Winter-themed Home Learning Challenge!

Hooray! The holidays are here and we hope you're looking forward to some rest, relaxation and fun with your families.

We thought we'd create some Home Learning Challenges to keep those brains ticking over (fun learning never stops with CU!), so here's a collection of winter-themed activities, each worth 1 CU credit.

There's a recipe to bake some simple cookies (we KNOW they're a favourite of a certain man who wears red! 🎅🍪), create a Christmas card 🎄, go on a scavenger hunt walk around your neighbourhood, create a family cinema night at home 🎬🎫🍿, and why not finish off with a New Year's resolution 🎆?

You can download a copy of the Winter CU Home Learning Challenge here: https://bit.ly/SCUWinterHomeLearningChallenge2020

To claim your CU credits, you'll need a Passport to Learning, and don't forget to complete your Learning Reflection Diary (there's a copy at the end of the challenge), and email it with evidence of your learning (we love your photos and videos!) to CU@sheffield.gov.uk

We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and a very Happy New Year, and we look forward to awarding thousands more CU credits in 2021!

Celebrating 2020

The festive season is upon us, the year is drawing to a close, and there is still only one thing to do. 

Celebrate! 

2020 has certainly been a year like no other! It’s brought so many challenges and difficulties for us all, but as we reflect back, there have been some opportunities too. Sheffield CU is built on the belief that learning can take place anywhere, including at home and online too, and our children, families, schools and Learning Destinations have proven just that! 

We have been truly amazed by the resilience, positivity, commitment and kindness shown by the amazing children and young people of our city and our families, schools, partners, Learning Destinations and fellow keyworkers. We feel so proud to have been able to continue to provide what support we could and to roll out a few new developments of our own too. We look forward to 2021 and hopefully welcoming and celebrating the commitment and achievements of our amazing CU members at one of our real life award ceremonies as soon as possible!

