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About pfegpfeg (Personal Finance Education Group) is anindependent charity helping schools to plan andteach financial education that is relevant to students’lives and needs. Our mission is to make sure that allyoung people receive financial education that givesthem the skills, knowledge and confidence in moneymatters to enable them to thrive in society. pfegprovides free support and resources to schools andcampaigns for consistent, high quality financialeducation for children and young people across theUK. We are not affiliated to any one organisationand do not market or sell any financial products orservices. For more information visit www.pfeg.org

About HSBC Bank plcHSBC is one of the world’s largest banking andfinancial services organisations. It serves 16.1 millioncustomers in the UK and employs approximately52,000 people. HSBC Holdings plc servescustomers worldwide from around 7,500 offices in87 countries. HSBC considers investment ineducation and conservation of the environmentessential to the planet’s long-term health andprosperity, and these key areas form 75% of thegroup’s charitable donations. In 2010, HSBCdonated in excess of £80 million to communityprojects worldwide, with half of all donationsdedicated to educational projects. For moreinformation visit www.hsbc.com/sustainability.

About What Money MeansWhat Money Means – a groundbreaking five-yearproject established in 2007 – was designed todevelop the financial capability of primary children,from Reception to Year 6, by providing high-qualitytraining and resources for teachers. This has beenachieved through:

• working in partnership with 648 teachers and 34local authority teams across England to integratepersonal finance education across the curriculum,benefiting an estimated 23,200 pupils

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• developing around 50 lead teachers who can trainother teachers in their own and neighbouringschools, and across local authority boundaries

• helping children connect what they learn in theclassroom with life outside school by training1110 HSBC volunteers and facilitating theireffective partnerships with teachers

• spreading good practice throughout the teachingcommunity with a series of publications andresources requested by 4665 schools across the country.

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ContentsHow to use this resource 3

Introduction 4

Assessing personal finance education 5

Teacher ObservationRole play in shops and cafés Reception and Year 1 6Table top shop Year 2 8Enterprise challenge Year 6 10

Giving AdvicePercy the Penguin’s money box Reception 12Katie Morag in conscience alley Year 2 14Can you help Alan? Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 16

Sorting and OrderingSize versus value Year 1 18Matching money shadows Year 1 20Keeping money safe Years 2 and 3 22

Draw and WriteWhere does money come from? Years 1 and 2 24What would you do with £20? Year 3 26Paying without cash Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 28

Records and DiariesSimple bank records Year 2 30My money diary Year 3 32

Words and QuestionsGrowing a money tree Year 2 34I wonder why…? Year 5 36

Mind Maps Double your money Year 5 38

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Learning About Money PrimaryPlanning FrameworkThis framework is divided by age range – Early Years Foundation Stage, Key Stage 1, Lower KeyStage 2 and Upper Key Stage 2 – and by four coreareas of learning:

• How to manage money

• Becoming a critical consumer

• Managing risk and emotions

• How finance plays an important part in people’s lives

Each core area maps out the key personal financeknowledge, skills and attitudes relevant to thespecific age range.This is not designed to a be arigid plan, and teachers may choose to use ideasfrom other age ranges depending on the needs ofthe children in their class or school.

What Money Means in Action DVD

This short film shows some of the lively and creativeclassroom practice developed through the WhatMoney Means project, and can be used as anintroduction to the topic to inspire teachers. It is splitinto sections which can be used on their own ortogether for CPD by schools or other bodies.

Online resourcesIn this book you will find references to resourceswhich are online. To find these, follow the link onthe page under the online icon.

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How to use this resource This publication is part of a resourcethat comprises four elements:1. Learning About Money Primary Assessment Ideas

– this book

2. The Learning About Money Primary Planning Framework

3. A DVD, What Money Means in Action

4. Learning About Money in the Primary Classroom

Learning About Money Primary Assessment IdeasThis book is intended to help teachers assesspersonal finance education. It contains a range of teacher-led assessment tasks and examples of pupils’ work generated in primary schools across England. The materials include work withpupils throughout the primary age range, and across a range of curriculum subjects and cross-curricular topics.

