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Month of the Military Child 2024 activities

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

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

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!

At Baglan Primary School, each class created a dandelion picture from the Little Troopers resources online and discussed the importance of Month of the Military child and how service families are supported in the school.

For ‘Purple Up Day’, the whole school wore purple, and over £100 was raised and donated to the local charity ‘Bulldogs Boxing and Community Activities’. The veterans at Bulldogs have suggested using the money to purchase plants and flowers. They Little Troopers have been invited to help them with the planting.

The Fire Service also came in and worked with the Little Troopers to create a large-scale superhero picture. The Little Troopers had so much fun!

Month of the Military Child 2024 activities

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