In the meantime, here’s our Sheffield CU year in numbers…

• 46,159 children and young people with CU credits in Sheffield
• 3,536,887 CU credits awarded so far – with over 200,000 hours added in 2020
• 2,862 out of school activities registered with us in 2020 (and counting!). This is actually more than last year’s figure, and clearly demonstrates the commitment to learning shown by Sheffield children and young people, even when at home and taking part in home learning challenges!
• 64 schools signed up and engaged with Sheffield Children’s University
• 236 Learning Destinations (approved activity providers) participating across Sheffield. 25 brand new Learning Destinations have been added in 2020 with many activity providers adapting their delivery and working in new innovative COVID secure ways!
• 2,000 Gold awards, 3,000 Silver & 3,700 Bronze awards have been issued during 2020. There have been an amazing 93,000 CU Awards issued since 2008 proving just how talented and committed Sheffield children, young people and families are to their out of school learning!  
• 3 brand new virtual ceremony experiences were rolled out to our award winners who couldn’t attend a real life ceremony due to lockdown and COVID restrictions. Children and young people were invited to take part in a new ‘Create your own CU ceremony’ home learning challenge and then watch a Sheffield CU virtual ceremony video. The home learning challenge encouraged our award winners people to invite their families to celebrate with them, make special refreshments to enjoy, create their own stage, and make their mortarboard to throw, whilst the ceremonies were full of special speeches from VIPs such as the Sheffield City Region Mayor Dan Jarvis, children’s author David Walliams and HM Lord Lieutenant of South Yorkshire Andrew Coombe. It also had special performances from schools, Sheffield Music Hub and experiments, activities and a specially written poem too. Follow the link here to see the video we created to celebrate our first ever virtual ceremony and our award winners achievements: https://youtu.be/db57y8RdB_k
• Over 100 Sheffield CU home learning challenges were created by the team and published daily from March 2020 to provide support to children, young people, families and schools during this extraordinary time. Challenges included creating their own obstacle course, making memory maps, garden bug hunts, creating their own comic book, learning sign language, doing superhero yoga, making their own cook book, creating a museum at home, writing poetry and many, many more! Check out our celebratory video created back in June: https://youtu.be/UBFJVAFjjS8
• 10 Learning Destinations delivered 68 free taster sessions as part of the 6th annual Sheffield CU Festival of Fun in the summer holidays. Collectively, they offered over 1,800 bookable places for children and families (many more required no booking at all!) to participate in activities from dance, drama and music, to gaming, arts and crafts and outdoor learning.  While many of the activities were online or remote learning, some were delivered in 'real life' in a Covid-secure way such as guided walks and trails.
• 29 schools are taking part in our 2020 Year of the Nurse Project in a Box to help inspire our children and young people to become the nurses of the future! We have been working with the Clinical Educator for Weston Park Hospital, Cherie Rushton, to develop this year’s project and sessions include exploring the history of nursing as well as challenging stereotypes of nursing as a career. The children who take part will also learn about the body, what happens when things go wrong (for example with allergies) and see what life is like through the eyes of a nurse working on a ward, in a clinic and in the community. There is even an opportunity for the children to learn some basic first aid too. The project will also include supplementary resources with colleagues from Sheffield Hallam University, to help give children an insight into studying nursing as a career, as well as forming a link between the school pupils and current and alumni nursing students.
• 1 ‘Sheffield CU – How does it make a difference?’ report was published, which provides detailed evidence of the impact of Children’s University in Sheffield. This built on our previous reports and included in-depth analysis of the positive impact of participation in CU activities on attainment, attendance and progress, as well as anecdotal evidence of impact through a number of case studies.  
• 8 essential life skills defined by Skills Builder (such as leadership, creativity, problem solving and listening) that children and young people develop by taking part in CU activities are now being identified by schools and Learning Destinations and tracked by our Sheffield CU database. These skills have been recognised as those that everyone needs to help them succeed in education and life as well as almost any job so being able to develop and provide evidence of them through Children's University will support children and young people succeed in their future employment too. CU schools also now receive brand new monthly home learning challenges focused on developing each of the 8 essential skills which are shared regularly with children and families.
• 10 activities were funded through the Sheffield CU Acorn Fund which enables children and young people to bid for funds to develop, sustain or re-invigorate a CU activity in school. Activities funded in this round included a baking club, table tennis, arts and crafts, switch club, rock art, board game club and bee club.
• 2 South Yorkshire CU network meetings, which brought together existing CU centres in Sheffield and Doncaster as well as the brand new CU centre in Rotherham for the first time took place this year. This work, funded by the Sheffield City Region Mayor Dan Jarvis, and led by Katie and Helen through Sheffield Hallam University aims to create a brand new regional CU partnership to create even more opportunities for the children and families of South Yorkshire. Watch this space for more developments in 2021!
• And a partridge in a pear treeeee! 

Finally, we want to take this opportunity to say a HUGE thank you to you, along with all our colleagues, schools, Learning Destinations and partners for continuing to support our work and ensuring the children and young people of our wonderful city are celebrated and rewarded for their achievements, even in the most challenging of circumstances.

We really hope you enjoy the festive season, have a restful break and look forward to seeing you in the new year. 

Merry Christmas!

Katie, Helen, Sakina, Laura and Amy

The Sheffield CU Team

North Star 'People's Picture' - Home Learning Activity!

Do you have a child who LOVES all things STEM-related (science, technology, engineering and maths)? Then here are some activities which will really get them thinking. It’s ideal for secondary-age pupils but might be OK for Key Stage 2 pupils with a little help.

North Star Science School

are leading the way to bring communities together from across the region by celebrating a love of science with an interactive galaxy. Science is everywhere – from the moment the sun rises, right through to the stars in the night sky. It inspires, helps save lives, challenges us and educates which is why it’s important we celebrate science itself and the brilliant minds behind it whenever we can.

As part of a recent North Star event, the People’s Picture was created. The People’s Picture is a photography and design studio from British artist Helen Marshall. People were asked to submit photos that show why science is important to them. The finished interactive picture is made up of thousands of of those photos, yet every single one tells a story. Zoom in for a closer look!

‘North Star: a People’s Picture’ has created an interactive artwork aiming to bring people together to celebrate a love of science and the great minds who have charted a course through innovation in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths. The final piece (pictured) was revealed at the North Star event earlier this month and also contains links to additional learning resources from the live event – here’s where CU comes in, as North Star is a validated Learning Destination!

Visit their website: https://www.northstarscienceschool.co.uk/the-peoples.../ Have a go at zooming in, and looking at all the pictures of science inspiration that were sent in! Click on the orange stars within the image, and you’ll be led to a range of activities (from testing the speed of sound using toilet rolls, to expanding vegetables and measuring pendulum swings!). There are also some stars with information about the expert scientists who were involved in the event.

