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Shopping and money

Into: Teaching financial and money skills Teaching materials and resources Primary schools

Resources Flipchart /whiteboard. Visual chart of coins. Plastic /real coins. Class shop containing a range of ‘real’ products from the local shops/supermarkets marked with large price labels and pictures of the coins that will be needed to pay for it. Additional Materials What did you buy today? Download the ‘What did you buy today’ Activity Sheet. My feelings about my purchases. Download the ‘My feelings about my purchases’ Activity Sheet. Further Information The Pfeg (...) Read more

Children , Citizenship , Consumer Skills , Mathematics , Numeracy , PSHE

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Spending and saving

Into: Teaching financial and money skills Lesson plans Secondary schools

This section is aimed at key stage three pupils (11-14). The sessions aim to explore different attitudes to spending and saving, to get pupils to think about the different responsibilities one has at different life stages and to know how and where to get advice if they experience financial difficulties. Learners are able to budget in order to manage their own personal finances, and evaluate the consequences when making financial decisions. Download the Spending and saving lesson plan. (...) Read more

Teenagers , Citizenship , Consumer Skills , Mathematics , Numeracy , Business Studies

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What do you spend your pocket money on?

Into: Teaching financial and money skills Lesson plans Primary schools

Pocket money wordsearch The PDF document below contains a wordsearch for use with primary school children. There are 10 words hidden in the wordsearch and they are all items that children spend their pocket money on. If you double click on the PDF, you can download and print it out. The attached document also contains the solution to the wordsearch. Pocket money (...) Read more

Children , Literacy , Mathematics , Quiz

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What is your budget?

Into: Teaching financial and money skills Lesson plans Adult education

Dolceta have created a Budget tool to help you work out your budget. You can use this tool to calculate your income and expenditure. Download the Dolceta Budget tool Read more

Adults , Literacy , Mathematics , Quiz

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How can you pay?

Into: Teaching financial and money skills Lesson plans Secondary schools

Teenagers , Mathematics , Quiz , Numeracy

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Planning a healthy picnic

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

Resources: Visual material that shows different food groups (example provided), Child friendly supermarket websites, Spreadsheet with running total column (example provided) Additional Materials: Download the Planning for a healthy picnic spreadsheet Download the Financial planning spreadsheet Download the Success criteria score sheet Further information: Teachernet - this is a useful site for general teaching and learning ideas but also contains a link to ‘Wired for Health’ and (...) Read more

Children , Consumer Skills , Mathematics , PSHE , Home Economics

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Buying a mobile phone

Into: Teaching consumer rights Lesson Plans Primary schools

This series of activities are designed for KS2 pupils and focuses on choosing, using and paying for a mobile phone. - Content: MOBILE PHONES Concepts: Consumer values and behaviour, using goods and services, consumer responsibility, communicating satisfaction or dissatisfaction, consumer rights, advertising and packaging. Skills: Seeking information and advice, communicating, problem solving, resolving conflict, assertiveness. Attitudes: Self reliance, responsibility, critical (...) Read more

Children , Consumer Skills , Mathematics , Numeracy , ICT

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