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Del Marshman

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Seren of the month – November 2024

November 2024

Del Marshman went above and beyond as the Service Children School Champion at what was Mount Street Infant (MSI) School, now part of the new Powys school, Ysgol Golwg Pen Y Fan. Del worked with SSCE Cymru to help MSI achieve their Armed Forces Friendly Schools Cymru GOLD status by embedding good practice to support all Service children at the school.

Del made every effort to ensure that all Service children felt listened to and welcomed. She co-ordinated a wonderful Little Troopers Club and made excellent use of the SSCE Cymru tools, taking extra time and care to produce ‘Moving school’ booklets for those children who were relocating due to a Service move. These became much-treasured items for Service children, as part of their journey.

We’ve even known Del to collect dandelion seeds, the recognised symbol of Service children, from the school grounds and place them in an envelope with a special message from her for a Service child to take with them to scatter in their new location. It’s kindness like this, shown to those Little Troopers, that made her an absolute star!

Thank you for working with us, Del. You will be missed, not only by us, but by your Little Troopers too. Best of luck in your new role!

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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