Have fun completing any of the activities from the People’s Picture links (click on the orange stars), then complete a CU Home Learning Reflection Diary (download it from https://bit.ly/SheffCUReflectionDiary) and email it to CU@sheffield.gov.uk with some evidence of your learning for each activity (e.g. photos of you doing the activities or your finished work, video, etc.). We’ll award 1 CU credit for each activity completed. Remember to include your Passport to Learning number (you’ll find this on the first page) on your reflection diary!

Planning your October half term fun?

The Sheffield Children's University Passport home learning activity newsletter for the October half term holiday is now available!

You can find the newsletter here: http://bit.ly/SCUOctPassportNewsletter

As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and resulting Government guidance, some of our Learning Destinations are not running as they normally would. However, many are delivering their activities in a different way, using platforms such as Zoom and Youtube which is great to see! Please do check with them directly about this as CU credits can still be earned by taking part in these activities (as normal, or virtually) and Learning Destinations will be sending us registers as usual. You can find a full list of all our Learning Destinations in the newsletter.

There are also links to our very own Sheffield CU home learning challenges! If you would like to take part in any of the challenges, we have collated details on them all into the newsletter. There is currently no time limit, and no order in which to do these so feel free to pick and chose as you like! 

With the libraries closed, we know its difficult to get a Sheffield CU Passport to Learning at the moment. We are really pleased to announce that you can now order these online from us directly!
Please click here and make sure you provide all details: https://bit.ly/SCUOrderPassporttoLearning

Passports will cost £4.50 (incl. postage). Due to restricted access to our offices at the moment, we will post these out as soon we have access, but please do bear with us as there is likely to be a delay! 

Celebrating our individual Passport to Learning members!

We have some exciting news to share, and what better day to share it than a Friday?!

First, a few questions... Does your child collect CU credits in your Passport to Learning at Learning Destinations across the city? Is their school not currently subscribed to Sheffield CU? If your answer is YES to both these questions, then please keep reading!!!

Each year in May and October, we welcome over 2000 of our individual Passport members to celebrate their achievements at one of our gold award ceremonies. Around these times, we also send any Bronze and Silver awards earned to home addresses.

During 2020, we haven’t been able to host our ceremonies as normal due to COVID restrictions and access to our offices has been strictly limited, meaning we have been unable to create award certificates as normal too.

We have had to think outside the box and whilst it's taken a little while to create something new, one thing is for certain - NOTHING stops us from celebrating our award winners, not even a pandemic! We are thrilled to announce that during October, we will host our first virtual award ceremony for our individual Passport members!

If your child collects CU credits using a Passport only (and doesn’t currently attend a CU school) and is eligible to receive one of our Gold awards for 100, 200, 300 hrs etc, you will soon be receiving a letter through the post inviting you and your child to take part in our special virtual ceremony experience! If your child is eligible to receive a Silver or Bronze award at this time, these will also be created and sent next month.

ALL the information you need is on your invitation letter, so please read it VERY carefully and make sure you email us by the deadline of Friday 23rd October to take part!

We can’t wait to celebrate with you!!! 🥳🤩🎈🎊🎓

Sheffield CU - How does it make a difference?

We firmly believe that every child in Sheffield should have the chance to reach their potential and become the very best they can be. Supporting children and young people to learn and celebrating their achievements has never been more important.                         

We know that children who thrive in school and in later life develop their confidence, aspirations and love of learning from the skills, characteristics and passions they develop both in and beyond the classroom. 

Here at Sheffield CU, we encourage children and young people from the age of 5 to try new learning experiences in and outside of school; at breakfast, lunchtime and after school clubs and in their own time, in the local library, museum or further afield.

Culminating in an inspirational graduation ceremony, this learning adventure gives children and young people the opportunity to enrich their childhoods, nurture a lifelong love of learning, unlock their skills and talents and develop their aspirations and confidence regardless of their backgrounds.

So how do we know that taking part in Sheffield CU makes a difference? Well, we do lots of work looking at the impact of participation in these activities. With over 47,000 children and young people in our city with CU credits logged in our database, we have a lot of information to work with!

And the results speak for themselves! Children and young people who take part in Sheffield CU activities consistently do better than those who aren’t involved, and they make more progress too.

