Almost 80 schoolchildren proved they were a class act by graduating from Essex Children’s University.
Pupils from Lyons Hall Primary School, White Court Primary School, John Bunyan Primary School and Bocking Church Street Primary School donned caps and gowns for the special ceremony to celebrate their extracurricular achievements.
The event, held at Braintree Arts Theatre yesterday, was organised by the children themselves to recognise their hard work and commitment to volunteering and participating in clubs and learning activities outside of school, as part of the programme.
Some 190 family members were in the crowd, while an afterschool dance group from Great Bradfords Junior School, who now have signed up to the children’s university, performed multiple routines.
See next weeks Braintree and Witham Times - out on Thursday 19 - for a two-page picture special on the Essex Children's University graduation.
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