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Ralph & Harry

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Seren of the month – April 2024

April 2024

Ralph and Harry are aged 6 and in Year 1 in Baglan Primary School in Neath Port Talbot.

Their daddy is a Pilot in the Army, and lives on camp during the week. They are super excited when daddy comes home on the weekend, but also find it tough when he is deployed overseas.

Ralph and Harry love school, especially playing with their friends and performing on stage! As most 6-year-old boys, they are very busy, and are involved in kickboxing, football, rugby and swimming. Their favourite things to do with daddy when he is home is playing football in the garden, play mousetrap, go on the beach and wash mummy’s car!

They are both excellent members of Baglan Primary School’s Little Troopers Club. We are so proud that while their Daddy is currently deployed on operational tour they have kept smiling! 

Thank you, Ralph and Harry and your wonderful family!

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Service children’s quotes

"As soon as we get used to a house, you get moved - I’ve been to four schools and moved six times."

Aiden

"I lived in Nepal, then we went to Brunei, then Malaysia."

Ashim

"In my eyes, you have hundreds of friends in different places."

Chloe

"I’m used to moving now and mixing with the children... I’ve done it so many times, it’s just a normal thing now."

Chloe

"It's ok talking over skype and that, but sometimes you just want a hug when Dad is away."

Georgia

"I’ve enjoyed going around to lots of places around the world, it's adventurous and exciting."

Harry

"In my eyes, you have hundreds of friends in different places."

Ieuan

"My mum got a chalk board and it says how many sleeps on it with chalk, every minute it’s getting closer for him coming home."

Mia

"I don’t want him to get promoted... I want him to get promoted but I don’t want to leave."

Oliver

"I might be going to boarding school so that I don’t change schools every few years."

Ryan

"I've been to seven different schools; I’ve not stayed put in one school long enough."

Shana

"He has been away for six months and he is back for two weeks, then he goes away again."

Sianed

"My parents were in the Army. My mum is a like a nurse and my dad went to the war in Afghanistan. I actually didn’t really know what he was doing so I was like, ‘Cool Dad, go there,’ but then I found out and thought, 'Thank God he came back alive.'"

Sanjog

"He signed off last week, so he will be done by the end of this year. He’s done 24 years. I find that better because he will be around a lot. He likes watching us playing rugby, so he will get to see us more."

Lewis

"I’m going to a new place entirely. They don’t know anything about me and that’s a big restart and that’s really good for me."

Piaras

"I moved to Wales because my dad was posted in the Army. I thought I would get bullied and I was shy when you meet new people, but I made some friends."

Dan