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Friday, 24 July 2015
The benefits of Sheffield CU...
Being part of Children's University in Sheffield isn't just about collecting credits - there are LOTS of benefits for the children and families who take part. Sheffield CU can make a real difference, and here's why!
Wednesday, 22 July 2015
Still time to book FREE CU Festival of Fun activities...but be quick!
Our providers have been really busy this week delivering their fantastic activities across the city - everything from researching and presenting information about Sheffield's communities, historical detective work, Frozen-inspired singing and dancing, finding out how the brain plays tricks on you, to football, rugby and netball, circus skills and even finding out how a museum curator presents those artefacts for us all to see - all in 4 days phew!
But the fun doesn't stop there!
There are still plenty of FREE activities to try, so download the CU Festival of Fun programme on the right, and get planning your next 10 days now.
There are still some places left on the following activities but be quick...they wont be available for much longer...
RAZZAMATAZ: Greenhill Library, Saturday 25th July
1.00pm-2.00pm (4-7 years) Frozen-inspired dance, singing and drama workshop
2.00pm-3.00pm (8-12 years) Pop and street dance workshop
RAZZAMATAZ: Crystal Peaks Library: Crystal Peaks Library, Monday 27th July
10.30am-11.30am (4-7 years) Frozen-inspired dance, singing and drama workshop
11.30am-12.30pm (8-12 years) Pop and street dance workshop
CONTACT: 07979 189177 to book a place now!
ACADEMY OF SELF DEFENCE: Woodseats Library, Wednesday 29th July
1.00pm-2.00pm (6 yrs+) Intro to Ju Jitsu
(no experience required)
ACADEMY OF SELF DEFENCE: Stocksbridge Library: Thursday 30th July
2.00pm-3.00pm (6 yrs+) Intro to Ju Jitsu
(no experience required)
CONTACT: 07738 909125 to book
a place now!
SHEFFIELD & ROTHERHAM
WILDLIFE TRUST:
Nature Near You @ Carbrook Ravine - activities in the great outdoors
Monday 27th July
10.30am-12.30pm (4-17 years)
CONTACT: c.smith@wildsheffield.com or phone 0114 263 4335 to book a place now!
PYJAMA DRAMA: CENTRAL CHILDREN'S LIBRARY, Satuday 1st August
10.00am-11.00am (4-7 years) The Tiger who invited me for tea
11.00am-12.00pm (5-7 years) The Dancing Dragon
CONTACT: 07787 111053 to book a place now!
But the fun doesn't stop there!
There are still plenty of FREE activities to try, so download the CU Festival of Fun programme on the right, and get planning your next 10 days now.
There are still some places left on the following activities but be quick...they wont be available for much longer...
RAZZAMATAZ: Greenhill Library, Saturday 25th July
1.00pm-2.00pm (4-7 years) Frozen-inspired dance, singing and drama workshop
2.00pm-3.00pm (8-12 years) Pop and street dance workshop
RAZZAMATAZ: Crystal Peaks Library: Crystal Peaks Library, Monday 27th July
10.30am-11.30am (4-7 years) Frozen-inspired dance, singing and drama workshop
11.30am-12.30pm (8-12 years) Pop and street dance workshop
CONTACT: 07979 189177 to book a place now!
ACADEMY OF SELF DEFENCE: Woodseats Library, Wednesday 29th July
1.00pm-2.00pm (6 yrs+) Intro to Ju Jitsu
(no experience required)
ACADEMY OF SELF DEFENCE: Stocksbridge Library: Thursday 30th July
2.00pm-3.00pm (6 yrs+) Intro to Ju Jitsu
(no experience required)
CONTACT: 07738 909125 to book
a place now!
WILDLIFE TRUST:
Nature Near You @ Carbrook Ravine - activities in the great outdoors
Monday 27th July
10.30am-12.30pm (4-17 years)
CONTACT: c.smith@wildsheffield.com or phone 0114 263 4335 to book a place now!
PYJAMA DRAMA: CENTRAL CHILDREN'S LIBRARY, Satuday 1st August
10.00am-11.00am (4-7 years) The Tiger who invited me for tea
11.00am-12.00pm (5-7 years) The Dancing Dragon
CONTACT: 07787 111053 to book a place now!
Monday, 20 July 2015
CU Festival of Fun Spotlight on...
...Outdoors and Nature
If you enjoy the great outdoors, spending time in woodlands
and parks and working with nature and animals, then the CU Festival of Fun 2015
is for you!
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| Wincobank Hill |
Find their activities on Wincobank Hill (meeting at Wincobank Chapel) on the following date...
Tuesday 28th July, 10.00am - 3.00pm. Fun for children aged 3+ and their families. Contact Penny on 07980 143 776 to book your places and to receive more information.
