Education & Learning at Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre
Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre (on the site of former RAF Metheringham) can play a large part in the delivery of a World War 2 schools project, as well as your local-history topic. Our theme for school visits is ‘Put yourself in their shoes,’ in which we focus on individual stories of the personnel involved at Metheringham Airfield and 106 Squadron, during the war.
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Our education programme has been designed for Key Stage 2 and to meet the National Curriculum objectives including a local history study: an aspect of history or a site dating from a period beyond 1066 that is significant in the locality.
Also, and through this immersive experience, your Key Stage 2 children will learn skills such as team building, empathy, be able to practice their speaking and listening through role play and consider how best to handle objects that are over 75 years old. Please note: We are keen to work with schools and colleges who wish to develop Key Stages 3, 4 and 5 subject areas; through debate and drama your young people can consider the wider aspects of conflict and the legacy of war. |
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Your children will step back in time and become a newly trained member of the RAF at the newly built RAF Metheringham (1943 – 1946). They will learn where they will live, work and play plus what might happen to them when they fly their sorties. In "The Ditching Drama" they have to ditch in the sea to escape and evade capture. Will they get back to “blighty”?
The children will refresh their learning as a member of a Lancaster bomber crew (pre-visit information is provided) and see the equipment they would use on a flight (covered in a tour of our museum rooms). Experience the sounds and feelings of being in an original Air Ministry Air-raid shelter during a raid. Listen out for the All Clear! WOW! Step inside’ our original World War 2 Dakota aeroplane KG651, learn about who built it, flew in it and the crew who flew it; could it be you sitting in the cockpit? Have their pre-Sortie meal (Lunch) in the ‘Mess Hall’ (our original wartime gymnasium). Following the ‘crew briefing’, immerse yourself in our Ditching Drama, as we retell the real-life rescue of John Sargeant’s crew, in a fun, engaging and action-packed experience. Find out what it was like for Bill Knaggs to escape and evade after bailing out of his Lancaster Bomber. What would you do and what would you need if you were ‘in his shoes’? Consider what you might use today if you needed to create a ‘survival kit’; all with the bonus of handling original artefacts and the chance to dress up in World War 2 clothing. At the end of the day, take home your very own Log Book and complete your sortie details. When you get back to school why not write a letter home (post visit activity supplied) to tell your loved ones of your experience as a member of 106 Squadron and at RAF Metheringham. |
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Information for School Visits
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What we provide:
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When can you visit? We welcome educational visits between April and October – Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday. The museum will not be open to the public during your visit, so the site is exclusively yours for the day! You can see a short video tour of the museum here: https://www.metheringhamairfield.co.uk/raf-metheringham.html
For more information see our flyer or to discuss your booking dates, please contact our Education Officer at education.mavc@gmail.com
You will find lots more information including booking forms, risk assessment form and pre-visit information by clicking the button below.
For more information see our flyer or to discuss your booking dates, please contact our Education Officer at education.mavc@gmail.com
You will find lots more information including booking forms, risk assessment form and pre-visit information by clicking the button below.
* Risk Assessment: We strongly advise that teachers or other staff visit the site in advance of any proposed session to fully understand the site layout and environment. You will then be able to customise the risk assessment for your individual schools' requirements. Visits can be arranged at your convenience and can even be at weekends if the centre is open.