Learning About Money in the Primary Classroom

The book is divided into five sections:

• Getting started – a quick guide to how toimplement personal finance education

• Classroom activities – practical activities andteaching strategies for pupils of different ages

• Curriculum subjects and dimensions – howpersonal finance can enhance different subjects

• Whole-school and other approaches – personalfinance initiatives across the whole school,involving pupils, parents and volunteers

• Continuing professional development (CPD) –ideas for staff development

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The recent economic crisis has proved that a solidgrasp of money matters is essential to the well-beingof individuals, families and communities. Budgeting,bank accounts, credit cards, income tax – we are allfaced with complex financial decisions and need toknow how to make the right choices. Young peopleface particular challenges, from spending and savingtheir pocket money, using the credit on their mobilephone, buying items on the internet to taking outstudent loans.

Schools have to provide a curriculum that preparesall pupils for the opportunities, responsibilities andexperiences of life. Developing the financialcapability of children as they move towardsadulthood is an important part of this. A school’scurriculum needs to include a planned programmeof personal finance education. In primary schools itcan be delivered through a range of subjects,including personal, social, health and economiceducation (PSHEe), mathematics and English. TheWhat Money Means publication Learning aboutMoney in the Primary Classroom contains a wealthof classroom activities and whole-school approachesthat teachers can draw on as they plan and developtheir programmes.

Financial education can be summarisedwithin four related themes:

How to manage money

Including:• Uses and functions of coins, notes, credit and

debit cards, and foreign currency• Budgeting, borrowing and debt• Using and interpreting financial information

and records

Becoming a critical consumer

Including:• Influences on the choices we make about how we

spend our money • Weighing up needs and wants• Using information to get best value for money

Managing risk and emotions

Including:• Feelings about having, spending and

losing money• Saving and borrowing• Insurance and avoiding financial scams

How finance plays an important part in people’s lives

Including:• Where money comes from and how money

is earned• The role of charities • Pensions and saving for retirement

The Learning About Money Primary PlanningFramework which is part of this resource containsmore detail to help you plan for personal financeeducation in the classroom.

Introduction

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Assessing personalfinance educationThis book is intended to help teachers to assesspersonal finance education. It contains a range of teacher-led assessment tasks and examples of pupils’ work generated in primary schools across England. The materials include work withpupils throughout the primary age range, and across a range of curriculum subjects and cross-curricular topics.

They show that:

• learning about money can be very motivating forpupils, and that some know a surprising amountabout money, whereas others of the same agehave a much less well developed understanding

• children understandably have manymisconceptions about money and gaps in theirknowledge, so it is important to establish abaseline of what children already know, in orderto set future learning goals that enable themmove on and achieve more

• assessment methods that are used elsewhere inthe curriculum, such as teacher observation andkeeping a diary, can be successfully applied topersonal finance education

• practical, formative assessment tasks can beintegrated into day-to-day teaching and learningin order to check that children have learned whatwas intended, establish how they haveprogressed and identify any unexpected learning.

We hope the materials provide both practical andinspiring assessment ideas for your classroom,illuminate and inform your own practice andstimulate discussion between you and yourcolleagues. However you use these materials, it isimportant that the assessment of personal financeeducation follows the same processes and goodpractice for assessment generally, which include:

• being clear about the focus of the assessment,regardless of where the learning may take placewithin the curriculum; the Learning About MoneyPrimary Planning Framework can be used toidentify specific learning objectives for personalfinance education

• selecting just one or two learning objectives toassess through one assessment task, creatingclear assessment criteria, and making sure theassessment task gives pupils the opportunity toprovide appropriate evidence

• asking pupils to give reasons ‘why’ or use theword ‘because’ as part of the assessment task inorder to collect information about attitudes, aswell as knowledge and skills

• differentiating the learning activity to suit theabilities of all pupils, and making appropriatechanges to the assessment criteria, and theassessment task itself if necessary, so that pupilsat all levels have the opportunity to demonstratetheir learning.

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Teacher’s observation

of Pupil A (Reception)

At café read out prices on the

menu. Typed prices into the till,

pressed the add button and total.

Told customer they owed 7p. (Can

you give me 7p?) Gave me 1p, 1p, 1p,

1p, 2p and 1p. (What is a receipt

for?) So they know they have paid.

