Penny Wise finds out about Borrowing and Saving
An attractive storybook format presents the challenges of 10 year old Penny Wise as an effective device to explain the issues around Borrowing and Saving. The accompanying teacher’s book provides supportive guidance and a series of clear and lively activities to develop children’s understanding of the topics.
The serious information in this resource is presented in a clear and concise manner that also manages to be easy and fun to read. The illustrations add to the value of the resource. The resource provides opportunities for individual, group and assisted learning. The letter to the parents not only informs them of the sensitive topics being covered but also gives them the opportunity to become involved - especially with homework. Pupil assessment is well catered for i.e. both teacher assessment and self assessment.
- COST 5 pupil books £11.50 10 pupil books £19.50 teachers guide £10.95
- FORMAT Booklet
- PUBLISHED03/09
- PHOTOCOPIABLE No
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Suitability
Age range
- 9 - 11 year olds
- Key stage 2 in England
- Key stage 2 in Northern Ireland
- Year groups P5 & P6 in Scotland
- Key stage 2 in Wales
Primary outcomes
- Different forms of money
- Different ways to pay
- Credit
- Financial commitments
- Bank/building society accounts
- Keeping financial records
- Statements and receipts
- Saving
- Where to save money
- Financial planning
- Interest
- How to spend money
- Prioritising needs and wants
- Types of debt
- Assessing value for money
- Spending satisfaction
Origin of resource
This resource was produced in England and meets the requirements of the English curriculum. All Quality Mark resources are designed for use across all UK countries, although they may be more suited to the country where the resource was produced and as such may need some adaptation.
Suitable for gifted and talented
Each activity has suggestions for more open-ended challenging activities for more able pupils.
Suitable for special educational needs
Medium learning difficulties are addressed by this resource. Each activity has useful suggestions to differentiate for less able pupils. It also specifies that pupils with language difficulties should read the book in a group with an adult.
Assessor's comments
This resource is very well presented and the information is conveyed in an easy to read format which is also light and funny. Always a good thing with involved topics. The worksheets and tasks are well thought out and the suggestions for differentiation enhances their value. The involvement of parents is essential and is well covered.
The stories are engaging and build most effectively on using the children’s experiences of life to move them on to understand the more complex scenarios of adult life. Children would be well motivated by the clear plot of each story and benefit from the supportive illustrations. Activities are lively and suitably challenging, and offer a good sense of progression. Overall they should meet the aims of the resource.
Teachers would appreciate the simplicity of the 3 activities for both ‘Saving ‘and ‘Borrowing’ in the teacher’s book, with the opportunities to extend learning through the additional optional activities.
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