Step into the role of an ARP warden and experience life on the Home Front.
Key Stage:
Key stage 2
Capacity:
35 pupils
Price:
£320
Format:
90 minutes facilitated, 60 minutes self led
Availability:
Tuesdays - Fridays during term time
In this immersive workshop, pupils 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.
Pupils 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!
KS2 key curriculum links
- Study of an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066
- Changes in an aspect of social history
- A significant turning point in British history
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 |
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