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Role play in shops and cafésThe Reception and Year 1 classroom at Willow LaneCommunity Primary School in Lancaster always has arole play area with a supermarket, café, launderette,and telephone booth for ordering a taxi.

All the pupils have the chance to spend money, andto be in charge of the shop or café. They create themenus and give each item a price, take orders fromtheir customers, make shopping lists and write outreceipts, and even leave tips in the café.

This gives the teacher plenty of opportunity toassess the pupils’ learning through observation and questioning, recording their achievements onpost-it notes. Learning through play allows thepupils to explore different coins, to try totting uphow much things cost, and experience receiving and giving change.

Learning objectives to be assessed

•I know we can use money indifferent places and fordifferent things

•I can choose coins to use

Assessment criteria

Children who areshopkeepers will:

•Tell the customer the priceof items/services for sale

•Use the cash register tostore customers’ money

•Write out a receipt andexplain what it is for

•Know the value of 1p and 2p coins

Children who are customers will:

•Know they have to pay foritems they want to buy

•Choose the correct coins (1p and 2p) when paying foran item and give them to the shopkeeper

Teacher’s assessment This pupil has above-average ability andhas learnt in the role play area thatthere are lots of different places theycan use money. She understands prices,receipts and the value of 1p and 2pcoins. Her next challenge is to look atcoins with bigger values and differentforms of money and ways to pay, e.g.bank cards.

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For activity ideas see Let’s Play Shops onpage 20 of Learning About Money in thePrimary Classroom.

You can see the pupils playing in WillowLane’s shop and café on the DVD.

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Teacher's observation

of Pupil B (Year 1)

Took items from the shop to the

till. Got money ready to pay. Looked

carefully at the coins and offered

some to the shopkeeper but they

didn’t match with the price. How much

do you need to pay? Gave me all the

coins in his hand.

Teacher’s assessment This pupil really enjoyed the role play area.He clearly understands he needs to pay foritems he wants to buy but has not graspedthe value of the coins. He has lower thanaverage ability and English as an AdditionalLanguage. The language barrier is making it a slow process. I need to help this child tocontinue interacting with other pupils,handling 1p and 2p coins and recognising their value.

Classroom DVD

Reception and Year 1

Teach

er Observation

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Table top shop The Year 2 teacher at Wilbarston C of E PrimarySchool in Market Harborough wanted to assess theability of the pupils to choose sensible calculationmethods to solve whole number problems. She alsowanted to create a practical, real-life scenario usingmoney, so she set up a table top shop to set thescene for a short role play.

The pupils paired up. One became the shopkeeperand the other the customer, and each pair was givensome coins and a price list. The customer had tochoose an item to buy and hand over enoughmoney to the shopkeeper, who would give thecustomer change if they had overpaid. The teacherobserved the role plays and asked open-endedquestions to inform her judgement of what thepupils knew and understood.

Learning objectives to be assessed

•I can recognise and choose the correct value of coins and notes to use and calculate change

Assessment criteria

Children will:

•Choose the correct coins to buy the item, i.e.exact amount

•Choose coins to overpay for the item

•Work out change (higher-ability)

Pupil A (customer)

Pupil A Please can I have a box of cornflakes?

Shopkeeper That’s £2.34 please.

Pupil A Here is £2.50.

Shopkeeper Here’s your change. (hands 16p to pupil A)

Teacher Is that right? (to pupil A)

Pupil A Yes, 16p.

Teacher Why did you pay for thecereal with £2.50?

Pupil A Because it was quicker tofind £2.50 than £2.34because that has more coins.

Teacher Can you show me how you might pay for thecereal using the exactnumber of coins?

Pupil A £2, 20p, 10p, 2p and 2p

Teacher’s assessment This pupil met all the success criteria. She is higher than average ability within the class. She identified the right coins to overpay for her cornflakes, and checked her change correctly, and when prompted she could make the exact amount with other coins.Pupil A can move onto larger sums ofmoney by choosing items that cost over £5and giving the shopkeeper the exact amountin notes and coins, and then paying with a £10note instead and working out the change.

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Pupil B (customer)

Pupil B Please can I have a box ofchocolate biscuits?

