Hands-On Education

12/11/2025

Remembering the S.O.E. in occupied Czechoslovakia during WW2.

This is a hike I try to do every Remembrance Day. The destination is a memorial to a Czech soldier named Josef Biersky. He was trained in Britain by the Spec...

07/10/2025

After a few technical hitches, we've managed to jump on the YouTube bandwagon!
Join us for part one of a historical and cultural hike around the highest mountain in our area....

Lysa Hora (Bald Mountain) is the highest peak in the Beskydy Mountains. Join us on this 13 km hike as we take a look at some of the history and culture to be...

12/08/2022

Join us for a dive into the world of maintaining workshop tools and equipment!

his is my Record No. 3 Engineering Vice, which I've had for 24 years. Time for a clean-up!

24/07/2020

One positive side to teaching primary school during quarantine was finding out how many resources there are online... and how under-used they are!
Here is my pick of the primary school science simulators I used with my classes. Can anyone recommend any other simulators for STEAM subjects?

Reviews and links to primary science simulations which I have used successfully while teaching primary school online during quarantine.

19/08/2019

Learning some skills for staying warm, dry and comfortable outdoors... plus some problem-solving, teamwork and competitions!

05/08/2019

A week of STEAM activities in Ostrava, Czexch Republic. Admittedly, the Art was limited to a few hasty sketch designs and the Maths stopped at measuring things. On the other hand we did get a lot of Science, Technology and Engineering done!

05/08/2019

Heading off to our classroom this morning for some serious civil engineering and an introduction to hydrodynamics!