Step into the 1940s and experience life during World War II. This workshop provides an engaging and empathetic view of civilian life, wartime machinery, and the experiences of those on the home front.
The World War II workshop uses immersive VR to help Year 5 and 6 students understand life during WW2 from a civilian perspective. Children experience the Blitz in an air raid shelter, understand evacuation, and discover how ordinary people showed extraordinary resilience.
Students participate in evacuation role-play, use wartime ration books, crack wartime codes, explore Anderson shelters, and read letters from soldiers. Through VR experiences and hands-on activities, they develop empathy for people who lived through WW2 and appreciate the home front's challenges.
Book a full-day visit and choose a different VR topic for every year group — making it super specific to each class's curriculum and exceptional value for money.
Each session includes a Virtual Reality segment where students are transported back in time. Using class sets of VR headsets, children explore 360° recreations of historical environments — from walking through ancient temples to witnessing the Great Fire of London.
Every activity is designed to bring history to life. Your facilitator selects and adapts activities based on the year group.
Take a VR journey through a British home of the early 1940s, exploring rationing, daily routines, and how civilians coped with wartime restrictions.
All year groupsAn immersive look at WWII’s iconic machinery, including the Spitfire understanding their design, purpose, and impact on the war’s outcomes.
All year groupsExperience the tension and camaraderie of taking shelter in a London Underground station during the Blitz, capturing the spirit and resilience of Londoners during air raids.
All year groupsStep onto the beaches of Normandy in a powerful VR scene depicting the D-Day launch, providing insights into the strategies, bravery, and challenges faced by Allied forces in this pivotal moment.
All year groupsExperience the joyous atmosphere of VE Day, immersing students in the celebrations that marked the end of the war in Europe, as British citizens came together in unity and relief.
All year groupsEvery session is designed around measurable outcomes that align with the National Curriculum and build historical thinking skills.
Students understand the experiences and challenges faced by ordinary people during WW2.
Students appreciate the innovations and machinery developed during wartime.
Students develop empathy for evacuated children and understand the human cost of war.
Students admire the courage and resilience of people who endured WW2 and apply these values to modern challenges.
We bring everything — facilitator, VR headsets, resources, activity kits. You just tell us the date and year groups. No hidden costs, no extras.
Here’s how a typical full-day VR history workshop fits around your school day. KS2 sessions run 40 minutes; KS1 & EYFS sessions run 35 minutes. We’re flexible — we’ll work around your timetable.
Schools love booking a VR History day alongside our hands-on Future Skills workshops — giving students a full spectrum of immersive learning experiences in a single day or across the term.
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