{"id":13718,"date":"2025-05-26T09:44:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T09:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcolmprimary\/?p=13718"},"modified":"2025-05-26T11:10:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T11:10:42","slug":"fancy-becoming-an-army-cadet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcolmprimary\/2025\/05\/26\/fancy-becoming-an-army-cadet\/","title":{"rendered":"Fancy Becoming an Army Cadet?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #333399\">Sergeants Wilson and Donnan visited us this morning to tell us a little more about joining the local Army Cadet Force!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\">They shared with us the history of the ACF and the Values and Standards they live by \u2013 looking after themselves and each other. You can join when you start S1 and work your way up from cadet to higher ranks. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\">Did you know there are 48000 cadets in the UK?! That\u2019s double the size of the British Army!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333399\">Sergeants Wilson and Donnan told us all about the Fieldcraft expeditions, First Aid training, drills, community engagement and military knowledge activities that Cadets learn about \u2013 and that\u2019s just a few exciting things they could be part of! All while meeting new people and making new friends \ud83d\ude0a<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\">Some pupils who expressed interest have a leaflet with time\/place for Stranraer Cadets if this is something they might be interested in when they start S1\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\">Check out the website for more details\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/armycadets.com\/\">Fun, Friendship, Action And Adventure | Army Cadets UK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-13717\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/kirkcolmprimary\/uploads\/sites\/5370\/2025\/05\/26093131\/IMG_2616-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/kirkcolmprimary\/uploads\/sites\/5370\/2025\/05\/26093131\/IMG_2616-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/kirkcolmprimary\/uploads\/sites\/5370\/2025\/05\/26093131\/IMG_2616-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/kirkcolmprimary\/uploads\/sites\/5370\/2025\/05\/26093131\/IMG_2616-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/kirkcolmprimary\/uploads\/sites\/5370\/2025\/05\/26093131\/IMG_2616.jpeg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-13716\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/kirkcolmprimary\/uploads\/sites\/5370\/2025\/05\/26093124\/IMG_2617-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/kirkcolmprimary\/uploads\/sites\/5370\/2025\/05\/26093124\/IMG_2617-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/kirkcolmprimary\/uploads\/sites\/5370\/2025\/05\/26093124\/IMG_2617-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/kirkcolmprimary\/uploads\/sites\/5370\/2025\/05\/26093124\/IMG_2617-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/kirkcolmprimary\/uploads\/sites\/5370\/2025\/05\/26093124\/IMG_2617.jpeg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Meta Skills\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Integrity Imani<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Initiative Ivy<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Collaborating Cora\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Leading Li\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sergeants Wilson and Donnan visited us this morning to tell us a little more about joining the local Army Cadet Force! They shared with us the history of the ACF and the Values and Standards they live by \u2013 looking &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcolmprimary\/2025\/05\/26\/fancy-becoming-an-army-cadet\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13814,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcolmprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcolmprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcolmprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcolmprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13814"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcolmprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13718"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcolmprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13720,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcolmprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13718\/revisions\/13720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcolmprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcolmprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcolmprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}