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Upcoming network events Live assembly with the Army Regional Engagement Team (Our Serving Soldiers’ and Family members during the festive period)

Live assembly with the Army Regional Engagement Team (Our Serving Soldiers’ and Family members during the festive period)

11/12/2024 1/01/0001

The Welsh British Army Regional Engagement Team (RET) will be delivering a live assembly regarding our Serving Soldiers’ and Family members during the festive period, on the 11 December 2024 at 0900 - 0930hrs. This event will be delivered using the Microsoft TEAMs Meeting ID and passcode below.

At the end of the session there will be an opportunity to ask questions to the RET via the chat function on TEAMs.  

Note that the presentation will be delivered in English and the presentation is pitched at all school ages.

Microsoft Teams

Join the meeting now                                                                                                    

Meeting ID: 334 537 628 841

Passcode: S4VHrE

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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