Youth Group Activity Evening

​The youth group activity evening is an immersive evening of learning, which can be tailored to achieve the aims of specific badges/awards. When you arrive on site it’s straight into a briefing to set the scene for the evening. The children will learn what it was like to be a new crewmember at RAF Metheringham. Being shown where they will live and work, refresh the recent training they completed (you will be sent some pre-visit information), before experiencing an air raid in our very own WW2 shelter.
 
You will then be split into two groups of 15 (if required) and take part in two activities:
 
  • The Dakota experience where you can climb on board our Dakota aircraft (optional worksheets on flying controls and the phonetic alphabet are also available).
 
  • A narrator led drama re-enactment of a Lancaster ditching at sea, based on a true story of 106 Squadron. Including a session on wartime food.
 
All areas with the exception of the inside of the Dakota and Air Raid experience are accessible for wheelchair users, but we do have a visual information pack that shows what it is like inside.
 
Charges for the evening are £5 per child, which includes our MAVC cloth badge.
 
The evening runs for 2 hours with a start time between 1800 and 1930, with a maximum of 32 children. 
AGENDA:
1800 Orientation Brief (Whole Group0
Learn about life at RAF Metheringham before experiencing an air raid.

Split into 2 groups

1830 Two groups. Rotate two activities
  • 40 Min - Ditching Drama (narrator led session – does include some reading of script cards by the children). This also includes an element on wartime food.
  • 40 Min - Dakota Experience – worksheets, clipboards and pencils will be provided.

1950   Debrief & Remembrance Ceremony (Whole Group)
Debrief and depart.
Our Vision: A world where RAF Metheringham is never forgotten
Our Values: Welcoming - Educational - Respectful - Enthusiastic - Inspirational
Our Mission: To advance the education of the public and provide for the general benefit of the public the preservation and conservation of the buildings, other constructions and related historic artefacts forming part the former Metheringham Airfield as defined in the lease and in connection with 106 Squadron of the Royal Air Force, No. 5 Group Bomber Command, the Royal Air Force and RAF Metheringham and by the exhibition and public display of historic and informative collections relating thereto.

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