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