Celebrate! - our 2nd Spring Award Ceremony!

We had another fantastic opportunity to do what we do best this week, celebrate! We hosted our second Spring Gold Award ceremony and welcomed 400 children, parents and carers and school staff to the Town Hall to celebrate their achievements.

Families visit our marketplace full of Learning Destinations

Some of fantastic Gold Award winners with their special CU caps and Gowns

Children from Mansel Primary receive their awards

These ceremonies mark the first time we have hosted our CU primary school ceremonies at the University, and had children in their Hallam sponsored University style caps and gowns there too! This change has been made as a result of fantastic partnership work with Sheffield Hallam and our current wider consultation/pilot scheme which will hopefully inform our award ceremony structure in the future. It was fantastic to see so many children looking so smart and proud, and its provided some brilliant photos!

All ready for the start of the ceremony!

Cassie Joicey from Sheffield Hallam welcomes children and families to the University

The Deputy Lord Mayor, Councillor Denise Fox congratulates award winners and their families

Helen O'Donnell from the CU Trust congratulates all our Gold award winners

Children from 25 schools attended along with their parents and carers and were presented with their awards by the Deputy Lord Mayor, Councillor Denise Fox, Helen O'Donnell, Chief Executive of the CU Trust and Cassie Joicey from the Outreach at Sheffield Hallam University.

Children from Mosborough receive their Gold awards

Children from Southey Green receive their Gold Awards

Ally from Norton Free receives her Gold Fellowship for 1000 hours from the Deputy Lord Mayor

During the ceremony, there were fantastic performances from Evie from Razamatazz Theatre School Sheffield, one of our brilliant Learning Destinations and also the brilliant Sheffield Cathedral Young Voices who performed a number of songs including 'Blackbird' and 'Africa'.

Evie from Razamatazz sings 'Reflections' from Mulan

Children from the Sheffield Cathedral Young Voices give a fantastic performance!

The Sheffield Cathedral Young Voices sing 'Blackbird'

HUGE congratulations to our fantastic award winners, their parents/carers and school staff. We are so very very proud of all of you!

Visit our Facebook page to view all the photos from the event: Sheffield CU Facebook

Celebrate! - Our 1st Spring Award Ceremony!

It was time to roll out the red carpet and celebrate again this week as we hosted the first of our Spring Gold Award Ceremonies and welcomed 400 children, parents and carers and school staff to Sheffield Hallam University to celebrate taking part in over 100 hours of learning in their own time.

Children from Angram Bank receive their awards

This is the first time we have hosted our CU primary school ceremonies at the University, and had children in their Hallam sponsored University style caps and gowns there too! This change has been made as a result of fantastic partnership work with Sheffield Hallam and our current wider consultation/pilot scheme which will hopefully inform our award ceremony structure in the future. It was fantastic to see so many children looking so smart and proud, and its provided some brilliant photos!

Children from HBH Academy - Hartley Brook receive their awards 

Children from 21 schools attended along with their parents and carers and were presented with their awards by the Deputy Lord Mayor, Councillor Denise Fox and Carol Castle, Head of Outreach at Sheffield Hallam University.

The Deputy Lord Mayor, Councillor Denise Fox congraulates award winners and their families

During the ceremony, there were fantastic performances from Mia and Evie from Razamatazz Theatre School Sheffield, one of our brilliant Learning Destinations and also Isabelle from Noodle Performing Arts.

Evie from Razamatazz sings 'Reflections' from Mulan

Isabelle from Noodle Performing Arts gives a fantastic solo performance

Mia from Razamatazz performs 'Naughty' from Matilda

HUGE congratulations to our fantastic award winners, their parents/carers and school staff. We are so very very proud of all of you!

Visit our Facebook page to view all the photos from the event: Sheffield CU Facebook

Planning your Easter fun?

Are you planning your Easter fun? The Children's University Passport to Learning newsletter which includes details of activities happening across Sheffield during the Easter is now available! Click HERE, or the link at the side of this blog to start planning now!

Children and young people who take along a Passport to Learning to all the activities listed in the newsletter will be able to earn additional CU credits at these activities. There's also an up to date list and contact details of our validated Learning Destinations. If you don't have a Passport to Learning yet, don't worry! You can pop into Sheffield libraries across the city and buy one for the bargain price of £2!

Behind the scenes at Sheffield Hallam...

It's been a very busy week at Sheffield CU HQ as we prepare for our CU primary school award ceremonies which are taking place on the 15th and 16th of March at Sheffield Hallam University.

Is your child invited to attend these ceremonies? Have you wondered what a University is really like? Interested in finding out more from the people who know it best?

Come along and take part in our special Hallam University behind the scenes tour, exclusively available for our Gold Award winners!

Come and join some of Hallam’s current students to explore the university and find out what life as a student is really like! Discover for yourself what it’s like to study at university and complete a fun quiz!

There will be 2 tours taking place before the award ceremony. These will both start at 5.30pm. There are 20 places available for each tour, and its completely FREE! If you have a Passport to Learning, you can collect a credit for taking part in this activity!

For more details on how to book this a place on the tour, please talk to your school, or email us: cu@sheffield.gov.uk