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WHEN A SPECIAL PERSON GOES AWAYChildren’s Workbook

When a Special Person Goes Away: Children‛s Workbook Page 1

This booklet has been designed to assist children to understand the diffi culties encountered when

a special person goes away

Designed by Sian Inglis, NPFS West


My name is

And I have a special person serving in the

On/at

My special person is called

And they are my

(Royal Navy, Royal Marines etc.)

(Ship/Squadron/Unit)

(Mum/Dad/Brother/Sister etc.)


My

Works on

a Ship

a Submarine

an Aeroplane

a Helicopter

(If your special person works somewhere elseyou can write it on this line)

Where does your special person work?


Have you been to whereyour special person works? Can you draw it?If you haven‛t don‛t worry just draw what you think it looks like.


How do you feel aboutyour special person going away?(Draw a picture of you, are you happy/sad etc)


Where is your special person going?

A L A S K A

C A N A D A

M E X I C OCUBA

JAMAICABELIZE

DOMINICANREPUBLICHAITI

PUERTORICOGUATEMALA

COSTA RICA

NICARAGUAHONDURAS

EL SALVADOR

PANAMA

COLOMBIA

VENEZUELA

TRINIDAD &TOBAGO

GUY ANA

SURINAM

FRENCH GUIANA

ECUADOR

BRAZIL

P E R U

B O L I V I A

PARAGUAY

A R G E N T I N A

URUGUAY

CHILE

FALKLAND/MALVINAS ISLANDS

N E WZ E A L A N D

FIJI

A N T A R C T I C A

G R E E N L A N D

ICELAND

N O R W AY

SWEDEN F I N L A N D

DENMARKUNITEDKINGDOMIRELAND

F R A N C E

BELGIUMNETHERLANDS

LUXEMBOURGGERMANY

EST ONIALA TVIALITHUANIARUSSIA

POLANDBELARUS

UKRAINE

S P A I NPORTUGAL

CZECHREP.

AUSTRIASWITZERLAND

ITALYSLOVENIA

CROA TIA

SLOVAKREP.

HUNGARY

YUGOSLAVIABULGARIA

ROMANIAMOLDOVA

ALBANIA

GREECE T U R K E Y

CYPRUS

MOROCCO

WESTERNSAHARA

A L G E R I AL I B Y A

TUNISIA

MAURITANIA

SENEGALGAMBIA

GUINEA-BISSAUGUINEA

SIERRA LEONE

LIBERIA

M A L I

BURKINAFASO

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GHAN

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GOBE

NIN

NIGERIA

N I G E RCHAD

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S U D A N

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EQUATORIALGUINEA

GABONCONGO

ZAIRE RWANDABURUNDI

UGANDA K E N YA

SOMALIA

A N G O L A

NAMIBIA

Z A M B I A

TANZANIA

MALAWI

ZIMBABWE

BOTSWANA

MOZAMBIQUE MADAGASCAR

SWAZILAND

LESOTHOS O U T HA F R I C A

MAURITIUS

RÉUNION

GEORGIA

ARMENIA AZERBAIJAN

SYRIALEBANON

ISRAELJORDAN

IRAQI R A N

S A U D IA R A B I A QATAR

UNITED ARAB

EMIRATES

OMAN

Y E M E N

I N D I A

AFGHANISTAN

PAKISTAN

TURKMENISTAN

UZBEKISTANKYRGYZSTAN

TAJIKISTAN

K A Z A K H S T A N

SRILANKA

NEPAL BHUTAN

BANGLADESHBURMA

LAOS

THAILAND

CAMBODIA

VIETNAM

M A L A Y S I ABRUNEI

PHILIPPINES

TAIWAN

I N D O N E S I A P A P U AN E W

G U I N E A SOLOMONISLANDS

FIJIVANUATU

NEW CALEDONIA

A U S T R A L I A

N E WZ E A L A N D

R U S S I A

M O N G O L I A

NORTHKOREA

SOUTHKOREA

J A P A NC H I N A

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U N I T E D S T A T E S O F A M E R I C A

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North I.

South I.

Newfoundland

South Georgia

CANARYISLANDS

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Bogotá

La Paz

Rio de Janeiro

Buenos AiresSantiago

Habana

Mexico City

Los Angeles

San Francisco

New Orleans

Houston

New York

Montreal

São Paulo

Montevideo

Lima Brasília

Melbourne

Sydney

Perth

Lagos

Kinshasa

Nairobi

Cape Town

Harare

London

Paris

Madrid

Algiers

Cairo

Istanbul

Berlin

Stockholm

Moscow

BombayCalcutta

Irkutsk

Kuwait

Jeddah

KarachiDelhi

Tehran

Novosibirsk

Tashkent

Rostov

Shanghai

Singapore

Bangkok

Hong Kong

Manila

Tokyo

Beijing

Khabarovsk

Belém

Medellín

Salvador

Cali

Pôrto Alegre

Recife

Belo Horizonte

Monterrey

Guadalajara

Managua

Adelaide

Brisbane

Canberra Auckland

ChristchurchHobart

Auckland

Christchurch

Oslo

Helsinki

Copenhagen

Luanda

CordobaDurban

AlexandriaTripoli

T’ai-pei

Wuhan

Tianjin

Shenyang

Seoul

PusanCassablancaRabat

LisbonBarcelona

Madras

Hyderabad

Bangalore

Lahore

Ho Chi Minh

Kuala Lumpur

Johannesburg

Tunis

Rome

Khartoum

Addis Ababa

Dar es Salaam

San Juan

Miami

Baghdad

QuebecOttawa

Toronto

Winnipeg

DetroitBoston

Vancouver

Calgary

Portland

Dallas

Washington DC

Chicago

St Louis

Minneapolis

Phoenix

Philadelphia

AtlantaSan Diego

Sapporo

Osaka

St Peterburg

Volgograd

KazanOmsk

Yakutsk

Ulaanbaatar

Hanoi

Colombo

Reykjavik

Dublin

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Tropic of Cancer

Tropic of Capricorn

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Arctic Circle

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Tropic of Capricorn

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Now you know where your special person is going, you could do a project on it.

Ask your special person to send postcards when they can.

And stickers and pictures so that you can add them all into your project.

And when your special person comes home you can show it to them.


What is the weather going to be like whereYour Special Person is going?

Don‛t worry if you have more than one type of weatheryour special person might do as well!

Spring Summer Autumn Winter


Are there any types of animal your special person might see whilst they are away?

Elephant Penguin

Deer

Camel


Lion

Koala

Monkey

Polar Bear

Kangaroo


Do you know of any other animals that will be where your special person is going?Can you draw them? Or fi nd pictures of

them and stick them on this page.


3-4 weeks before your special person comes home you can send them this letter to tell them how much you‛ve changed since

they‛ve been away.Dear

I have changed since you have been away.

Can you think of any other ways you have changed? You can write them here. Then ask a grown up to post your letter.

I have grown

I am in class at school

from

I have learnt to since you have been away

I have changed my

And I have a new

My friends are called


Draw a picture of you and your special person on your reunion day.


How do you feel whenyour special person is coming home?


Scared

Happy

Nervous

Confused

Excited

Sad

Reunion day is here at last.How do you feel?

Don‛t worry all these feelings are perfectly normal and don‛t be scared to tell a grown

up how you are feeling


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