PEACEPLUS ASPIRE digital showcase events in W5 Life

18 June 2025

Dream Space at W5 Life, in Belfast, held several showcase events with ASPIRE Shared Education school partnerships in June 2025 for children and young people.

Group of children sitting on steps in a large room.

Previously, teachers from the partnership schools had taken part in professional training workshops, where facilitators delivered a session on how to use Minecraft Education and utilise its tools in classroom settings. The teachers took this knowledge to go back to their partnership classrooms and work with their pupils to design a new community centre.

Pupils then showcased their learning of Minecraft Education software tools at the event by providing a guided tour of the community venue they created to a pupil from their partner school.  

Children and young people from both partnership schools also worked together to programme robots to navigate obstacle courses and challenges using coloured coding cards. 

ASPIRE is supported by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB).  It aims to provide direct and sustained contact between children and young people from all backgrounds. 

For more information on the project please email: ASPIRE@eani.org.uk

  • Two boys with backs to the camera , one in purple hoodie, one in red hoodie sitting at an open laptop with a Minecraft game on screen.
  • Two girls with back to camera, both in burgundy jumpers, sitting at an open laptop with a Minecraft game on screen. Girl on the left holding the computer mouse.
  • Three children sitting at a table with laptop smiling at camera, and other children sitting in background.
  • Two boys sitting on the floor with coloured cards and a small robotic device
  • Three girls smiling at camera, two sitting on the floor and one sitting on a bean bag, there are coloured cards and a small robotic device
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    Last updated: 03/09/2025