Or Sheffield and
Rotherham Wildlife Trust are running a Nature Near You session at Carbrook Ravine (near
Woodthorpe), exploring the ravine and beautiful wildflower meadow. Join them to explore this area which used to
be a huge deer park for the gentry of Sheffield.
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| Fun at Carbrook Ravine |
Fancy keeping chickens?
Many people do nowadays, so pop along to the Chicken Keeping Course run
by Heeley City Farm to discover
what’s involved. You’ll learn everything
from housing them in a safe, clean environment, feeding them healthy food, and
making sure they’re happy.
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| Chicken Keeping course at Heeley City Farm |
For details of these and all the activities as part of CU
Festival of Fun, please download the programme to the right.
Sunday, 19 July 2015
CU Festival of Fun Spotlight on...
...Gaming
Our friends Imagination
Gaming are back with their fantastic workshops under their motto – Learn to
Play, Play to Learn. They helped launch our CU Festival of Fun last Saturday with a day full of their brilliant games and now we're sending them out 'on tour' to a library near you!
The guys bring along an amazing range of board games, card
games and strategy games which are sourced from all over the world! We guarantee there’ll be at least one you’ve
never seen before!
Sessions are designed to be relaxed, social, friendly and
for individuals and families too.
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| Gaming fun with Imagination Gaming |
The Imagination Gaming sessions are simply drop-in so no
need to book, and they’re happening all over the city during the CU Festival of
Fun. Make sure you pop along to at least
one of them!
Find them on the following dates...Friday 24th July, 10.00am-1.30pm, Ecclesfield Library
2.30pm-5.00pm, Parson Cross Library
Thursday 30th July, 10.00am-1.00pm, Frecheville Library
2.00pm-5.00pm, Chapeltown Library
Contact them on 07957 449 572 for more information. No booking required - just turn up! Suitable for children aged 5+, young people and families too!
For details of these and all the activities as part of CU Festival of Fun, please download the programme to the right.
Saturday, 18 July 2015
CU Festival of Fun Spotlight on...
...Sports and Physical Activities
We have a wide range of sports and physical activities on
offer during the CU Festival of Fun 2015.
You can try and make it to the top of the indoor climbing
wall at Awesome
Walls, using all the latest kit included, and the expertise of their
climbing tutors who will give you all the hints and tips you need to scale
their cutting edge wall!
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| Indoor climbing at Awesome Walls |
If heights are not your thing, then how about learning to
juggle, spin plates or fling a diablo?
Yes, Greentop Circus are back
with their circus skills programme, offering expert guidance in clowning around
and having loads of fun learning these entertaining new skills.
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| Greentop Circus |
Find Greentop Circus activities on the following dates...
Tuesday 21st July, 10.00am-12.00pm, Newfield Green Library
Monday 27th July, 1.00pm-3.00pm, Highfield Library
Contact Greentop Circus on 0114 244828 to find more details and to book your place.
Fancy some running around? Then the CU Festival of Fun has something for you. RuggerEds,SoccerEds and NetballEds will be on hand in their taster sessions, to teach you all you need to know about these three sports.
The ball-handling and the tactics will be included, but most importantly, sessions are based around a strong ethos of lots of fun and promoting their core values of good manners, respect, teamwork and fair play! Phew!
Find RuggerEds, SoccerEds and NetballEds on the following dates...
Tuesday 21st July, 10.00am-1.00pm, 30 minute taster sessions in between these times but stay as long as you like!
Endcliffe Park and Hillsborough Park
Contact them on 07880 198 014 for more information and to book a place.
Or how about some soccer coaching with Star Strikers FC? Their soccer camps will include a range of sessions from ball skills such as dribbling, shooting and passing, to working as a team and lots of games.
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| Star Strikers FC |
Or if martial arts and self-defence are more your thing,
then why not head over to our session with Academy of Self Defence? Garry will teach you all the basics you need
to know in a friendly, calm and safe environment, using simple tools and
techniques.
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| Academy of Self Defence |
Find Garry and the Academy of Self Defence on the following dates...
Wednesday 29th July, Woodseats Library, 1.00pm-2.00pm
Friday 31st July, Stocksbridge Library, 2.00pm-3.00pm
**PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE TO THAT IN THE FESTIVAL OF FUN PROGRAMME**
Contact them on 07738 909125 to find out more and to book your place.
For details of these and all the activities as part of CU Festival of Fun, please download the programme to the right.
Friday, 17 July 2015
CU Festival of Fun Spotlight on...
...Something a
little bit different…
Why does that happen?
Why does that work? How does it
do that? Why can’t it go there? Are these the questions you ask all the time,
or are these questions just some of the ones you face each week from your
children? If they have an inquisitive
mind then the #ThatDress lecture from Sheffield
Hallam University will be right up your street!
