them our stories about sport and they enjoyed it.
LACHLAN AND FLYNN
Flynn and I even made 5 people smile who have not smiled in months by singing them a silly song called “Peaches”. They clapped and laughed as we sang and it brought a lot of joy to their lives. It made us warm inside and we felt extremely proud. We gave them a book mark which they appreciated very much. Now you truly see why it was memorable.
MORGAN
I am so glad we went to Salem on Tuesday. It was really fun and we made everyone smile. We made bookmarks with the residents and read them stories that we wrote. Before we left, we sang “Count On Me” by Bruno Mars. We all remembered it because we sang it in Grade 3. We had so much fun at Salem. I hope we can go back again soon.
RHEANNA AND BENJI
Salem was very fun and exciting when we visited on Tuesday. We coloured in bookmarks, we read stories to the old people and we made them smile. So the carers looking after the old people were very happy.
KALAI AND GRACE T
Our visit to Salem this week changed the lives of many people.
Kalai and I talked to a lady called Jeanne and read her our story about 2 naughty twins who were fighting. She said that it reminded her of some of her childhood memories with her sister. We also talked to to a lady called Betty. She laughed at our story and winked at us and gave us some funny comments. We felt really good about our visit; some people hadn’t smiled in weeks and we changed their lives. We met a man named Viv who had recently had a stroke, the nurse said that she hadn’t seen him smile since he had it. We can’t wait to go back next time and to see them again.
NATALIE AND HOLLY
Our visit to Salem was a very memorable day because the nurse who worked there had told the class that Viv had had a stroke six weeks ago. Since he had the stroke he hadn’t smiled or laughed. There was another lady named Betty was very shy when we got there. After a while she was talking to everybody in the class. At the end when we were about to leave our class sang a song called “ Count on me” by Bruno Mars. We love seeing all of the people at Salem.
SIENNA AND CHRISTIAN
I am so glad we went to Salem because it was amazing. There was one man named Viv. The nurse told us that he had a stroke about 6 weeks ago and he hadn’t smiled since then. We told him a story and gave him a bookmark with a special message.Then he had a big smile on his face.
LIZZIE
It was an outstanding day when we visited Salem. I read a narrative to a lovely lady named Marian. She smiled and laughed. Not only did Marian smile, it was everyone. There was a funny part that I read to Marian then she leaned over and laughed with such a cackle. We had a lovely morning visiting the residents of Salem.
