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Debate Space (Upper KS3 and KS4/5)

The Environment

Can individuals make a difference in fighting Climate Change? Can aviation be sustainable and are synthetic fuels the solution?

AI and Drones

Should drones be allowed in our skies? Should we be worried about artificial intelligence? Should machines with increasing levels of automation and autonomy be used in combat?

Curriculum links: Debate skills, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Drones, The Environment and Climate Change

Flight Factory Challenge (KS3)

Can your team design and build the strongest aircraft structure?

Curriculum links: Design and Technology

Flying Colours (KS3/4)

What roles and contributions have ethnically diverse men and women played in the RAF?

Curriculum Links: History and Citizenship


Flying Colours is also available as outreach to your school.

Offered to schools in the following locations: Alperton, Barnet, Borehamwood, Camden, Chipping Barnet, East Barnet, Edgware, Elstree, Finchley, Hampstead, Harlesden, Harrow, Hendon, Islington, Kilburn, New Southgate, Paddington, Radlett, Shenley, Stanmore, Totteridge, Wembley, Whetstone, Zone 1 Central London.

What schools need to provide: access to electricity supply and to a HDMI connection, a projector, a stage or some form of staging so that the facilitator can be seen by the students.

Please email learning-london@rafmuseum.org if you are interested in having ‘Flying Colours’ at your school.

Cost: £200 per performance. Max two performances. Available mornings only. No maximum number of students.

Numbers: Suitable for large groups or an assembly.

Hands-on History: First World War or Battle of Britain (KS3/4)

How was the RAF involved in key moments of British history such as the First World War or the Battle of Britain?

Curriculum links: History

Pilots of the Caribbean (KS3/4) online

What roles and contributions have ethnically diverse men and women played in the RAF?

Curriculum links: History and Citizenship

Science Show (KS3)

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

Curriculum links: Science

Suitable for large groups of up to 200 students.

Under Pressure (KS3)

Why don’t pilots die?

Curriculum links: Science – Atmospheric pressure and pressure in liquids; Describing forces and motion; Heat transfers

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

Our students worked as a team. They had to talk and think about viable designs and the possible costs. The workshop had a positive impact, they all said that they enjoyed it.