The transition to high school can often be an extremely daunting one.
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For students who do not know many of their peers, it can be hard to form friendships.
And this is why Goulburn High School Learning and Support teacher for Year 7, 9 and 11 Georgina Marshall, began the Year 7 girls Minecraft group.
"We have a lot of girls coming from different schools and friendship groups are hard to form. We wanted to find something that would unite the girls, that they would have in common," she said.
"Especially girls that love to game. It can be very lonely but Minecraft gives us the opportunity to make it more of a social process."
The group has only just started but Mrs Marshall said they had received a positive response from students after only the first day.
Students can meet up to play Minecraft most school days before school and at both breaks.
"The Year 7 girls Minecraft group is a way of helping to promote friendships through cooperation and collaboration and to give young girls a place in our school and to be welcome."
Mrs Marshall said it also promoted literacy skills, as to play the game, students had to be able to read the directions on the screen.
She said the group also offered a "nice, quiet place" for students who may have autism or anxiety to be able to participate in something they enjoy while establishing friendships within their year group.
The girls who are part of the group will also go on to be a part of the Goulburn High Smith Cup E-sports teams.
"It builds confidence. If they can work in a team on computers then that's going to flow on into the classroom and into the community."
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