The Blitz: Ken’s Second World War story

London Museum Docklands — KS2

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  • Elderly man in glasses smiling while sitting in a garden with a British flag in the background.

    Learn about the Blitz through Ken’s personal story of living in London’s Docklands as a child during Second World War.

Autumn term 2025 – Spring term 2026

What can eyewitness accounts and other primary sources tell us about life during the Blitz? Find out in this interactive and exploratory workshop.

Discover Ken’s personal story of living in London's Docklands as a child during the Second World War, captured on film by the museum in 2020.

Develop enquiry and evidence-based skills, while engaging with authentic lived experience. Empathise with personal experiences of evacuation, rationing and bombing, using objects and testimony that are relevant and poignant today.

Important information

This session shares the lived experience of children during the Blitz and includes discussions of loss, death and trauma. As such, we recommend this session for year 5 and 6 groups. Please email the Learning team if you have any questions about the content, or to discuss any particular sensitivities within your class.

Key stage:
KS2
Curriculum:
KS2 History, KS2 Citizenship
Group size:
35 with a max of three groups per day
Duration:
60-minute session, plus gallery and lunch time
Risk assessment:

Guidance to help create a risk assessment

Cancellations:

Free, but cancellation charges apply

Session availability

Date Time
Tue 23 Sep 2025 10am – 1.15pm
Tue 23 Sep 2025 10.15am – 1pm
Tue 23 Sep 2025 11.30am – 2.15pm
Thu 25 Sep 2025 10.15am – 1pm
Thu 25 Sep 2025 11.30am – 2.15pm
Thu 16 Oct 2025 10am – 1.15pm
Tue 25 Nov 2025 10am – 1.15pm
Date Time
Tue 3 Feb 2026 10am – 1.15pm
Tue 3 Feb 2026 10.15am – 1pm
Tue 3 Feb 2026 11.30am – 2.15pm
Wed 4 Feb 2026 10am – 1.15pm
Wed 4 Feb 2026 10.15am – 1pm
Wed 4 Feb 2026 11.30am – 2.15pm
Thu 5 Feb 2026 10am – 1.15pm

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Need to know

Our address is London Museum Docklands, No. 1 Warehouse, West India Quay, London E14 4AL. We're just a few minutes away from Canary Wharf and West India Quay.

Check our need to know page to get the answers to all the frequently asked questions about visiting, facilities and accessibility.

Please see our plan a visit page for more information about planning a school visit, including a sensory map and visual story.

This session is free but advanced booking is required. To book, please call the Box Office on 020 7001 9844. If you have difficulty using the telephone, please visit our Access page for assistance.

60-minute classroom session plus 20-minute gallery introduction from a museum learning facilitator and further self-directed gallery time.

KS2 History: A significant turning point in British history; a study of an aspect of history or a site dating from a period beyond 1066 that is significant in the locality

KS2 Citizenship: To think about the lives of people living in other places and times

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London Museum Docklands Key Stage 2 (7-11) Second World War

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