Don’t believe us? Then see for yourself! 

We are really pleased and proud to share our 2019/20 ‘Sheffield Children’s University – How does it make a difference?’ impact report which provides detailed evidence of the impact of Children’s University (CU) in Sheffield. 

You can find a summary of the key findings here: http://bit.ly/SheffieldCUImpactSummary2020

and can view the full report here: http://bit.ly/SheffieldCUImpactReport2020

Weekly Home Learning Challenge - Week 7 - All about Oceania!

Our CU Festival of Fun 2020 concludes today - we've delivered over 75 FREE activities for children, young people and families to get involved in, throughout the whole summer holidays! Some of the activities remain downloadable though, so for the full programme, visit https://bit.ly/CUFestivalofFun2020

Today sees our weekly CU Home Learning Challenges focusing on the different continents of the world, coming to an end. Each one has contained 5 learning activities from arts and crafts, to cookery, music, science, maths and more! Don't worry if you've missed any - the links will still be available for some time yet!

Today we're excited to bring you the seventh weekly challenge, all about the continent of Oceania! Download it now from https://bit.ly/SCUChallengeOceania. 

Why not have a go at making some aboriginal art, baking some tasty Anzac biscuits, learning all about the Great Barrier Reef and the island of Kiribati? You could even have a go at the Haka traditional dance too!

To claim your CU credits, just download, complete and return the CU Festival of Fun Learning Reflection Diary with evidence of your learning. Download one now from https://bit.ly/CUFestivalofFunReflectionDiary It will need the number from your Passport to Learning so if you don't have one just yet, don't panic! When the libraries re open, we'll let you know so you can pop along and buy a Passport to Learning for £3.50, find the number and add it to your Reflection Diary and claim your CU credits.

Ready to jet off to our seventh and final continent for some fun learning all about Oceania? Then off we go..

Weekly Home Learning Challenge - Week 6 - All about Antarctica!

Our CU Festival of Fun 2020 is underway - we're into week six! Over 75 FREE activities for children, young people and families to get involved in, throughout the whole summer holidays! For the full programme, visit https://bit.ly/CUFestivalofFun2020

Although we're no longer publishing our daily CU Home Learning Challenges over the summer, we will be releasing weekly challenges, as part of our CU Festival of Fun, each containing 5 learning activities from arts and crafts, to cookery, music, science, maths and more! 

Each of the 7 weekly challenges will focus on a different continent of the world, and today we're excited to bring you the sixth weekly challenge, all about Antarctica. Download it now from https://bit.ly/SCUChallengeAntarctica   

Why not have a go at making your own fruity ice slushies or salt crystals, learn about icebergs, the Antarctic food chain or even the Southern Lights? 

Keep your eyes peeled on our blog and social media pages for the fourth weekly challenge coming to you from Monday - which continent will it be this time?  Our previous challenges can be found further down our blog or on our social media [ages.

To claim your CU credits, just download, complete and return the CU Festival of Fun Learning Reflection Diary with evidence of your learning. Download one now from https://bit.ly/CUFestivalofFunReflectionDiary It will need the number from your Passport to Learning so if you don't have one just yet, don't panic! When the libraries re open, we'll let you know so you can pop along and buy a Passport to Learning for £3.50, find the number and add it to your Reflection Diary and claim your CU credits.

Weekly Home Learning Challenge - Week 5 - All about Asia!

Our CU Festival of Fun 2020 continues into our fifth week! Over 75 FREE activities for children, young people and families to get involved in, throughout the whole summer holidays! For the full programme, visit https://bit.ly/CUFestivalofFun2020

We're also continuing into our fifth week of CU Home Learning Challenges focusing on the different continents of the world. Each one contains 5 learning activities from arts and crafts, to cookery, music, science, maths and more!

Today we're excited to bring you the fifth weekly challenge, all about the continent of ASIA! Download it now from https://bit.ly/SCUChallengeAsia Why not have a go at creating some Rangoli patterns, learn all about the orangutans and how we can help protect them, try some traditional dance and even create some Korean food, maybe even with chopsticks!? 

