Education

The experience follows the lives of children in East Anglia in World War II. How children lived and to hear about the lives of children then.

Home Front / Sea Prince

Sit in an original Anderson shelter removed from a garden in Norwich with sound effects of air raid siren sounding, bombs dropping and then the ‘all clear’. Explore life for children during WW2

Sit in a Sea Prince Aircraft and track a submarine.

Training cockpits, some used by WW2 pilots. All children have a 'flight' during their visit to the museum in one of our simulators. There are four simulators, two moving Link Trainers and two static, but with good graphics, Computer based Flight Sim equipped simulators. The children can also visit two partially restored simulators. This helps them to learn about the effect of aircraft controls.

As the museum is volunteer run we have had to review our offering in respect of Work Experience. It will not always be possible to accomodate requests and work offered will vary greatly depending on tasks available.

The Museum runs a series of days which will cover the requirements of various stages of the Air Activities Badges. We can cover all of stage 1 (aimed at Beavers), stage 2 (aimed at Beavers or Cubs), most of Stage 3 (aimed at Cubs or Scouts) and large parts of stages 4-6 (aimed at Scouts or Explorers). Groups are welcome to bring Squirrels but we advise that several of the activities in Stage 1 are aimed at Beaver age children and are rather advanced for the younger children.

Attendees will learn about many aspects of aviation and gain access to several areas normally off limits to visitors. Museum staff will lead activities based on 30 minute slots, those taking part will move around those activities in groups of 7-12. Please note that places are limited and pre-booking is required.

The cost of this event is £30 for a group of up to 12 youngsters. Following an eMail booking we will confirm whether space is available. If we have space we will hold the requested number of groups for you for two months pending payment. In the event that you are later unable to attend the event the museum will refund the fee only if we are able to replace your booking. We regret that we have to do it this way, but we have had too many late cancellations causing other groups to miss out and the museum to run under capacity.

Please note the following:
- The normal booking will be from Scout Groups with 7 or more participants, whilst it is sometimes possible to accept individual applications this can not be guaranteed
- The museum has very few CRB checked staff so it is important that each group present has a CRB adult and preferably at least two.
- Participants will need to bring a packed lunch. Squash will be provided free of charge. Hot and other cold drinks as well as cake, biscuits and sweets are available in the NAAFI. Ice creams are available from the shop.
- The museum has a souvenir shop which has items with a wide range of prices.
- The museum is limited as to how many participants it can take on any day, so please be fairly accurate with your estimates so that we can accommodate as many as possible.
- It may be possible to create groups of Beavers/Cubs/Scouts from more than one Scout Group.
- At the end of the day for Stage 1 and 2 youngsters will have qualified for the respective badge, the museum do not supply the badges (if you bring them we are happy to present them if you like).
- These events are usually heavily booked and we have to turn people away so please be accurate with your numbers to avoid others missing out.
- Each group can only take part in one stage on the day.
- Note that the museum is also open to the public on these days.

If you would like to take part in one of these days could you please contact us with the following information:
- Name of group
- Number of Beavers expected / Stage requested
- Number of Cubs expected / Stage requested
- Number of Scouts expected / Stage requested
- Number of Explorers expected / Stage requested
- Number of Leaders / Adults expected

We regret that it is very difficult to organise special days for individual groups outside this framework, for which we would need a minimum of 50 visitors.