{"id":12222,"date":"2026-01-14T17:18:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T17:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/?p=12222"},"modified":"2026-01-15T08:43:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:43:52","slug":"minecraft-battles-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/2026\/01\/14\/minecraft-battles-begin\/","title":{"rendered":"Minecraft battles begin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--StartFragment --><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12223\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/2026\/01\/14\/minecraft-battles-begin\/57c966af-255b-43b3-8375-510e6436199e\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2026\/01\/14171737\/57c966af-255b-43b3-8375-510e6436199e.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1768410554&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"57c966af-255b-43b3-8375-510e6436199e\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2026\/01\/14171737\/57c966af-255b-43b3-8375-510e6436199e-300x225.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2026\/01\/14171737\/57c966af-255b-43b3-8375-510e6436199e-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-12223\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2026\/01\/14171737\/57c966af-255b-43b3-8375-510e6436199e-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2026\/01\/14171737\/57c966af-255b-43b3-8375-510e6436199e-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2026\/01\/14171737\/57c966af-255b-43b3-8375-510e6436199e-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2026\/01\/14171737\/57c966af-255b-43b3-8375-510e6436199e-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2026\/01\/14171737\/57c966af-255b-43b3-8375-510e6436199e.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/>Excitement filled Primary 6b on Wednesday 14th January as this year\u2019s Minecraft Build Battles officially got underway. Supported by the NLC Digital Team and Minecraft Education Esports, Cathedral learners will take part in structured gaming sessions designed to develop problem\u2011solving, creativity, teamwork and digital skills.<\/p>\n<p>In the coming weeks, pupils will work together to tackle a series of build challenges within Minecraft worlds, becoming part of the wider <em>Build Battle<\/em> learning community. Cathedral\u2019s young designers are eager to showcase their talents and aim for a place in the NLC Build Battle Final 2026.<\/p>\n<p>A fantastic opportunity for our learners to collaborate, think creatively and have great fun along the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excitement filled Primary 6b on Wednesday 14th January as this year\u2019s Minecraft Build Battles officially got underway. Supported by the NLC Digital Team and Minecraft Education Esports, Cathedral learners will take part in structured gaming sessions designed to develop problem\u2011solving, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/2026\/01\/14\/minecraft-battles-begin\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16774,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16774"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12222"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12229,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12222\/revisions\/12229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}