Shopkeeper They are £6.00

Pupil B Gives the shopkeeper £2, £2 and £2.

Teacher What other way could you pay?

Pupil B A £10 note.

Teacher Anything smaller?

Pupil B With a £5 note.

Teacher What else would you need to make £6?

Pupil B A £1

Teacher’s assessment This pupil has met most of the successcriteria. She is lower than average abilitywithin the class. She knew two ways ofmaking £6 using coins, and coins and anote. She also knew how she could overpaywith a £10 note.

I also observed her in another role playthat involved working out change. She couldonly work with round amounts like 50pwhen giving change, and when the amountspent was close to the amount paid. Ialso heard her converting pence to poundsand pounds to pence, and explaining when touse the £ and p symbols.Pupil B needs to continue calculatingchange, possibly using a number line towork with amounts in tens and units, e.g.62p. She could count on to find thedifference and therefore the change.However, whilst this pupil is considered to be lower-ability in maths she has a very good knowledge of money.

Year 2Teach

er Observation

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Enterprise challenge At Gravel Hill Primary School in Bexleyheath Year 6pupils raise money throughout the year for theirannual day trip, which is too expensive for manyfamilies to totally fund themselves. Recently theyhave also begun fundraising for other special eventsacross the school, including the school choir’s visitto the 02 Stadium in London.

One group of girls had conducted some marketresearch with parents and designed a small range ofbags to sell at the Christmas Fair. The group was sosuccessful that they decided to keep the businessgoing for the rest of the year.

Their teacher sat down with the group and askedthem about what they had done and what they hadlearnt from the experience. It was a greatassessment opportunity, but the only difficulty waskeeping them on track – most of them were so keento talk about the success of the scheme that theychatted for much longer than planned. However,one pupil was reluctant to speak, and on reflectionthe teacher also decided to set a written assessmentto provide a record of evidence for all the pupils.

Learning objectives to be assessed

•I am beginning to understand how and whysome of the money we earn supports thewider community

•I know how to keep and interpret basic financial information

Assessment criteria

Children will:

•Know how the money they have raisedbenefits other people in the school

•Know how the money they raised wascollected and recorded

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"We persuaded customers to buy our items that we

made. (How?) We had a stall and we said, ‘Come over

here, come and look.’

We took orders and people paid when they got a bag.Then we started making bags to order that peoplewanted. Different designs.

We were raising money for special occasions across the school.

We’re going to raise money for other things. We thought weshould raise money for other classes not just Year 6.

We wanted £50 but we got loads more. (How much?) Was it £80?(asks others). Yes £87.

We all had a go at counting the money. I wrote down the ordersand then crossed them off in my book when we got the money."

Understands that her actions have supportedthe school choir’s visit to the O2.

Aware of helping others through fundraising,making it fair to the school community.

Kept records of orders, amounts taken,counted the cash.

For more information abouthow personal finance educationfits in to enterprise see page 48of Learning About Money in thePrimary Classroom.

Teacher’s assessment

This pupil has lower than average ability

for her age but she is a confident speaker

which her literacy levels don’t reflect.

She expressed herself very well in the

assessment. Her next challenge is to look

at the costings in more detail, work out

the profit and compare the budget for

the business with family budgeting.

Transcript of conversation with pupil Year 6Teach

er Observation

Classroom

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Love from Aunt ArcticKeep this money safe. Don t lose it before you spend it

.

Love from

Aunt ArcticKeep this money safe.

Don t lose it before

you spend it.

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Percy the Penguin’s money box

Learning objectives to be assessed

•I can choose a safe place to keep my money

•I understand money has value and needs tobe taken care of

•I can describe the way money makes me feel

Assessment criteria

Children will:

•Know the consequences of losing money,e.g. Percy won’t have any to spend, he willfeel upset

•Name a money box as a safe place forkeeping money and say why

The Reception teacher at Gravel Hill Primary Schoolin Bexleyheath introduced an activity about keepingmoney safe by using Percy the Penguin, a puppetwho makes regular appearances in the classroom.

Percy told the children it was his birthday. So farhe’d been ice-skating with his friends, blown out all the candles on his birthday ‘fish’ cake, and hisauntie, Aunt Arctic, had given him some money as a present (the teacher showed the children somecoins). Inside his birthday card, Aunt Arctic hadwritten ‘Keep this money safe. Don’t lose it beforeyou spend it’.

