Key Stage:
Key stage 2
Subject:
World War Two
Price:
£15 per person
Format:
90 mins facilitated, 90 minutes self led
Availability:
Wednesday 3 September 2025
Step into the role of an ARP warden and experience life on the Home Front. In this immersive workshop, learners step into the role of ARP (air raid precautions) wardens to experience life on the Home Front.
They’ll dress up for their first day as a warden, manage their designated patch, learn first aid, identify different aircraft and run ARP errands to understand the responsibilities of keeping communities safe during bombings.
Learners will also meet a local housewife and learn about shopping for rationed goods, dig for victory, find out about limited food supplies, prepare a family for taking shelter during an air raid, trade goods and discover the importance of making do and mending!
Learning Outcomes:
| To be able to understand how ordinary life and people in Britain were affected by the Second World War through learning about their experiences on the Home Front through costumed interpretation, artefacts and activities |
| To experience what aspects of life were like on the Home Front during the Second World War, including: air raids, gas masks, Anderson shelters, the blackout, aircraft identification and the role of an ARP warden |
This workshop is adapted from a KS2 programme.
At Hampshire Cultural Trust, we welcome Home School families to our venues for self-led visits throughout the year. We also offer a series of dedicated home education days in which we invite you to travel in time to enjoy an immersive learning experience led by our expert team of facilitators. The sessions take the format of our curriculum-based workshops, though they are more relaxed so that a wider age range of learners can attend with siblings as required.
Things to know prior to booking:
- All children must be accompanied by an adult who is responsible for them at all times, including during facilitated workshops
- In the event of an emergency, you are responsible for the children in your group
- We require at least one adult for every 3 children
- You are responsible for the supervision and behaviour of your children at all times
- If you are looking to book younger/ older siblings into the sessions, please be aware that the content may not be pitched at their current learning level.
- We regret that under 5’s are not permitted at Home Education events at Gosport Museum and Art Gallery.
- These are facilitated sessions and not ‘drop-in’ experiences, so will start promptly according to the scheduled time
- The schedule for the day will be provided prior to arrival
- Lunch slots are fixed, and you will be notified of these within the schedule
- A breakout room will be provided at allocated times for you to bring your own lunch or you are welcome to purchase food from our Café
- Food and drinks are not permitted anywhere on the museum floor or in our immersive Learning Rooms
- Mobile phones and photography are strictly prohibited within the session due to safeguarding
- Our facilitators reserve the right to ask participants to leave if their behaviour is deemed unsafe or inappropriate for the setting
- We advise that participants take a comfort break before the session begins, as children can not be left unsupervised while their accompanying adult takes one child to the toilet.
