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Gordonvale Pizza Oven

The HOL team at Gordonvale State High School have successfully completed their pizza oven. This report appeared in the local newspaper and attracted the support of the local member Curtis Pitt – read his press release here.

Sale College celebrates Hands On Learning

At the end of April the Sale College HOL team fired up their pizza oven and invited present and past team members, along with their parents, families and teachers, to get together at the Sale HOL headquarters.  They cooked 148 pizzas … Continue reading

National stage for Hands On

Carrum Downs students, Ryan, Nathan and Maddie together with HOL artisan teacher Wayne Bollard travelled to Sydney in May to hit centre stage during the plenary session of the Australian Youth Affairs Coalition national conference. Sponsored by the Dusseldorp Skills … Continue reading

The need for speed

Five local Hands On schools battled out the annual HOL Billycart championship in a series of time trials at the Marta Martha Scout Park in the last week of Term Two. Literacy and numeracy tasks are built into the design … Continue reading

Local Television Spotlight

Hands On Learning’s community work came under the spotlight last term as Year 8 Sale College student Hayden confidently fielded questions from Win Television about his group’s contribution to a local sand dune rejuvenation project. Sale College’s Hands On Learning … Continue reading

Inspirational teamwork

Radical design, recycled materials and inspirational teamwork were on show as teams from six schools battled out the 2010 HOL boat race. Staged on December 1, 2010 at the National Water Sports Centre on the Patterson River this annual event … Continue reading

On the RADIO

Click here to listen to Ali Moore interview Russell Kerr and two former HOL students. Click here to listen to Richard Aedy’s Life Matters program on HOL in Melbourne’s Northern suburbs.

In the NEWSPAPER

Read recent articles from The Age written by award winning Denise Ryan about the need for government funding to give schools the resources they need to deliver programs like Hands On Learning.       Tired of school? Hang in … Continue reading

On TELEVISION

HOL featured on ABC TV’s Stateline Victoria highlighting how HOL works to deliver in-school programs to engage students and keep them at school.