Adding up to a Lifetime
This software package features animated characters and is made up of interactive exercises which aim to help students make informed decisions at each stage. The life stages are ‘Life as a Student, , ‘Working Life’, ‘Relationships’, ‘New Life’ and ‘Active Retirement’. Working together will enable the students to develop problem solving, communication and team skills while gaining a greater understanding of personal finance and how it affects different stages of life.
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- COST FREE
- DURATION25 hours
- PHOTOCOPIABLE Yes
- SPONSORPrudential
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Specialist Schools and Academies Trust
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- 020 7802 0956
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- 020 7802 2317
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ENGLAND
Suitability
- Suitable for key stages 3 & 4
- Suitable for year groups 9, 10 & 11
- Suitable for 13 - 16 year olds
Secondary Key Concepts
- Career (PSHE Education EWBFC 1.1)
- Capability (PSHE Education EWBFC 1.2)
- Risk (PSHE Education EWBFC/PWB 1.3)
- Economic understanding (PSHE Education EWBFC 1.4)
- Personal identities (PSHE Education PWB 1.1)
- Healthy lifestyles (PSHE Education PWB 1.2)
- Relationships (PSHE Education PWB 1.4)
- Diversity (PSHE Education PWB 1.5)
- Competence (Mathematics 1.1)
- Applications and implications of mathematics (Mathematics 1.3)
- Democracy and justice (Citizenship 1.1)
- Rights and responsibilities (Citizenship 1.2)
Secondary Key Processes
- Self-development (PSHE Education EWBFC 2.1)
- Exploration (PSHE Education EWBFC 2.2)
- Financial capability (PSHE Education EWBFC 2.4)
- Critical reflection (PSHE Education PWB 2.1)
- Decision-making and managing risk (PSHE Education PWB 2.2)
- Developing relationships and working with others (PSHE Education PWB 2.3)
- Representing (Mathematics 2.1)
- Analysing (Mathematics 2.2)
- Critical thinking and enquiry (Citizenship 2.1)
- Taking informed and responsible action (Citizenship 2.3)
Secondary Range and Content
- Personal budgeting (PSHE Education EWBFC 3)
- Wages(PSHE Education EWBFC 3)
- Taxes(PSHE Education EWBFC 3)
- Money management (PSHE Education EWBFC 3)
- Credit and/or debt (PSHE Education EWBFC 3)
- Knowing about a range of financial products and services (PSHE Education EWBFC 3)
- How money can make money through savings, investment and trade (PSHE Education EWBFC 3)
- Social and moral dilemmas about the use of money (PSHE Education EWBFC 3)
- The effect of diverse and conflicting values on individuals, families and communities and ways of responding to them (PSHE Education PWB 3)
- The roles and responsibilities of parents, carers, children and other family members (PSHE Education PWB 3)
- Parenting skills and qualities and their central importance to family life (PSHE Education PWB 3)
- The impact of separation, divorce and bereavement on families and the need to adapt to changing circumstances (PSHE Education PWB 3)
- The diversity of ethnic and cultural groups (PSHE Education PWB 3)
- Calculations and manipulations with real numbers (Mathematics Number and Algebra 3.1)
- The rights and responsibilities of consumers, employers and employees (Citizenship 3)
NORTHERN IRELAND
Suitability
- Suitable for key stages 3 & 4
- Suitable for year groups 10, 11 & 12
- Suitable for 13 - 16 year olds
WALES
Suitability
- Suitable for key stages 3 & 4
- Suitable for year groups 9, 10 & 11
- Suitable for 13 - 16 year olds
SCOTLAND
Suitability
- Suitable for year groups S2, S3 & S4
- Suitable for 13 - 16 year olds
Relevant subjects
Suitable for gifted and talented
Extension ideas are suggested in the teachers' handbook.
Suitable for special educational needs
A very visual approach makes this resource accessible to those with learning difficulties, although support may be needed with both language and numerical concepts.
Assessor's comments
This is an excellent, comprehensive and versatile resource for delivering personal finance education to Key Stage 4 students. If a school had to choose one resource only, they could do no better than to choose this one. The graphics and sound on the CD-ROM are faultless and the student activities include question/answer, internet research, production of posters, mathematical calculations, quizzes and self-assessment questions. The navigation throughout the programme is carefully explained in a tutorial.
The resource also deals with wider issues such as relationships, bringing up a child, saving for a holiday etc, helping to put financial decisions into context. A calculator is provided on screen with calculation tips to reinforce numeracy skills. Students are enabled to make well informed choices using real life contexts, extension activities and suggestions demonstrate a variety of uses in and out of the classroom.
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Your comments
Lyndsey Callion
Consultant
Lyndsey Callion's comment:
Now updated and online
This recently updated version of the excellent Adding Up To A Lifetime resource now contains tax information for 2010. It is also available as an online resource or download rather than CD. This means it will be updated regulary.
I have used this resource in schemes of work for Year 9, 10 & 11 for both PSHE and Maths. The section on working life is also good for the AQA Preparation for Working Life and Enterprise and Employability courses.
The resource works well using small chucks on an IWB, or using on individual computers with headphones for students to work through at their own pace. The password 'narrow' allows you to turn the arrows on and skip through the questions quickly to review the resource.