To claim your CU credits, just download, complete and return the CU Festival of Fun Learning Reflection Diary with evidence of your learning. Download one now from https://bit.ly/CUFestivalofFunReflectionDiary It will need the number from your Passport to Learning so if you don't have one just yet, don't panic! When the libraries re open, we'll let you know so you can pop along and buy a Passport to Learning for £3.50, find the number and add it to your Reflection Diary and claim your CU credits.

Keep an eye on our blog and social media for the sixth challenge coming next Monday...but which continent will it be?

Weekly Home Learning Challenge - Week 4 - All about South America!

Our CU Festival of Fun 2020 continues into our fourth week! Over 75 FREE activities for children, young people and families to get involved in, throughout the whole summer holidays! For the full programme, visit https://bit.ly/CUFestivalofFun2020

We're also continuing into our fourth week of CU Home Learning Challenges focusing on the different continents of the world. Each one contains 5 learning activities from arts and crafts, to cookery, music, science, maths and more!

Today we're excited to bring you the fourth weekly challenge, all about the continent of South America! Download it now from https://bit.ly/SCUChallengeSouthAmerica. Why not have a go at baking some tasty Brazilian Carrot Cake, learn all about the animals of the Amazon Rainforest or the history of Easter Island's mysterious statues, or even create your own Samba Band at home?

To claim your CU credits, just download, complete and return the CU Festival of Fun Learning Reflection Diary with evidence of your learning. Download one now from https://bit.ly/CUFestivalofFunReflectionDiary It will need the number from your Passport to Learning so if you don't have one just yet, don't panic! When the libraries re open, we'll let you know so you can pop along and buy a Passport to Learning for £3.50, find the number and add it to your Reflection Diary and claim your CU credits.

Keep an eye on our blog and social media for the next challenge - which continent will it be?

Weekly Home Learning Challenge - Week 3 - All about Europe!

Our CU Festival of Fun 2020 is underway - we're into week three already! Over 75 FREE activities for children, young people and families to get involved in, throughout the whole summer holidays! For the full programme, visit https://bit.ly/CUFestivalofFun2020

Although we're no longer publishing our daily CU Home Learning Challenges over the summer, we will be releasing weekly challenges, as part of our CU Festival of Fun, each containing 5 learning activities from arts and crafts, to cookery, music, science, maths and more!

Each of the 7 weekly challenges will focus on a different continent of the world, and today we're excited to bring you the third weekly challenge, all about Europe. Download it now from https://bit.ly/SCUChallengeEurope 

Why not have a go at making a Russian matryoshka character, create your own Mount Etna volcano, learn some of Europe's most spoken languages, stage your own garden Olympics or even taste some Polish pierogi treats?

Keep your eyes peeled on our blog and social media pages for the fourth weekly challenge coming to you from Monday - which continent will it be this time?  Our previous challenges can be found further down our blog or on our social media [ages.

To claim your CU credits, just download, complete and return the CU Festival of Fun Learning Reflection Diary with evidence of your learning. Download one now from https://bit.ly/CUFestivalofFunReflectionDiary It will need the number from your Passport to Learning so if you don't have one just yet, don't panic! When the libraries re open, we'll let you know so you can pop along and buy a Passport to Learning for £3.50, find the number and add it to your Reflection Diary and claim your CU credits.

Weekly Home Learning Challenges through the summer!

Our CU Festival of Fun 2020 is underway - we're into week two already! Over 75 FREE activities for children, young people and families to get involved in, throughout the whole summer holidays! For the full programme, visit https://bit.ly/CUFestivalofFun2020

Although we're no longer publishing our daily CU Home Learning Challenges over the summer, we will be releasing weekly challenges, as part of our CU Festival of Fun, each containing 5 learning activities from arts and crafts, to cookery, music, science, maths and more!

Each of the 7 weekly challenges will focus on a different continent of the world, and today we're excited to bring you the first and second weekly challenges!  

Week one included activities all about the continent of AFRICA! Download it now from https://bit.ly/SCUChallengeAfrica Why not have a go at making then playing some traditional African drums, learn about Egyptian hieroglyphics and even taste some flavours of Africa too?

Week two brings activities all about the continent of NORTH AMERICA! Download it now from https://bit.ly/SCUChallengeNorthAmerica  You can have a go at making your family's totem pole, create your own rainbow like the ones at Niagara Falls, learn about the Mayan people of Chichen Itza or even make and taste some fluffy pancakes!

Keep your eyes peeled on our blog and social media pages for the third weekly challenge coming to you from Monday - which continent will it be this time?

