Individual Membership
What is the Children’s University?
The Children’s University (CU) Trust is a charitable trust that provides 5 to 14 year olds with exciting and innovative learning activities and experiences outside normal school hours. The focus is on rewarding participation, raising aspirations and encouraging engagement with learning.
Children own a Passport to Learning and collect stamps for each hour of participation in activities at our validated Learning Destinations. Learning Destinations include everything from after school clubs to museums, wildlife parks to dance groups. All have been validated by a trained CU validator to ensure they meet the standards of the CU Trust.
How does it work?
CU members take their Passport to Learning to validated Learning Destinations who will issue a stamp code to show attendance at the activity.
You will also have access to our digital platform- CU Online. This will allow you to update Wakefield CU with your child’s total learning hours. It also provides you with an insight into the skills and experiences your child has taken part in.
Children are awarded certificates upon reaching a Bronze Award (30 hours), Silver Award (65 hours) and Gold Award (100 hours). On achievement of a Gold Award, children are invited to graduate at a formal ceremony wearing a cap and gown.
From there, children can progress to Certificate (130, 165 and 200 hours), Diploma (230, 265 and 300 hours) and Degree Level (330, 365 and 400 hours) and even further!.
What do I do next?
If you would like your child to become a member of the Wakefield Children’s University, please complete the membership form overleaf and return to us with the annual membership fee. Upon receipt we will send you a Wakefield CU welcome pack which includes all you need to get started with the Passport to Learning. In addition to this, you will receive:
✓ Full Learning Destination information
✓ Certificates of Award upon reaching the required thresholds
✓ Regular newsletters
✓ Invites to CU member events
✓ An invite to the annual graduation ceremony upon reaching a gold level, including loan of cap and gown
“I love that the Children’s University rewards and recognises me and my dance school.”
“Being a CU member has given my daughter opportunities to explore new places that she wouldn’t have been aware of had they not been Learning Destinations. It’s given her an excellent breadth of learning experiences within them, her education outside of school has certainly been enhanced by this.”
“It’s very exciting and it gives me an opportunity to improve my education”
To find out more about the benefits of the Children’s University and how it works, please visit us at; heartofyorkshire.ac.uk/about us/childrens-university.
Individual Membership Application for Wakefield Children’s University
Please complete this form in full and return with the annual membership fee of £25 per child to:
Wakefield Children’s University
Castleford College
Thunderhead Ridge
Castleford
WF10 4UA Email: childrensuniversity@heartofyorkshire.ac.uk Tel: 01924 789746