Consumer Education

• Age groups

  • Adults
  • Children
  • Teenagers
• Cross-module

  • Citizenship
  • Consumer Rights
  • Consumer Skills
  • Home Economics
  • Literacy
  • Numeracy
  • Sustainability
• Curriculum subjects

  • Business Studies
  • English
  • Food Design and Technology
  • Geography
  • ICT
  • Mathematics
  • PSHE
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Making healthy choices

Into: Teaching safety and health skills Teaching materials and resources Secondary schools

Resources Whiteboard Pens Flipchart paper to make a note of pupil suggestions during discussions Access to the internet Access to computers if you want pupils to do PowerPoint presentations Selection of labels which show both the traffic light label and GDA schemes ’Making healthy choices’ worksheet Food labelling information worksheet Further Information Example of a food label The facts about salt Food Standards (...) Read more

Teenagers , Consumer Skills , English , PSHE , Home Economics

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Planning a picnic

Into: Teaching safety and health skills Lesson plans Primary schools

This series of activities are aimed at KS2 pupils. The activity focuses on planning a picnic. Content: PLANNING A CLASS PICNIC. Concepts: Consumer values and behaviour, consumer influence, advertising and packaging. Skills: Seeking information and advice, decision making, communicating, evaluating Attitudes: Critical awareness, self reliance, empathy. These activities could be used with adaptations across the whole of KS2. The theme links with PSHE. .For this activity to fully (...) Read more

Children , Consumer Skills , English , PSHE

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Using postal services

Into: Teaching consumer rights Lesson Plans Primary schools

This series of activities are designed for KS1 pupils, but could easily be extended both for more able children and Year 2 children. The activities focus on using the postal service. - Content: POST OFFICE Concepts: Using goods and services, communicating satisfaction or dissatisfaction, consumer rights. Skills: communicating, resolving conflict, assertiveness. Attitudes: critical awareness, self reliance Learners are able to to see themselves both as product consumers and (...) Read more

Children , Citizenship , Literacy , Consumer Skills , English , Consumer Rights

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The Post Office

Into: Teaching consumer rights Teaching materials and resources Primary schools

Resources Used envelopes and parcels of various sizes and shapes 6 pieces of large card for addresses. Envelopes for the children to address Class Post box (could be made from cardboard box and painted red). 20p coin for each child. ‘Stamps’ for each child (these could be real or made up by sticky coloured dots). Stimulus pictures/photos - cut photos from magazines and download pictures from the internet. Example addresses Example stamps Further information: The Post Office - A user (...) Read more

Children , Literacy , Consumer Skills , English , PSHE

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Background to local government

Into: Teaching consumer rights Teaching materials and resources Secondary schools

Local councils are run by democratically-elected councillors. They are responsible for making decisions on behalf of the local community about local services, such as land use, refuse collection, and leisure facilities. Resources Whiteboard Pens Flipchart paper to make a note of pupil suggestions during discussions Access to the internet ’Who provides local services?’ quiz ’How is local government financed and run?’ information and activity sheet Further Information Directgov (...) Read more

Teenagers , Citizenship , Literacy , English , PSHE

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