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Air Raid! (KS2) – onsite or online

How did people stay safe during Second World War air raids?

Curriculum links: History

Battle of Britain (Upper KS2) – onsite or online

Were pilots the only heroes of the Battle of Britain?

Curriculum links: Theme in British History

Hands-on History: First World War (KS2)

How were aeroplanes used in the First World War?

Curriculum links: History

Levers, Pulleys and Simple Machines (KS2)

How do levers, pulleys, and simple mechanisms make our lives easier and help us lift large loads?

Curriculum links: Science – mechanisms, levers, pulleys, gears

Look, Learn, Sketch: Exploring wartime art and objects (Lower KS2)

What inspiration can we draw from wartime art and objects?

Curriculum links: Art and History

Pilot Skills (Coding) (Upper KS2)

Do you have the skills needed to be a pilot?

Curriculum skills: Computing

Pilots of the Caribbean (Upper KS2) – onsite or online

What roles and contributions have men and women of African and Caribbean descent played in the RAF?

Curriculum links: History, PSHE and Citizenship

Science Show (KS2)

How do aircraft fly and how can we survive up high?

Curriculum links: Science

Science Outreach (KS2) – at your school

In our full-day outreach offer, we can deliver three 60-minute activities for your students. Though sessions are a set length, we aim to fit the start times around your school day.
For capacity and space requirements, all activities require a hall.

Cost: £400 (day rate)

For full details about the Science Outreach, scroll down to the bottom of the page.

Wartime Christmas (KS2) – December only

What was Christmas like during the Second World War?

Curriculum Links: History

Wartime Classroom (KS2)

What was life like for school children during the Second World War?

Curriculum links: History

Your Local History (KS2) – Aviation in Hendon, Hatfield or Leavesden

How has aviation impacted your local area? (Hendon, Hatfield or Leavesden)

Curriculum links: Local History

For more information and to view our full range of workshops, click here for the Primary programme.

To book, please complete the online booking form.

For enquiries, please email learning-london@rafmuseum.org or phone 020 8358 4896. 

Click here for the risk assessment 

Science Outreach (KS2) – at your school

In our full-day outreach offer, we can deliver three 60-minute activities for your students. Though sessions are a set length, we aim to fit the start times around your school day.
For capacity and space requirements, all activities require a hall.

Cost: £400 (day rate)

Our current activities are:

Science Show
Can accommodate as many students as your hall allows

Workshops
Can accommodate one class per workshop

Select from:

Rockets

Find out the history and science behind rockets, then make and launch your own.

Parachutes

What makes a good parachute? Your students will find out in this interactive workshop, culminating in them building and testing their own parachute designs.

Please note that if you would like workshops, due to staffing, equipment and transport, you will need to select either Rockets or Parachutes.

Outreach Individual Show Rate – £200

If you’re looking for an assembly with a difference or would like to wow your students with one of our Science Shows, we can come to you!

Available for schools in the following locations:

Offered to schools in the following locations: Barnet, Brent, Camden, Chesham, Cheshunt, Dunstable, Ealing, Enfield, Epping, Hackney, Hammersmith & Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Hatfield, Hemel Hempstead, Hertford, Hillingdon, Hitchin, Hounslow, Kensington & Chelsea, Kings Langley, Leighton Buzzard, Letchworth, Luton, Potters Bar, St Albans, Stevenage, Tring, Waltham Forest, Ware, Welwyn Garden City, Westminster

Outreach day structure:

All outreach full-day bookings will consist of a Science Show, and then for the remaining two timeslots you can pick between repeats of the Science Show to reach more of your students, or workshops which pick up on the themes introduced in the Science Show. Workshops are suitable for individual classes.

What schools need to provide:

Parking for one vehicle (and congestion charge payment if applicable), access to water and a sink to clean equipment, access to electricity supply and to a HDMI connection, a projector, a stage or some form of staging so that the presenter can be seen by the children.

Please email learning-london@rafmuseum.org if you are interested in having the Science Show at your school.

The children have a greater understanding of WW2, the Battle of Britain, the Blitz and life as a child during the war. They enjoyed learning outside of our classroom environment