Remember the media storm created by the image of the stripy
dress? Do you see it as white and gold
stripes or blue and black? What about
your friends and family? Well Hallam
University will deliver a fun and interactive session looking at just how and
why our brains work or indeed, are our eyes playing tricks on us? Come along and find out!
Activity
Sheffield are running their ‘6 weeks of summer’ sessions throughout the
holidays, starting with the CU Festival of Fun!
During the summer, they can be found in parks across the summer with all
manner of activities delivered by their teams but also by local companies,
activity providers and more. Visit their
website for more details or see our programme for info too.
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| 6 Weeks of Summer coming to a park near you! |
For details of these and all the activities as part of CU
Festival of Fun, please download the programme to the right.
Thursday, 16 July 2015
Celebrate - Our 39th Gold Award Ceremony!
It was time to roll out the red carpet for the final time this academic year as we hosted our last Gold Award Ceremony of the Summer term and welcomed 200 children, parents and carers and school staff to the Town Hall to celebrate their achievements.
Children from 10 schools attended along with their parents and carers and were presented with their awards by the Lord Mayor, Councillor Talib Hussain and Councillor Anne Murphy - Cabinet Advisor, Children, Young People and Families.
During the ceremony, there was a fantastic performance from Spotlight Theatre Dance, one of our brilliant Learning Destinations.
The ceremony rounded off with a spectacular performance by Sheffield Cathedral Young Voices Choir!
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! https://t.co/HWBXcF5Fkm
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| Some of our fantastic Gold Award winners try on special Sheffield CU caps and gowns |
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A proud parent/carer with their award winner
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Children from 10 schools attended along with their parents and carers and were presented with their awards by the Lord Mayor, Councillor Talib Hussain and Councillor Anne Murphy - Cabinet Advisor, Children, Young People and Families.
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| Children from Malin Bridge Primary School receive their Gold Awards |
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| Children from Southey Green Community Primary School receive their Gold Awards |
During the ceremony, there was a fantastic performance from Spotlight Theatre Dance, one of our brilliant Learning Destinations.
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| Children from Spotlight Theatre Dance give a special performance |
The ceremony rounded off with a spectacular performance by Sheffield Cathedral Young Voices Choir!
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| Children from Sheffield Cathedral Young Voices close the ceremony with a fantastic performance! |
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! https://t.co/HWBXcF5Fkm
CU Festival of Fun Spotlight on...
...Music, Dance and Drama Activities
We have a range of dance, drama and music activities on
offer during the CU Festival of Fun 2015.
For the slightly younger children, Pyjama
Drama offers fantastic workshops where imaginations are fired and the
children’s ideas help to create the drama unfolding! An interactive blend of music, movement and
drama, Pyjama Drama are running sessions themed around Disney’s Frozen, the
Dancing Dragon and the Tiger Who Invited Me For Tea – why not join them?
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| Pyjama Drama in action |
More ‘Frozen’ inspired workshops are being run by Razzamataz for children aged 4-7
years so if Anna, Elsa and Olaf get you singing and dancing, you should give
these workshops a go! Razzamataz deliver
sessions including singing, acting and dancing, and in addition to the Frozen
workshop, they’re also offering pop and street dance too for children aged 8-12 years!
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| Razzamataz |
Find Razzamataz sessions on the following dates...
Saturday 25th July (Greenhill Library), 1.00pm-2.00pm (4-7 years) - Frozen-inspired workshop and 2.00pm-3.00pm (8-12 years), - pop and street dance workshop.
Monday 27th July (Crystal Peaks Library), 10.30am-11.30am (4-7 years) - Frozen-inspired workshop and 11.30am-12.30pm (8-12 years), - pop and street dance workshop.
Contact them on 07979 189177 to book a place and for more information.
If dancing is your thing, then our Hype Dance sessions will be for
you. Their Around The World high energy
dance workshops will certainly get your heart pumping and your mind buzzing
with fun! They’re also running a
Commercial Dance workshop too, so plenty to choose from.
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| Hype Dance |
Or why not visit A
Mind Apart Theatre Company who are running a whole day of activities as
part of their holiday club? There you’ll
enjoy meeting new people, making new friends and working together on dance,
drama, singing and art projects.
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| A Mind Apart |
For details of these and all the activities as part of CU
Festival of Fun, please download the programme to the right.
Wednesday, 15 July 2015
CU Festival of Fun Spotlight on...
...Arts and Crafts Activities
Our friends at Ignite Imaginations are
working with us again on delivering exciting arts and crafts activities across
the city.
Their ‘Where Am I From?’ sessions will use photographs,
drawing collages, cartoon story boards, puppet making and set design to create
children’s own journeys, adventures and stages in their lives. Families are welcome too, so why not pop
along and create your family’s very own story at the end of the workshop?
