Name: Minecraft Modding: Magic and Spells (2 hours)
Brand: blue{shift} education
SKU: Ammms-28-Apr22
Price: 175.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

Adventurers: Ages 8-12

Minecraft Modding: Magic and Spells (2 hours)

Did your child love our Minecraft Modding classes? This course is perfect for those game-obsessed coders who want to further their programming skills in the block-based world of Minecraft!

Age	8-12
Difficulty Level	Suitable for those with Minecraft Modding experience
Date & Times	4th - 8th April / 15:00 - 17:15 (duration 2 hours 15 mins)
Price	£175.00 (25% off the second course when booking 2 or more)

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In this continuation of our best-selling Minecraft Modding course, students will discover unique mods that explore wondrous magic, fantastical creatures, and all the cauldrons and potions they could ever want! Featuring brand new challenges, this course will advance students’ programming skills by introducing new mods, as well as encouraging them to use and develop valuable engineering and problem-solving skills.

Learning outcomes

Like our previous Minecraft Modding courses, this class aims to engage young learners through creative coding projects in the popular online game, and give them a thorough grounding in computational principles. By applying coding skills to Minecraft, students will learn how to use loops, functions, variables, and conditionals, amongst other things. They will develop their extensive Minecraft knowledge even further to code and create their own in-game items, weapons, and structures with more advanced features and a higher level of complexity than before.

Information for parents

We ask that - for at least the first session - an adult is available to help your child with their set-up in order to avoid any delays. Setting this software up is easy and we will provide you with comprehensive set-up instructions before your lessons begin, so do check your email! Minimum computer specs can be found on the Minecraft website. As part of the course you will need to download Minecraft Java Edition. We will be providing LearnToMod accounts, but you are welcome to purchase your own if you want to continue using your account after the course ends. But don't worry! We will provide more information on everything you need to set up once you have booked.

Class structure

This is a sample schedule to show how our virtual lessons are structured.

10.00 - 10.15

Set-up
Students will set up their coding environments, share any work from the previous day or projects they have done independently.

10.15 - 11.00

Coding
45 minutes of focused coding, led by our fantastic teachers. Students will face new challenges, solidify their knowledge of coding concepts and flex their creativity!

11.00 - 11.15

Wrap-up
Students will complete quizzes and challenges to test their knowledge and share their work.

My favourite part was doing flipendo!

Student, aged 12

Policies

Lateness policy

Customer feedback has told us that students joining late can be disruptive for other learners. Therefore, we have imposed a cut-off time for joining lessons. If a student is more than 15 minutes late to a lesson, they will not be admitted. Late students will be able to catch up using recordings of the lesson and additional learning resources.

Recordings of lessons

All online lessons will be recorded, and recordings will be uploaded to the class padlet as a resource for students who have missed a lesson, or who want to watch again. Recordings will only be available to students in the class, the class teacher and the BlueShift team. Recordings will be deleted seven days after the course ends.

FAQs:

Can I book individual days?

We do not allow individual day bookings for our online courses. As each course consists of five hour long lessons which work toward a finished project, we believe that individual day bookings would both be disruptive to the rest of the class and difficult for the new student to join in with. We want all children to leave our online courses feeling like they have accomplished a goal - joining for a day or two might leave your child unsatisfied!
If you are not available for one of the five sessions, you can still book a course. When you sign up to a class, you will receive a link to a Padlet which will have the solution code available for each lesson. Therefore if your child has to miss a lesson, they can log-in outside of the classroom and catch up!
You can also book our 1:1 online tuition which offers more flexibility.

What laptop or computer is suitable for this class?

Is adult presence required?

For children that are 6-7 years old, we ask that a parent or adult is able to stay for the full session. Younger students might require more assistance and we will need to assess they ability during the session. The parent might only need to be there for the first 15 minutes, but they should stay nearby.
Do I need to install anything prior to the class?

Yes, to do this class, you will need to have the latest version of Minecraft downloaded onto your computer. We will send you full setup instructions beforehand.

You will also need to have 2 accounts for this course:
Minecraft Account - This is the username and password that you use to log on to Minecraft. It can be the same login that your child usually uses.
You can purchase a Minecraft Account here or rent one of our to use during the class
LearnToMod Account - This is the username and password that students will use to access the LearnToMod website. We will provide one of our accounts to use during the course, but you are welcome to purchase your own account if you want to keep your work and continue modding. You can purchase your account here.

"Thank you BlueShift for doing such a great job. My son is so excited about coding and learning made fun."

Natalia, parent
"These courses are an amazing way to get kids interested in coding and robotics. Fun and educational"

Isabel, parent
"My son was very keen to advance in programming. Not only has this been achieved, but his self-esteem has been greatly raised through your work. Thank you!"

Marcos, parent
"The teachers have been excellent, full of enthusiasm and patience making the whole experience really fun"

Angela, parent

	Minimum	Recommended
Processor	i3 (or equivalent)	i5 (or equivalent)
RAM	4GB	8GB
OS	Windows 7 and up, Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks (or later)	Windows 10, Mac OS X 10.12 Sierra (or later)
Storage	1GB	4GB+
Internet	Wi-fi (the closer to the router/WAP, the better)	Wired ethernet connection

Adventurers: Ages 8-12

Minecraft Modding: Magic and Spells (2 hours)

Learning outcomes

Information for parents

Class structure

Student, aged 12

Policies

FAQs:

"Thank you BlueShift for doing such a great job. My son is so excited about coding and learning made fun."

"These courses are an amazing way to get kids interested in coding and robotics. Fun and educational"

"My son was very keen to advance in programming. Not only has this been achieved, but his self-esteem has been greatly raised through your work. Thank you!"

"The teachers have been excellent, full of enthusiasm and patience making the whole experience really fun"