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Mount Street Infants celebrate Gold Armed Forces Friendly Schools Cymru status

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Mount Street Infants celebrate Gold Armed Forces Friendly Schools Cymru status

July 2023

SSCE Cymru team members joined Mount Street Infants School in Brecon, Powys, to celebrate the first school in Wales to achieve the Gold Armed Forces Friendly Schools Cymru status.

A trophy, framed certificate, AFFS Cymru teddy bear and cake were presented to the school staff and Service children, during an assembly, by Colonel Sion Walker (Deputy Commander of the Army in Wales), Millie Taylor (SSCE Cymru Programme Manager) and Cllr Matthew Dorrance (Armed Forces Champion for Powys. During the assembly, Service children recited the Dandelion poem and performed a traditional Nepalese dance. After the assembly, Forces Fitness, supported by the Armed Forces engagement team from 160th Welsh Brigade, ran a fun fitness and wellbeing session with the Service children and their peers.

 

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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