Kindergarten to Year 3
Programme 1 – Museum & Hangar Tours
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Explore the amazing displays that offer insight into Air Force life during World Wars One & Two and to the present day. Tour the Museum on your own or use the Museum Educators to provide information on specific topics during your tour of the Museum and Restoration Hangars. Sample topics which can be covered during this visit are World War Two, the RNZAF, Women in War, and ANZAC Day. Make the most of your Museum Visit by booking a tour of our Restoration & Storage Hangars. A visit to the Storage Hangar not only provides viewing of 11 more aircraft but also allows students the opportunity to board an Andover aircraft and participate in a simulated parachute jump. Or add the option of a Pacific Room Simulator Experience where students are ‘enlisted’ to the Royal New Zealand Air Force during WWII in the Pacific; a learning experience where students are exposed to a simulated bombing raid and life in the Pacific Islands during WWII. Additional charges apply.
Unlimited time in Museum, $3.00 per student. An additional charge of $1 per student applies for Restoration/Reserve Collection Tours or Pacific Room Simulator Experience. Allow at least 1 hour for the Museum visit, 30-60 minutes for a Restoration and/or Reserve Collection Tour, and 20 minutes for the Pacific Room Simulator Experience. |
Programme 2 – Be an Air Force Pilot
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Come to the Air Force Museum and be an Air Force pilot! After listening to a story about James the Air Force Pilot this programme lets children learn about and try on real pilot’s clothing, watch an Air Force video, sit in an ejection seat, and make a kitset glider to take home. A wonderful learning experience and great for those photo opportunities.
60 mins, $6.50 per student (including kitset glider). |
Programme 3 – A Flying Start
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Come and join in on a lesson that introduces children to the concept of Flight. This programme looks at the physical properties of air and its relation to flight. There are a number of hands-on activities to participate in and ‘take home’ things to make.
60 minutes, $6.50 per student. |
Programme 4 – Airport Adventures
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Learn about airports and air travel at the Air Force Museum. Children listen to a story about a first trip to the airport and learn about important jobs that people do on an aeroplane. They then go on board an Andover aircraft where they can experience a simulated aircraft flight and even jump out of the aircraft into the ‘ocean’. A fast-paced and interactive programme where children get to board a real aircraft.
60 minutes, $6.50 per student. |
Alternative Programme – Life Raft Adventure
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Be stranded in a life-size raft. Bring the children along to the Air Force Museum to learn about life rafts and water safety through listening to an interactive story, sitting in a real life raft, then making their own paper boat to take away.
60 minutes, $6.50 per student. |
Contact
For more infornmation contact the Education Officer on (03) 343 9517 or email educ@airforcemuseum.co.nz
