The lessons can be delivered over one local history week in school or you may choose to incorporate the lessons into the curriculum you already teach about World War II
There is an extra-curricular project included in the project called 'What did Reginald Mitchell mean to Stoke-On-Trent?'
We recommend that the whole class take part in this project as it meets the requirements of the Design and Technology Curriculum but it can be delivered in an extra-curricular STEM club at lunchtime or after school
We recommend you deliver the project after you have studied the Operation Spitfire for Schools Primary Curriculum as your pupils can then use the knowledge they have gained in the project
The project gives you an opportunity to target pupils who may have low Science Capital. These pupils are unlikely to participate in Science and Engineering careers post 16 and may see a career in Science and Engineering as being not for them
SECONDARY
The lessons are designed so they can be co-ordinated and taught by the staff in the Science or Engineering department of your school with help from a member of the Design and Technology team to run the extra-curricular project. The lessons would have the most impact if they were delivered during two days off timetable. However they could be delivered during the Science or Engineering lessons over two weeks in school as part of a Local History week or you may choose to incorporate the lessons into the curriculum you already teach over the year. The lessons are accompanied by two self-guided lessons in the form of booklets which you could choose to set as homework or to use during form time
There is an extra-curricular project included in the project called ‘Why do Engineers have to be excellent at failing?’
The project is designed to be be delivered in an extra-curricular STEM club at lunchtime or after school, however, it can just as easily be delivered in regular curriuculum time.
We recommend you deliver the project after you have studied the Operation Spitfire for Schools Secondary Curriculum as your pupils can then use the knowledge they have gained in the project
The project gives you an opportunity to target pupils who may have low Science Capital. These pupils are unlikely to participate in Science and Engineering careers post 16 and may see a career in Science and Engineering as being not for them
"I used to think I hate science but now I think I love science because you can learn so much from it."
Primary Student Mill Hill Academy
"It was good for our knowledge because as we grow up it might inspire us to be an engineer."
Primary StudentMill Hill Academy
"I used to hate science. I really enjoyed this and hope lessons in science will be more like this."
Secondary studentHayward Academy
"I think I’m more interested as I can link what we study with real life - like forces on a pilot."
Secondary studentTrentham Academy
"When we get a chance to do our own thing - that’s fun."
Secondary studentHayward Academy
"My mum texted my teacher and said I have learnt so much from my daughter you should do it again."
Primary StudentMill Hill Academy
"More people should get to go visit the museum. It was so much fun."
Secondary studentTrentham Academy
"The museum trip and visitors to the school ‘ignited’ their pupils - helping to bring the content they had covered in class to life."
Primary teacherMill Hill Academy
"This project really ignited a spark in their interest in STEM."
Primary teacherMill Hill Academy
"I have two kids now who say they want to be pilots."
primary teacherSmallthorne Academy
"They did such a great job. These are school refusers standing up in front of strangers."
Secondary teacherHayward Academy
"It opened their awareness of particular career paths that were available to them."
Secondary teacherTrentham Academy
"Emma was asking them at the museum ‘was it just men’ and they said ‘no’ and told her all the different women and people from different backgrounds who helped."