You can find Ignite
Imaginations at the following places…
Monday 20th
July, 2.00pm-4.00pm, Darnall Library
Tuesday 28th
July, 10.30am-12.30pm, Totley Library
Saturday 1st
August, 1.30pm-3.30pm, Manor Library
Call them on 0114 268 6813 to book a place and for more
information.
For details of these
and all the activities as part of CU Festival of Fun, please download the
programme to the right
Tuesday, 14 July 2015
CU Festival of Fun Spotlight On...
...Heritage and
History
We have a number of Learning Destinations delivering
fantastic activities providing opportunities to learn all about the history of
Sheffield, and how museum artefacts can be preserved and presented for future
generations.
Abbeydale
Industrial Hamlet led a session last Sunday entitled ‘Who shot Mr Tyzack?’
where families learned all about the evidence set against a backdrop of
Sheffield’s history. Children interviewed
three costumed characters each with a different side of the story to tell,
before gathering evidence to decide who they thought ‘did the deed’.
Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet is open throughout the summer
holidays with a range of activities for all ages.
Their Young Curator’s Course is happening on Tuesday 21st July, 10.30am-2.30pm
at Weston Park Museum. Call 0114 278
2686 to book a place and to find out more.
For details of these and all the activities as part of CU Festival of Fun, please download the programme of activities on the right.
Friday, 10 July 2015
Celebrate - our 38th Gold Award Ceremony!
It was time to celebrate again this week as we hosted the second of our summer Gold Award Ceremonies and welcomed 200 children, parents and carers and school staff to the Town Hall to celebrate their achievements.
Children from 12 schools attended along with their parents and carers and were presented with their awards by the Lord Mayor, Councillor Talib Hussain, Sam Martin, Assistant Director of Lifelong Learning, Skills and Communities and Councillor Jackie Drayton - Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Families.
During the ceremony, there was a fantastic performance from Spotlight Theatre Dance, one of our brilliant Learning Destinations.
The ceremony rounded off with a spectacular performance by Hype Dance!
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!
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.930554353668207.1073741852.239129216144061&type=1&l=2a5e961684
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| Some of our fantastic Gold Award winners try on special Sheffield CU caps and gowns |
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| A proud parent/carer with their award winner |
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| Children from HBH Academy - Hartley Brook receive their Gold Awards |
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| Children from Shortbrook Primary School receive their Gold Awards |
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| Children from Spotlight Theatre Dance give a special performance |
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| Performers from Spotlight Theatre Dance delight the audience with a 1920's inspired number |
The ceremony rounded off with a spectacular performance by Hype Dance!
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| Students from Hype Dance perform street dance in the Reception Rooms |
Visit our Facebook page to view all the photos from the event!
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.930554353668207.1073741852.239129216144061&type=1&l=2a5e961684
Monday, 6 July 2015
Celebrate - Our 37th Gold Award Ceremony!
It was time to roll out the red carpet again last week as we hosted our first Gold Award Ceremony of the Summer term and welcomed 200 children, parents and carers and school staff to the Town Hall to celebrate their achievements.
Children from 18 schools attended along with their parents and carers and were presented with their awards by the Lord Mayor, Councillor Talib Hussain, Sam Martin, Assistant Director of Lifelong Learning, Skills and Communities and Councillor Anne Murphy.
During the ceremony, children and young people from Dobcroft Junior School spoke about their out of school activities and Children's University. The ceremony rounded off with a spectacular performance by Ann's Grove Primary Musical Theatre Group!
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! https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.929096090480700.1073741851.239129216144061&type=1&l=4dbfdf7880
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| A proud parent/carer with our Gold Award winners |
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| A proud parent/carer with one of our award winners |
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| Children visit the Explore Learning stall in our Learning Destination Marketplace |
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| Children from Dobcroft Juniors talk about their out of school activities |
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| Children from Dobcroft Juniors receive their Gold Awards |
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| Children from Greenhill Primary receive their Gold Awards |
Visit our Facebook page to view all the photos from the event! https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.929096090480700.1073741851.239129216144061&type=1&l=4dbfdf7880
Wednesday, 1 July 2015
Planning your summer activities?
The Children's University Passport to Learning newsletter which includes details of activities happening across Sheffield during the summer holidays is now available!
As well as our fantastic FREE Festival of Fun, our Learning Destinations are also delivering lots of fabulous activities right through the summer, where you can collect CU credits. We have pulled together this information into our summer activity newsletter, which you can view HERE or by clicking the link on the right of the page to start planning your summer 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. These are available from Sheffield libraries, and some Learning Destinations across the city. There's also an up to date list and contact details of our validated Learning Destinations. Please find the newsletter attached to the email. You can also find further details about activities on our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/sheffieldcu
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