Students map entire school into computer game, and now hope to offer virtual tours to prospective students.
Students at Wallaroo Primary School on South Australia's Yorke Peninsula have recreated their entire school campus in Minecraft — during class time.Students at Wallaroo Primary School on SA's Yorke Peninsula have replicated their school in a virtual worldThere are plans to host virtual school tours amid COVID-19 social distancing
Technology teacher Damian McCarthy said the students were originally learning about hydraulics when he had to alter his lesson plans. "With the COVID weeks involved, we had a fair few classes of 50 per cent so there was work done, it was just at a slow pace."
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