To claim your CU credits, just download, complete and return the CU Festival of Fun Learning Reflection Diary with evidence of your learning. Download one now from https://bit.ly/CUFestivalofFunReflectionDiary It will need the number from your Passport to Learning so if you don't have one just yet, don't panic! When the libraries re open, we'll let you know so you can pop along and buy a Passport to Learning for £3.50, find the number and add it to your Reflection Diary and claim your CU credits.

#SCUChallenge 98 - We LOVE Sheffield!

We have some news! As the school year is ending and summer holidays are beginning, our home learning challenges will now become weekly as part of the Festival of Fun 2020. Thank you SO much to everyone who has taken part so far! We have absolutely loved seeing your photos, videos and work. They have inspired us to keep going and have proven that learning and fun can indeed happen absolutely anywhere! If you have missed any of the challenges so far, or would like to revisit some of them too, you can find a full list here: https://bit.ly/SCUHomeLearningChallenges1-98

As this will be our last daily/weekend Home Learning Challenge, we thought we'd focus on something close to home…Sheffield…a FANTASTIC city to live in! It's steeped in history, famous for its cutlery, has beautiful open spaces and woodlands, and many successful people proud to be from Sheffield too! This challenge helps you to think about just some of those things that make Sheffield fantastic!
You can download the full challenge here: https://bit.ly/SCUChallenge98

To claim your credits, please complete and return a Sheffield CU Home Learning Challenge Reflection Diary which can be found here: https://bit.ly/SheffCUReflectionDiary

Once you have completed all the challenges, email your reflection diary along with evidence of your completed activity to cu@sheffield.gov.uk (photos/videos etc.) and we'll award CU credits. We can't wait to see your work - please send us a picture along with your reflection diary and feel free to share photos/videos on Facebook and Twitter! #SCUChallenges

#SCUChallenge 97 - Your Place in the World

Over the summer holiday period, our CU Home Learning Challenges will be focussing on a different continent of the world each week. Can you name all seven? Don't worry if you can't just yet - you will be able to by the end of our challenges! But before we get going, we want you to think about YOU and your place in the world.

There are over 7.8 BILLION people in the world but each one of us is very special. We are all unique! Think about where you feel you belong… Did you think about your home? Your street? Even your town or city? Bet you didn't think about which planet you belong to! So let’s get thinking about your special place in the world…

You can download the full challenge here: https://bit.ly/SCUChallenge97

To claim your credits, please complete and return a Sheffield CU Home Learning Challenge Reflection Diary which can be found here: https://bit.ly/SheffCUReflectionDiary

Once you have completed all the challenges, email your reflection diary along with evidence of your completed activity to cu@sheffield.gov.uk (photos/videos etc.) and we'll award CU credits. We can't wait to see your work - please send us a picture along with your reflection diary and feel free to share photos/videos on Facebook and Twitter! #SCUChallenges

#SCUChallenge 96 - Story Sacks!

We all love a good story! There's nothing better than sitting down and getting whisked away by a brilliant book. If you've not yet signed up to the Summer Reading Challenge, then have a look at our other challenge (https://bit.ly/SCUChallenge62) as this will guide you to some fantastic activities and ways to collect even more CU credits. In the meantime, this challenge will get you really thinking about your story - the characters, the plot, the setting, for you to create a story sack to accompany your story!
You can download the full challenge here: https://bit.ly/SCUChallenge96

To claim your credits, please complete and return a Sheffield CU Home Learning Challenge Reflection Diary which can be found here: https://bit.ly/SheffCUReflectionDiary

Once you have completed all the challenges, email your reflection diary along with evidence of your completed activity to cu@sheffield.gov.uk (photos/videos etc.) and we'll award CU credits. We can't wait to see your work - please send us a picture along with your reflection diary and feel free to share photos/videos on Facebook and Twitter! #SCUChallenges

#SCUChallenge 95 - Fantastic Fingerprints!

Fingerprints are the impressions left by the tiny ridges of skin on your fingers. These ridges help us feel things and grip objects. No two people have identical fingerprints, but fingerprint patterns tend to run in families. I wonder if you can spot any patterns in your family's finger prints? These patterns often look like whirls, loops, or arches. 

