A group of Sixth Formers showed their love for The Grange during lockdown, by building a replica of it in the video game Minecraft.
For Jack Furlong, Sam Wakefield, Gabriel Tenner and Jack McGinn, (who all completed their A Levels in the Summer) returning to the game of their childhood proved to be an irresistible moment of nostalgia before embarking on the next stages of their lives at university.
Minecraft allows players to explore a blocky, procedurally-generated 3D world with infinite terrain, as well as building structures or earthworks, and Jack explains how the idea came from his friend Sam.
'We began by doing the standard things like building a base, collecting resources and so on.
As it was our final year at The Grange, it was Sam's idea to commemorate that by building the entire school, in Minecraft.
Sam didn't actually tell us initially of his idea, he just invited us on one night and we were welcomed by the beginning structure of the G Block.'
In total, the Minecraft replica took the friends hundreds of hours to complete, with them spending around two hours every evening over the course of about 3-4 months.
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