Yesterday, a group of 10 Year 8 students attended a Numeracy Day at Sandown Racecourse. It was a lovely sunny day and throughout, the students were able to set mathematical skills and knowledge into context through their application in daily working life.
The students were given a workbook at the beginning of the day which was filled with exercises including a range of calculations based on what happens at a racecourse on the day of a race. After a run down on the days schedule, we all headed down to the weighing room for a behind-the-scenes appreciation of working in the weighing room. The students also got to see the jockeys changing rooms and sit in the sauna which is used for the jockeys to sweat ... to lose body weight!
The day was filled with plenty of maths exercises, including seeing the horses come out of the horse vans and looking at the Length, Width and Height of the van and trying to guess how many horses can fit in! The students also got to go on the race track and learn about a furlong which is a measure of distance in imperial units.
Also, we were very fortunate to watch the first race at 2:05pm. This included 7 horses as 3 dropped out.
These Numeracy Days are part of BHE&ST's Racing to School Programme. If you are interested in booking a similar event for a group of your own students then please email - giorgia@satro.org.uk
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