We can build (Creative) & Do Players-Vs-Players Games (Teams)

Creative Mode (Building Stuff) – It’s still there for your child

Minecraft building together - We will still have our normal building projects (Creative Mode) and everyone is welcome to keep building together like we have been doing for the last year or so. That will keep going if your child prefers it.

Games Together (Players-vs-Players) – Very fun – Sportsmanship skills (Optional)

This is EXACTLY what more than half of our kids have been begging us to get started. It’s also a much safer alternative for kids than just playing online games with strangers. We work together with our leaders and our mini groups. The social skills we work on our around sportsmanship skills and supporting each other and working together.

“Players vs Players” Mode Games – Our Leaders Run These Games:

• Obstacle Course (Building and racing)
• Hide and Seek (A bunch of us digging into a giant mountain, while another team searches for us)
• Bullrush (A running from base-to-base game in teams)
• Sword Battles (Sword-fighting - Playing ‘tag’ in a giant sword battle)
• What’s the Time Mr Wolf (Run, hide, stop… keep going)
• TNT Run (Explosive fun)
• Mazes (Solving mazes and creating mazes)
• Parkour (Safer than the real world)
• Scavenger Hunt (Teamwork & communication)
• Triathlon Racing (So much fun)
• Boat race / Mario cart (Future)
• Capture the flag (Future)

Players-Vs-Players Team Rules

(Good Sportsmanship and Good Teamwork are more important than Winning)

Rule #1:  We do “Calm-down” time in the “Relax Room” if a leader asks us to. “Calm-down” is a good time of building in ‘Creative Mode’ so we can stay calm and have fun.

Rule #2:  Be a player - Not a policeman: The leaders are referees. We can have fun even if we think the referee made a mistake.

Rule #3:  Play by the rules – We don’t cheat: That’s because it's more important to have fun and make friends than it is to win.

Rule #4:  Encourage others: Say things like "Good job", "Nice try", “Better luck next time”

Rule #5:  Speak calmly – We don't swear or use cranky words. We are here to have fun and us getting cranky stops other people from having fun.

Rule #6:  Be caring - Help and show you care - if someone gets sad or upset. Ask, "Are you ok?”.

Rule #7:  Take turns - and be willing to let others go first.

Why are we doing Players-Vs-Players "Sportsmanship" Skills:

• We want a SAFE environment to learn social skills and sportsmanship skills. Our kids are playing other online games that are UNSAFE. This is our solution.
• Some of our Minecraft builders have been doing the Minecraft program for 6 months 12 months or more and they are ready for us to stretch their skills.
• So many of our kids struggle to play with others at school when there is an element of competition.
• We going to stretch our children’s social skills a bit more by introducing an element of team games and player-vs-player mode for PART of each session.

Parent Choice - It’s Your Choice:
Easy Opt out – Parents can communicate at the start of each session if they only want their child doing building. And that’s okay because not all children are ready yet.

About 90% of the parents will want their child to play the mini games and 10% want their child to 'stick to building'.

Really, Minecraft is a lot like Lego.

At each time slot, we will have about 3-4 students working together, with a couple of our leaders helping and guiding team-work negotiations. Each week we have a different project that we work on together as a team (e.g. create a beach scene or a playground or a factory etc). 

We have different session times, depending on your child's age group and Minecraft ability. We've deliberately designed these sessions so that your child can be part of a team, regardless of their age or ability.

Saturdays or Wednesdays - Choose one or more 1-hour session time

We Help Your Child Achieve Their Goals

We have different goals for each child and team. We set goals depending on your child's abilities, and for community members who are on NDIS, we set goals that match NDIS objectives and we match goals to your child's unique personality.

Community team motto

“It is more important to be a good team-member than to build good things.”

NDIS Funding

For Minecraft Social Skills Online Community Group

Chat with your plan manager for what is relevant to your situation.

It is helpful to know that other families have told us they usually use these categories (or similar):

A. Increased Social & Community Participation

B. Improved Daily Living

For plan-managed participants, your plan manager will be able to tell you whether your plan will cover this, as some plan-managed participants may have some out-of-pocket expenses. Most families are able to cover this without out-of-pockets.

NDIS funding is generally available for self-managed and plan-managed NDIS plans.

NDIS Structured as 1.0 hour x $58 + 0.1 hour x $5.80 non-face-to-face, total $63.80

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