SSCE Cymru Journal

The SSCE Cymru journal provides an overview of the activities and events that SSCE Cymru team members have been involved with.

Mar 25

Prestatyn High School host a Never Such Innocence Month of the Military Child Poetry Workshop

Prestatyn High School (Denbighshire)

Nik Perring, a writer in residence with the charity Never Such Innocence visited Prestatyn High School in Denbighshire on Wednesday 12th March to lead a series of poetry workshops for 5 classes with high numbers of Service children and their peers. This event was kindly funded by the Naval Children's Charity, aimed to highlight and further promote the strong community connections the school already shares with the Armed Forces. With Nik's guidance the young people involved in the workshops produced some incredible poems that their Service Children School Champion is going to submit as part of the Never Such Innocence Poetry Competition. It was a wonderfully enjoyable day, and lovely to see the young people surprise themselves with their poetic flair and final piece! A big diolch/thank you to the Naval Children's Charity, Never Such Innocence, the school staff for organizing the event, and of course, the participating young people.

Feb 25

Willowtown Community Primary School host a Never Such Innocence Poetry Workshop

Willowtown Community Primary School (Blaenau Gwent)

Clive Sanders, a poet in residence with the charity Never Such Innocence met the SSCE Cymru, Participation Lead Officer, Jo at Willowtown Community Primary School on Monday 17th February to lead a series of poetry workshops for the year 5 and 6 Service children alongside their peers.

Jan 25

Baglan Primary School - SSCE/Little Troopers Community Room Grand Opening

Baglan Primary School (Neath Port Talbot)

On the afternoon of Wednesday 15th January, Baglan Primary School, Neath Port Talbot, held the grand opening ceremony for their SSCE/Little Troopers Community Room. The tape was cut and the room officially opened by the Lord-Lieutenant (although the Little Troopers had of course had an earlier sneaky peak).

Dec 24

Margam Park Christmas Tree Exhibition - Neath Port Talbort Service children tree

Margam Park (Neath Port Talbot)

Baglan Education and Training Centre dedicated a christmas tree at Margam Park Christmas Tree Exhibition to the Service children in Neath Port Talbot. Service children across the LA were invited to create decorations for the tree.

Dec 24

Service children pupil voice - working together to improve our resources

Haverfordwest High VC School (Pembrokeshire)

The SSCE Cymru team is currently updating our free resources, including the school tools, which are available on our website. In an effort to ensure we get things right, we have reached out to experts for their help and guidance.

Nov 24

Service Children - Your Views Project at Ysgol Y Ddraig

Ysgol Y Ddraig (Vale of Glamorgan)

Our Participation Lead Officer, Jo was kindly invited to the launch of the Service children – Your Views Project, that the Learning Links Team from the Vale of Glamorgan local authority has been working on with the Little Troopers Club at Ysgol Y Ddraig.

Nov 24

SCiP Alliance Annual Conference 2024: Inspiring Impact

Cardiff

The SCiP Alliance annual conference 2024: Inspiring Impact was hosted in Wales, which is the first time that it has been held outside England. The event brought together 100 delegates, many of whom were first-time attendees, including teaching staff from some of the schools that have achieved their Armed Forces Friendly Schools Cymru status. It was wonderful to see so many of you there. The day focussed on the SCiP Alliance's vision to inspire impactful work that supports thriving lives for Service children.

Nov 24

Remembrance at Ysgol Cefn Meiriadog

Ysgol Cefn Meiriadog (Denbighshire)

At Ysgol Cefn Meiriadog in Denbighshire the school had a visit from a local soldier who has spent 30 years working for the army. He shared information about his work, his medals and the importance of remembering.

Nov 24

Golden Grove School - We will remember them

Golden Grove School (Pembrokeshire)

Pupils from Golden Grove School in Pembroke laid a wreath and joined others at the war memorial in remembering the fallen.

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

"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’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

"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

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