Hands on Learning

Beaufort Secondary College’s newest program, Hands on Learning, commenced on Friday 4th May. This program is run across many schools in Victoria and Australia and aims to provide students with an opportunity to spend one day a week outside of normal classes working on practical hands on skills, personal development and improving social interactions with their peers.

Mr. Cunningham and Mr. Hooper are overseeing the program and our inaugural members are Davey Alexander, Josh Woodward, Patrick Andrews, Stephen Kiernan, Tahleah Donnelly, Pepsi-Lee Barton, Riley Lewis, Tom Bilston & Zac Dally. 

The basic format of their first day was breakfast and introductions in the morning. Each student selected a “Focus Plan” for the day. This was something that they wanted to focus on for self-improvement and was constantly revisited by the teachers and students throughout the day. Students were rostered on to shop and do meal preparation for the whole group and clean up after. Our main focus on day one was to clean out the Ag shed ready for tradesmen to come in and install plumbing, electrical work and plaster up the inside learning and working space. This should be completed over the next two weeks and then our group will be involved in painting this space and making it their own. All students had a great day and are looking forward to coming back next week and getting stuck into practical projects around our school.

Students can self-nominate or be nominated by teachers to be involved in our Term 3 intake into the program.

Mr. Cunningham and Mr. Hooper