Foundation Stage Educational Activities

Let's Fly

A workshop designed to give children an insight into the various roles and operations that take place within an airport. This will include security, passport control, weighing baggage and ticket collection. The children will take part in role-play situations and prior to the visit they will need to have made an individual passport to bring to the Museum.

Further details: A resource pack to compliment this workshop is available to download. Please see below.
Activity type: Led by museum staff
Key Stage: Foundation / KS1
National Curriculum links: Citizenship and Geography
Duration: Approximately 1 hour
Cost: £10 per session (maximum 30 per group)
Timetables for a complete museum visit are provided.

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  Cross curricular activities to support your visit
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Science Activities

During the day the children will experience two science / design & technology based workshops - parachutes and helicopters. During each workshop children will have the opportunity of working with a variety of materials. For example, children make their own mini helicopter by cutting and folding our RAF museum rotors then test flying them!

Activity type: Led by museum staff
Duration: Approximately 1 hour per workshop
Cost: £30 per session (maximum 30 per group)
Timetables for a complete museum visit are provided