The teacher then led a class discussion around the following questions:

• What does ‘spending money’ mean?

• Where do you keep your money when you go shopping?

• Where do you keep your money at home?

• What does ‘keeping money safe’ mean?

• Why should you keep money safe?

• Where can you keep your money safe? e.g. moneybox

• What might happen if you don’t keep your money in a safe place?

• What will happen if you lose your money?

• How will you feel if you lose your money?

Afterwards the pupils drew pictures of a money box for Percy the Penguin and the teacher invitedindividual children to give Percy advice aboutkeeping his money safe. This assessment methodallowed the children to talk about money in relationto a fictional character rather than from personalexperience. The children responded well to beingthe ‘experts’ whose advice was being takenseriously by Percy.

The teacher operated the puppet. Percy whisperedeach question into the teacher’s ear, which theteacher then repeated to the pupil. A teachingassistant noted down their comments.

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Love from Aunt ArcticKeep this money safe. Don t lose it before you spend it

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The following evidence comes from two pupils with higher than average ability within the class. Both sets ofresponses are valid even though they have given Percy different advice.

Why does Percyneed to keep hismoney safe?

What willhappen if Percyloses his money?

Could Percykeep his moneyin a cup?(teacher holdsup a plastic cupon her desk)

Is there a saferplace wherePercy can keephis money?

Pupil A Pupil B

If you lose your money and you tryand find it and you don’t find it you’llhave nothing to buy.

You’ll be sad Percy. Don’t do it.

Yes. If you have a cup and it’s openedup and you can put money in and itwon’t come out.

In a money box.

So it doesn’t fall out.

It will come out and he won’t have itanywhere.

It has no lid. If you put lots of moneyin it might fall over and the moneywill fall out.

In a box with a lid. If you put it on, itwill be safe and no money will fallout. It has to be a metal piggy bankso the mice won’t get holes in it.

Teacher’s assessmentVery secure about how to keep money safe,detailed advice about the plastic cup and amoney box. Advice to Percy about why heshould keep his money safe doesn’t extendbeyond the money being lost. Hasn’t advisedPercy about the consequences.

I need to question this pupil further aboutthe consequences if money is not keptsafe. What do we use money for? Whathappens if we lose our money?

For activity ideas see Using Puppets onpage 62 of Learning About Money in thePrimary Classroom.

Teacher’s assessment

Knows money is valuable and is used to buy

things. Also knows some of the

consequences of losing money, including how

it will make Percy feel. Less advice about

how to keep money safe and didn’

t offer any

reasons why a cup may not be a s

afe place.

I need to question this pupil furthe

r about

the range of ways money can be

kept safe,

and which are the safest in differe

nt

circumstances, e.g. at home, shopping. Set

up a bank in a role play ar

ea.

Reception

Givin

g Advice

Classroom

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Katie Morag in conscience alley The Year 2 class at Long Ditton Infant and Nursery School in Surbiton were involved in a cross-curricular unit of work (geography andliteracy) that used the Katie Morag series of books as a focal point.

Katie lives on the fictional Isle of Struay in the Highlands of Scotland. She lives at the island’s shop and post office, where her parents work, and often helps out her grandmother, Grannie Island, who has a small farm. Kate also has another grandmother, Gramma Mainland, who lives on the Scottish mainland.

One day Grannie Island asks Katie to go to the shopfor her because she is so busy on the farm. On theway Katie stops to play on the beach, leavingGrannie’s £10 note under a stone. When shereturns, the money has gone.

• Has Katie been responsible with the money?

• How should Katie have looked after the money?

• What are the consequences of losing Grannie’s £10?

• What could Katie do to solve the problem?

Learning objectives to be assessed

•I can choose different places to keep mymoney safe and explain why

•I am beginning to understand theconsequences of losing money or having itstolen and how it might make me feel

Assessment criteria

Children will:

•Suggest ways for Katie Morag to keep hermoney safe in the future, e.g. in a purse or bag

•Describe how Katie feels about losing money, e.g. upset, sad

For activity ideas using stories and poetry see the section about English on page 44 of Learning AboutMoney in the Primary Classroom.

