The Glider Challenge is set to take flight in November 2024!

Learn about the theory of flight and compete in teams to build and fly a glider – with plenty of awards up for grabs! 

The Glider challenge is completely free to take part in.

All schools receive a resource pack, including a lesson plan aligned to the national curriculum. Teachers cover the prep for the challenge at school, before bringing their team to take part at RAF Museum Midlands, either on-site or online. 

Please see below for dates:

✈️ On-site

KS2 - Wednesday 6 November
KS3 - Thursday 7 November

✈️ Online

KS2 - Wednesday 13 November
KS3 - Thursday 14 November

To reserve your space for the Glider Challenge or for more information please email learning-midlands@rafmuseum.org

Complete Stages 1 & 2 of the Air Activities Badge at RAF Museum Midlands!

Join us for our popular Scouts Takeover Day at RAF Museum Midlands, where we invite Beavers, Cubs and Scouts to the Museum to complete Stages 1 and 2 of the Air Activities Badge!

Our Access and Learning staff will lead the event, facilitating activities designed to fulfil all of the necessary criteria for gaining the badges: this includes a pilot talk and Q&A session!

This event is is kindly sponsored by the Royal Air Force Youth STEM Team and is completely free to groups.

Please note, bookings for this event are made via email to learning-midlands@rafmuseum.org. You should receive an email confirmation of your booking from the Access and Learning Team ahead of the event.

We are now fully booked for 2024.

To be the first to hear when 2025 dates become available, please monitor this page and keep an eye on RAFMLearning.

For regular Scouts bookings please see general Scout visits.

 

Free STEM Days at RAF Museum Midlands!

Every year we have free STEM Days for schools up for grabs, kindly sponsored by the Royal Air Force Youth Engagement Team. 

Come to RAF Museum Midlands and enjoy a day of selected STEM workshops from our current workshop offering, absolutely free!

STEM Days run from 10:00am until 2:00pm. 

Places on our free STEM Days are limited. To be the first to hear when new dates become available, please monitor this page and keep an eye on RAFMLearning.

Join Our School Advisory Board!

The Royal Air Force Museum is delighted to announce it has been awarded investment from The National Lottery Heritage Lottery Fund for its Inspiring Everyone: RAF Museum Midlands Development Programme.

This ambitious project will deliver a major regional engagement programme, alongside a site transformation. An immersive exhibition will explore today’s RAF, a new Learning Centre will provide bespoke facilities, and a purpose-built Collections Hub will enable the Museum’s stored collection to be shared with the public for the first time. The complementary development of a woodland landscape and new public realm will encourage outdoor learning, discovery, and contemplation. The project will also support the Museum to achieve its commitment to Carbon Net Zero by 2030. Throughout the programme, we will learn alongside the RAF, working with their environmental think tank to invest in sustainable technologies and operations.

To help us co-curate and co-create, we are looking for teachers to join our School Advisory Board to shape the future of learning at the RAF Museum. Throughout the development period, we will be working closely with school groups on bespoke projects. If you would be interested in supporting us and being the first to know about these works, register for our School Advisory Board.

Join our Youth Advisory Panel!

We are looking for 16 to 24 year olds to support our Midlands Development Programme by joining our Youth Advisory Panel. 

Help us to shape our museum into an engaging and relevant space for young people by inputting into our Midlands Development Programme, from the planning stages, to delivery and beyond.

What you will do:

• Produce exhibitions and input into design plans.
• Discuss plans for the Midlands Development Programme.
• Attend quarterly meetings at RAF Museum Midlands.

What you will gain:

• Some great experience for your CV!
• The chance to make our museum into a relevant space for our younger audience.
• The opportunity to meet other like-minded young people.

What we need from you: 

• A passion for heritage
• Ability to attend the quarterly meetings at the Midlands site

For more information or to sign up please email us at midlandsyouthpanel@rafmuseum.org

A Cross-Curricular Christmas! 

A Cross-Curricular Christmas will be returning to RAF Museum Midlands in December 2024. 

Students will get the chance to participate in three festive History and STEM themed activities throughout the day, including: 

• Present Drop
• Rocketing Around the Christmas Tree
• Christmas Spirit (of the Blitz)

Bookings open in September 2024. Monitor this page or RAFMLearning for an announcement.