{"id":64293,"date":"2025-03-27T14:35:25","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T14:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=64293"},"modified":"2025-03-27T14:35:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T14:35:34","slug":"sheffield-childrens-university-release-inspirational-song-anything-i-want-to-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/03\/27\/sheffield-childrens-university-release-inspirational-song-anything-i-want-to-be\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield Children\u2019s University release inspirational song \u2018Anything I want To Be\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sheffield Children\u2019s University (CU) has received overwhelmingly positive feedback on their release of their new song.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Children\u2019s University is a nationwide education project that strives to support children\u2019s enrichment in extracurricular activities and in Sheffield the branch works closely with schools across the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The track was made in partnership with Sheffield City Council and The Sheffield College to create an uplifting song that captures the spirit of Sheffield Children\u2019s University.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Katie Hamshaw, Children\u2019s University Project Manager, spoke on the launch of \u2018Anything I want To Be\u2019.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe song is about empowering our children and young people to dream big and through the CU, those opportunities are available to them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe children sang on the songs, being featured on the backing vocals and they were involved in some of the initial conversations around the song of what Children University means to them.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Anything I Want To Be Music Video - Sheffield Children&#039;s University\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G1Zf-SwjfOo?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The official launch ceremony of \u2018Anything I Want To Be\u2019 took place at the Sheffield CU Gold Awards Ceremony last week at Sheffield Hallam University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was a live performance of the song by staff from The Sheffield College, and parents\/carers, school staff. The young award winners were invited and were encouraged to join in signing along.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere was singing and dancing and by the end the children were swinging their caps and gowns around! The school staff were all joining in and that was fabulous on the night.\u201d Ms Hamshaw said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To enable children with SEND to participate in the song, the CU team approached workers leading the CU work at the NEXUS academy trust group of schools. 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