Perseverance, Collaboration & Complexity As the examinaon season comes to a close over the next few weeks, we congratulate our students and staff on their excellent efforts and thank parents for their strong support. A bright future awaits those who invest me in working hard towards their goals and never give up. We are rewarded for trying different approaches if things don’t work out as we planned and collaborang with others to solve life’s more complex problems. Related to this, in the background, our plans for new world-class buildings are reaching the final stage with news due very soon. As the actual plans reach their conclusion, to preserve our memories of the current buildings, the Minecraſt Club have been busy this term building a virtual model of the lower school. The students have collaborated extremely well and shown great perseverance and technical skill in achieving this complex, large-scale goal. Hertswood Academy Aim High Achieve Excellence Hertsbeat Monday 20th June 2016 | Issue 11:26 Peter Gillett, Headteacher Building a virtual lower school has been a huge project and there's lots of work sll to be done, but the students' effort and enthusiasm have been incredible! We began with a simple outline of the academy’s buildings, drawn to scale from satellite maps. The students then broke into groups, each tackling different areas. The terrain not being perfectly level proved a real challenge, with several already-built buildings having to be shiſted up or down to match the ground around them. With most of the structure now complete, work has moved on to aesthecs — trying to make the appearance match real life as closely as possible, as well as decorang and furnishing the interiors. Led by Mr Wainwright, Minecraſt Club meets every Wednesday and is now in its fourth academic year, with new students accepted through an applicaon process every September. Outside of the current project, acvies range from large scale collaboraons to compeons, both individually and in teams. You can find narrated videos from some sessions over the last few years at youtube.com/hertswoodcraſt. Recently the students tried out Minecraſt in virtual reality on a Samsung Gear VR.
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Perseverance, Collaboration & Complexity As the examination season comes to a close over the next few weeks, we congratulate our students
and staff on their excellent efforts and thank parents for their strong support. A bright future
awaits those who invest time in working hard towards their goals and never give up. We are
rewarded for trying different approaches if things don’t work out as we planned and collaborating
with others to solve life’s more complex problems. Related to this, in the background, our plans for
new world-class buildings are reaching the final stage with news due very soon. As the actual plans
reach their conclusion, to preserve our memories of the current buildings, the Minecraft Club have
been busy this term building a virtual model of the lower school. The students have collaborated extremely well
and shown great perseverance and technical skill in achieving this complex, large-scale goal.
Hertswood Academy Aim High Achieve Excellence
Hertsbeat Monday 20th June 2016 | Issue 11:26
Peter Gillett, Headteacher
Building a virtual lower school has been a huge project and there's lots of work still to be done, but the students'
effort and enthusiasm have been incredible! We began with a simple outline of the academy’s buildings, drawn to
scale from satellite maps. The students then broke into groups, each tackling different areas. The terrain not being
perfectly level proved a real challenge, with several already-built buildings having to be shifted up or down to match
the ground around them. With most of the structure now complete, work has moved on to aesthetics — trying to
make the appearance match real life as closely as possible, as well as decorating and furnishing the interiors.
Led by Mr Wainwright, Minecraft Club meets every Wednesday and is now in its
fourth academic year, with new students accepted through an application process
every September. Outside of the current project, activities range from large scale
collaborations to competitions, both individually and in teams. You can find narrated
videos from some sessions over the last few years at youtube.com/hertswoodcraft.