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Ellie Jones

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Seren of the month – February 2025

February 2025

This month, the SSCE Cymru team is thrilled to present Ellie Jones as our Seren! Ellie is currently a Learning Support Assistant for the Learning Links Team at the Vale of Glamorgan Council. We have a wonderful working relationship with Ellie and the team, and we deeply appreciate their continuous efforts in supporting Service children and young people across the Vale. Ellie recently led on the Service Children - Your Views Project, developed in partnership with the Service Children at Ysgol Y Ddraig, and is a wonderful example of her dedication to her role. The project will gather the voices of Service children within the Vale and will have an impact on future projects. We are grateful for the event hosted by the Little Troopers Club at Ysgol Y Ddraig Primary School, which gave participating children the chance to share their amazing work with their families. The poster with the QR code survey, now widely available across schools in the Vale, will help ensure that more Service children receive the support they need throughout their educational journey.

A heartfelt thank you to Ellie for your hard work and commitment to this project! We eagerly look forward to hearing the feedback. A big thanks also goes to the rest of the Learning Links Team for your ongoing support of the SSCE Cymru programme, it is truly appreciated!

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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