Enter the Go Construct Minecraft Buildathon competition to plan and build an environmentally friendly and sustainable structure with prizes to be won courtesy of Microsoft.
To support families at this difficult time, CITB wants to give primary school pupils and their families the opportunity to engage in an exciting and interactive competition.
Using Minecraft Education Edition, families can come together as a team and use construction skills to design and build a winning structure that is unique, sustainable and environmentally friendly all the while having fun indoors.
The competition is open to pupils ages 5 to 12.
Families are encouraged to join in with the design phase of the competition; however pupils must do 100% of the building in the Minecraft world.
You will need to have the Minecraft Education Edition app installed on a desktop/laptop (Windows 10 required) or Apple iPad.
You can log in using your school’s Office 365 Education account details. See ‘Additional Information’ if you need help getting started.
Prizes will be awarded to 1st place winners of each regional competition courtesy of Microsoft.
There will also be a national final held for all competition winners.
We are holding a total of 6 competitions allowing you to choose a date that works for you.
Each competition is the same, with winners announced after each competition.
Winner: Gabriel Walsh, Year 4, St Marys RC Primary school, Cardiff.
Winner: Alice Francis, Year 4, Bishop Wood C of E Junior School, Tring, Hertfordshire, England.
Winner: Zac Allsop, Roath Park Primary School, Pen-Y-Wain Rd, Cardiff.
Winner: Oscar Stockdale, Oldfields Hall Middle School, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire.
Think you have what it takes to challenge contestants across the UK?
Entering is easy and you can work remotely to design and build a structure. We encourage family to support the build - but not take over!
Register for your chosen competition date.
Attend the launch webinar for your regional buildathon (further details provided in confirmation email)
Taking on the construction related roles of project manager, construction manager and design manager, contestants and families will design, build and explain their structures.
Find out more about the judging criteria to build a Minecraft structure with your family.
Submit your structure using the competition guidelines (see 'Judging criteria')
You will be a ‘Construction Professional’ and along with your family, will need to explain and show:
Here you'll find a list of all the resources required to enter the competition:
Please take notice of your region’s due date for submissions. We cannot judge any builds after the due date. Thank you.
Entries will be judged on three criteria listed below:
You can use the inventory tools within Minecraft to meet these first 2 requirement but the design must be turned in as a PDF file.
Wales
Wider UK (outside of Wales)
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Wider UK (outside of Wales)
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Wider UK (outside of Wales)