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Illustration for the project Yard Manager for a Day

Yard Manager for a Day

Grown from What Would You Do Today?: twelve horses, two staff, one morning where everything goes wrong.

Seven activities that turn a daily rota into the actual job. Children design a yard, time every task honestly, build a working timetable, plan and price the feed, handle a morning that falls apart, add up a full week of costs and write the yard rules with reasons. Every activity has a harder strand for anybody who wants the stretch.

Maths
Money
Horse knowledge
Planning

  • How long yard jobs really take
  • What a week at a yard costs
  • How priorities change when something goes wrong