When you touch a surface, your fingers leave prints of sweat and oil behind. Sometimes, the police use these unique prints left at many crime scenes, to identify who has been there. The scientific study of fingerprints is called dermatoglyphics ('derma' means skin and 'glyphics' means carving). This challenge helps you to create some finger prints to look at.

You can download the full challenge here: https://bit.ly/SCUChallenge95

To claim your credits, please complete and return a Sheffield CU Home Learning Challenge Reflection Diary which can be found here: https://bit.ly/SheffCUReflectionDiary

Once you have completed all the challenges, email your reflection diary along with evidence of your completed activity to cu@sheffield.gov.uk (photos/videos etc.) and we'll award CU credits. We can't wait to see your work - please send us a picture along with your reflection diary and feel free to share photos/videos on Facebook and Twitter! #SCUChallenges

#SCUChallenge 94 - Pom Poms!

Pom Poms are a really fun to make! They're really simple too, and you only need a few things. You could make a few more then turn your collection of Pom Poms into beautiful creations! Are you ready to get winding, snipping and tying? Good, that's all there is to it!

You can download the full challenge here: https://bit.ly/SCUChallenge94

To claim your credits, please complete and return a Sheffield CU Home Learning Challenge Reflection Diary which can be found here: https://bit.ly/SheffCUReflectionDiary

Once you have completed all the challenges, email your reflection diary along with evidence of your completed activity to cu@sheffield.gov.uk (photos/videos etc.) and we'll award CU credits. We can't wait to see your work - please send us a picture along with your reflection diary and feel free to share photos/videos on Facebook and Twitter! #SCUChallenges

#SCUChallenge 93 - Decision Making

We all have to make decisions all the time. Sometimes, it might be a small decision about what we'd like to do/play with or what to eat for dinner. Sometimes, we have to make decisions which are more difficult, especially as we grow up into adults. These decisions are often more difficult because they affect more people, sometimes even the whole country.

The Government of our country have lots of difficult decisions to make - they have to listen to the views of lots of people who might not agree on things, then try and make the decision which is the best one for as many people as possible. They meet in a huge building in London, called the Houses of Parliament. Today, we challenge you to do a virtual tour and make some decisions about whats important to you!

You can download the full challenge here: https://bit.ly/SCUChallenge93

To claim your credits, please complete and return a Sheffield CU Home Learning Challenge Reflection Diary which can be found here: https://bit.ly/SheffCUReflectionDiary

Once you have completed all the challenges, email your reflection diary along with evidence of your completed activity to cu@sheffield.gov.uk (photos/videos etc.) and we'll award CU credits. We can't wait to see your work - please send us a picture along with your reflection diary and feel free to share photos/videos on Facebook and Twitter! #SCUChallenges

#SCUChallenge92 - Amazing Human Body!

Your body is AMAZING! Made up of so many different parts and coordinated by your very clever brain, the human body is able to turn food into energy and waste products, keep your body safe with split-second reactions, and even cause us to have a whole range of feelings. Ready to learn a little about the human body? Check out our latest weekend challenge!

You can download the full challenge here: https://bit.ly/SCUChallenge92

To claim your credits, please complete and return a Sheffield CU Home Learning Challenge Reflection Diary which can be found here: https://bit.ly/SheffCUReflectionDiary

Once you have completed all the challenges, email your reflection diary along with evidence of your completed activity to cu@sheffield.gov.uk (photos/videos etc.) and we'll award CU credits. We can't wait to see your work - please send us a picture along with your reflection diary and feel free to share photos/videos on Facebook and Twitter! #SCUChallenges

Festival of Fun 2020 - Booking now open!!!

Today's the day - booking for our Festival of Fun 2020 is now OPEN!!!! 🎉

All the information you need is listed in our Festival of Fun leaflet, found here: https://bit.ly/CUFestivalofFun2020 or click the link on the right of this page!

Some activities have limited spaces and require booking in advance, and some are available for South Yorkshire Children's University members in Doncaster and Rotherham too. All activities are suitable for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) with adult support. Please do contact the Learning Destination directly to discuss your child's needs.

You will be able to collect 1 CU credit per activity in your Passport to Learning. To do this, you will need to complete a special Festival of Fun Learning Reflection Diary Sheet and return to us at the end of the holidays. 

Please download and read the leaflet carefully which has all the details you need and start planning your summer 2020 fun. Happy booking!