Key Stage 2
Wartime Christmas (KS2)
What was Christmas like during the Second World War?
National Curriculum Links: History
Air Raid! (KS2)
How did people stay safe during Second World War air raids?
National Curriculum Links: History
Wartime Classroom (KS2)
What was life like for school children during the Second World War?
National 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?
National Curriculum Links: Science and D&T
Your Local History (KS2)
How has aviation impacted your local area? (Hendon, Hatfield or Leavesden)
National Curriculum Links: Local History
Hands-on History: First World War (KS2)
How were aeroplanes used in the First World War?
National Curriculum Links: History
Battle of Britain (Upper KS2)
Were pilots the only heroes of the Battle of Britain?
National Curriculum Links: Theme in British History
Pilots of the Caribbean (Upper KS2)
What roles and contributions have men and women of African and Caribbean descent played in the RAF?
National Curriculum Links: History and Citizenship
Pilots Skills (Coding) (Upper KS2)
Do you have the skills needed to be a pilot?
National Curriculum Links: Computing
Sky Writing (Upper KS2)
What can diaries, letters and memoirs tell us about the experiences of the men and women of the RAF?
National Curriculum Links: Literacy and History
Science Show (KS2)
How do aircraft fly and how can we survive up high?
National Curriculum Links: Science
Science Outreach (KS2) - Day rate £400
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.
Our current activities are:
Science Show
Can accommodate as many students as your hall allows
How do aircraft fly and how can we survive up high?
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.
For more information about these workshops, click here for the Primary programme and here for the costs.
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 (includes onsite, online and Covid-19)
This was one of the best school trips that my colleagues and I have been on. The workshops were excellent - the children were engaged from start to finish. The content enriched their understanding of WW2 and we loved how hands on the sessions were.