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SSCE Cymru and Brecon High School visit the Haverfordwest High VC School

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SSCE Cymru and Brecon High School visit the Haverfordwest High VC School

July 2024

Jo (SSCE Cymru Participation Lead Officer) and Mrs Leah Burnett (Brecon High School’s Family Forces Officer) were pleased to be invited to visit members of Haverfordwest High School’s Forces Life Club on their Summer camp.

Mr Reg White, a team leader at Haverfordwest High VC school, applied for the Supporting Service Children in Education in Wales Fund (SSCE-WF) to facilitate an outdoor education project for a group of 28 Service children / young people from the school. The company the school worked with for this project is Paddle West, a Pembrokeshire based outdoor learning company that promotes participation in adventurous activities which has a hugely positive impact on a child’s well-being, education and development. 

On day one, the Service children / young people enjoyed activities such as archery, axe throwing, team building and bushcraft skills followed by day two, paddle sports, including canoeing, stand-up paddle boards and raft building. There was lots of fun and laughter. And after an exchange of best practice examples and ideas between key members of staff that support Service children / young people in their educational settings, lets hope we can look forward to some more collaborative projects in the future to bring this cohort of pupils together across more regions in Wales.

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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