Minecraft in Schools

When kids play games in school it sounds like it would be the most coolest afternoon ever. More schools are using Minecraft to help students learn. Over 200 schools in the UK are using it!

Minecraft is a game of blocks and you have to build homes, giant buildings and even your own islands to protect yourself from the dangers of the night. Some students play the game and then they write stories based off their experience of the game. Teachers using the game say it can help get kids who don’t like books to do more reading and writing. They can learn about history by building copies of ancient buildings, and learn maths by figuring out exactly what they need to build them.

Is your school using games, especially Minecraft, during lessons?

I really wish mine was.=)

Baby Assaulting

On Sunday a man aged 32 will appear on Monday in court over assaulting a baby.This was in Hamilton and the baby was eight-months-old. Police say the man they arrested is from a property in York Street, Hamilton East, where emergency services were called to about 11.30am. The baby was urgently taken to Waikato Hospital by the ambulance in a serious to critical condition and his mum went too.