MoneySmart: The Money Management Guide for the Classroom

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This paper based resource is made up of 10 one hour lessons on various aspects of personal finance including budgeting, saving and spending with discussion questions and worksheets. The resource e contains photocopiable sheets, lesson plans and a useful glossary.

Also it is possible to buy MoneySmart workbooks for kids or teens for use by children outside of lessons, although these have not been assessed for the Quality Mark.

  • COST £34.99
  • FORMAT Booklet
  • DURATIONUp to between 10 and 12 hours
  • PUBLISHED04/06
  • PHOTOCOPIABLE Yes
  • SPONSORMoneySmartWorld
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Kids Affairs Ltd

Phone
0870 420 2800
Email
Email them moneysmart@kids-affairs.net
Address
3 Fairway Carshalton Beeches Surrey
SM5 4HR
Website
Visit their website http://www.moneysmartworld.com/

ENGLAND

Suitability

  • Suitable for key stages 2, 3 & 4
  • Suitable for year groups 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11
  • Suitable for 8 - 16 year olds

Primary outcomes

Secondary Key Concepts

  • Capability (PSHE Education EWBFC 1.2)
  • Risk (PSHE Education EWBFC/PWB 1.3)
  • Competence (Mathematics 1.1)

Secondary Key Processes

  • Enterprise (PSHE Education EWBFC 2.3)
  • Financial capability (PSHE Education EWBFC 2.4)
  • Decision-making and managing risk (PSHE Education PWB 2.2)

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)
  • Risk and reward (PSHE Education EWBFC 3)
  • How money can make money through savings, investment and trade (PSHE Education EWBFC 3)
  • How and why businesses use finance (PSHE Education EWBFC 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 2, 3 & 4
  • Suitable for year groups 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12
  • Suitable for 8 - 16 year olds

WALES

Suitability

  • Suitable for key stages 2, 3 & 4
  • Suitable for year groups 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11
  • Suitable for 8 - 16 year olds

SCOTLAND

Suitability

  • Suitable for year groups P4, P5, P6, P7, S1, S2, S3 & S4
  • Suitable for 8 - 16 year olds

Relevant subjects

Relevant topics

Suitable for gifted and talented

Given the open learning nature of the resource, it could be used to stretch gifted and talented pupils satisfactorily.

Suitable for special educational needs

Suitable for those with medium learning difficulties.

Assessor's comments

This resource offers a complete scheme of work deliverable over three key stages. The resource is divided into ten planned sessions, each session containing a list of required resources, the time to allocate to the sessions, the objectives (closely tied to financial capability criteria), teaching suggestions and a series of planned steps to take the teacher through the activities. It also has an introduction to enterprise in the last session.

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