For KS2 pupils, the Soldiers from the Sky digital education pack offers a wealth of opportunity across the STEM curriculum coupled with important aspects of Remembrance.
It invites exercises in maths, science, literacy, problem solving, team building, research and creative outcomes from art to poetry. Pupils can delve into untold stories from a wartime era and discover new ways to engage, from seeing the geography of flight routes to being inspired to paint a picture or write a poem.
How did Airborne forces of three nations prepare for battle, what did a parachute weigh (compared to their satchel!) and how long were the gruelling training marches?
What would an expensively equipped American C-47 aircraft that helped to launch the Airborne invasion of Normandy cost today?!
Education Workshops
Pupils painting pebbles
Artwork
Poppy image inspires Remembrance
Poetry
Bringing heritage to colourful life
Remembrance
Other Resources
Men of the 1st Parachute Battalion at Barkston Heath, 17 September 1944. (Paradata/Airborne Assault Museum)
Airborne History on the Internet
North Witham, 5 June 1944: Pathfinders of the 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, and aircrew of the C-47 that would fly them to Normandy just hours later. (US Army photo, public domain)