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Month of the Military Child

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April is designated as the Month of the Military Child, which highlights the important role Service children play in the Armed Forces community. It is a time to applaud Armed Forces families and their children for the daily sacrifices they make and the challenges they overcome.

 

 

Why Purple?

Purple was chosen because it symbolizes all branches of the military, a combination of Army Green, Air Force Blue, Coast Guard Blue, Marine Red and Navy Blue.

SSCE Cymru would like to encourage education settings to carry out activities during this month to celebrate and raise awareness of the unique experiences this group of children and young people have and become a more Armed Forces-friendly environment.

 

Events

See the SSCE Cymru events page for details of events taking place in April, as part of Month of the Military Child.

Resources

Ideas of how schools can get involved

Ideas of how Service families can get involved

Month of the Military Child banner

Month of the Military Child square image

Dandelion poem

Month of the Military Child 2024 activities

Apr
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A visit from a military parent at Ysgol Cefn Meiriadog (Denbighshire)

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Ysgol Cefn Meiriadog are a school in Denbighshire, North Wales, with one Service child. Please see below a quote from Headteacher, Laura Martin, and some lovely photos of what they got up to in April to celebrate Month of the Military Child!

Apr
24

Celebrations at Haverfordwest High VC School (Pembrokeshire)

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Haverfordwest High VC School are a secondary school in Pembrokeshire, West Wales, with 60 Service children.

Apr
24

WOW days at Ysgol Penygloddfa (Powys)

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Ysgol Penygloddfa, a primary school in Powys with 4 Service children, had a busy month full of Month of the Military Child celebrations during April. Service children and their peers took part in hosting charity bake sales, sporty activities such as zumba and wheelchair basketball, arts and crafts sessions which included creating dandelion art sculptures and a banner for purple up day to name a few! 

Apr
24

Dandelion artwork at Ysgol Pen y Bryn (Conwy)

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Service children at Ysgol Pen y Bryn (Conwy) enjoyed experimenting with watercolours and painted some fantastic pieces of dandelion artwork during Month of the Military Child this year.

Apr
24

Purple ribbons at Ysgol Glan Clwyd (Denbighshire)

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Serving young people from Ysgol Glan Clwyd (Denbighshire) made purple ribbons and added notes about what it meant to them to be a part of an Armed Forces family. 

Apr
24

A busy month at Baglan Primary School (Neath Port Talbort)

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Baglan Primary School in Neath Port Talbot had a busy month celebrating Month of the Military Child with their Little Troopers and wider school community!

Previous Month of the Military Child Activities

Month of the Military Child 2023 activities

Month of the Military Child 2022 activities

Service Children Quotes

 

Case Studies

Llanbedr CiW School, Powys - Month of the Military Child activity

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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