The big 3-0 - Our 30th Gold Award ceremony!

Our 30th Gold Awards Ceremony took place on Tuesday 11th November with nearly 200 children, parents and carers and school staff invited to the Town Hall to celebrate in style.

Children from Abbey Lane Primary receive their awards from the Lord Mayor of Sheffield, Councillor Peter Rippon, the Lady Mayoress and Assistant Director of Lifelong Learning Sam Martin

The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress congratulate the award winners

Children from 9 schools attended along with their parents and carers and were presented with their awards by the Lord Mayor of Sheffield, Councillor Peter Rippon, the Lady Mayoress and Assistant Director of Lifelong Learning, Skills and Communities, Sam Martin. There was also a marketplace where some of our fantastic Learning Destinations displayed information about their activities and involved parents/carers, children in their demonstrations.

During the ceremony, there were some fantastic performances from Mia and Lucy from Razzamataz Theatre School Sheffield. There was also a brilliant performance from Sheffield Sea Cadets band who closed the ceremony with a bang!

Children from Carterknowle Junior School receive their awards

Lucy from Razzamataz Theatre School Sheffield gives a fantastic performance

Children from Birley Primary School receive their awards

The Sheffield Sea Cadets band give a fantastic performance to round off the ceremony

The Sheffield Sea Cadets wow the audience with their performance

Members of the team were on hand to encourage the award winners to try one one of our special Sheffield CU caps and gowns, and our CU Souvenirs superstars Sakina and Leah were very busy making sure awards badges were securely fastened to newly purchased CU lanyards!

HUGE congratulations to our fantastic award winners, their parents/carers and school staff. We are so very very proud of all of you! A special thanks too to our spectacular events team - Sakina, Leah and Chris. We couldn't do it without you!

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