Classroom

After a series of activities and discussion to explorethese questions the teacher asked the children togive Katie some advice which they wrote down on apiece of paper. The children then stood in two linesfacing each other, forming an ‘alley’. The teacherpretended to be Katie, walking through the alley,while the pupils read out their advice as she walkedpast each one.

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Pupil A - She will feel bad becauseGrannie Island gave it to her andit’s her thing and she’s lost it.

Pupil B - Bad... she won’t be ableto buy anything.

Pupil C - Grannie Island could get angry.

Pupil D - Sad... you can’t spend it.

Pupil E - You can’t buy somethingyou really want.

Teacher’s assessment

Only pupils A, B and D named a feeling.

Pupil C has suggested how Granny

Island, not Katie, would feel but she

may be thinking about Katie in that

she may be the subject of Granny

Island’s anger. Pupil E has suggested

a consequence of losing money, but

not a feeling. The next steps for all

pupils to explore their feelings

further using wider vocabulary.

Teacher’s assessment All the pupils have met theassessment criteria. I will follow upwith Pupil A to check her reasoningfor suggesting a bucket. This maycome from personal experience,probably relating to seeing charitycollections at school, but it isn’t avery practical solution for keepingpersonal money safe. Pupil’s D’sresponse also needs investigating. ‘Inher hand’ is a safer place than under astone (where Katie left the £10) butdoes she know any safer places?

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Pupil A - Take a big bucket with you and put a lid on it.

Pupil B - Put it in a wallet and put thewallet in her pocket.

Pupil C - Put it in a handbag and if you have a purse in there put it in there.

Pupil D - Keep it in your hand really tight.

Pupil E - You could get a wallet or apurse and then you could put themoney inside there and then makesure you put it in a safe place likeyour pocket, then you can get it outwhen you have got to the shops.

How should Katie keep the money safe next time?

How will Katie feel if she loses the money again?

Year 2Givin

g Advice

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Teacher’s assessmentYear 4 Pupils know the link between work andmoney but need to learn about differentways of making money so they can giveAlan more ideas. Find out if pupils thinkbreaking into a bank is sensible/realistic.Wasn’t expecting advice on how money isactually made but to be fair, it didanswer the question!

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Can you help Alan? Hayes Park Primary School in Hayes has created afictional school character called Alan who often askspupils for help when he gets into trouble or facesproblems he can’t solve. Alan interacts with thepupils through ‘Fronter’, the school’s ManagedLearning Environment.

Pupils can log on at school or at home and write asmuch or as little as they like. They really enjoy usingthe online learning platform, and are generally verymotivated to help Alan because they are the‘teacher’ rather than the learner. Last year Alan wasbeing bullied and the pupils gave him advice aboutwhat to do and who to go to for help.

Teachers at the school wanted to find a starting pointfor personal finance education, focusing on thelearning outcome: ‘I know we get money in differentways, e.g. earn, win, borrow, find, pocket money’.

So Alan came to the children with a new problem –he needed some money but didn’t know where toget any. In a five-day period, 80 children from acrossKey Stage 2 replied to Alan, giving him a range ofadvice. This gave the school a good indication ofknowledge and understanding within the yeargroups, in a format that teachers could easily access and sort through.

Collectively the responses helped teachers to planfuture learning. Any misconceptions or commentsthat were a cause for concern were followed up withindividual pupils. Some of the responses highlightedhow important it is to get the wording of thequestion right. A range of questions could be usedin the future, created for specific year groups.

Teacher’s assessment

Year 3 Some know about earning money

through having a job. Build on this by

making links between earning money

for themselves (personal) and school

enterprise (business) activities, e.g.

Christmas Fair, selling produce from

vegetable garden.?

Don’t wasteyour money onstuff you don’tneed!!!!!!

You can geta job andwork hard.

You can find a job like a

postman, binnman, engineer,

salesman, piolet, policeman,

docter, nurse or a fireman.

You ca

n brea

k

into a

bank

or

mint o

r you

could

get a

good j

ob.

You could put up a

lemonade stand on a

very hot day a when

people come by they

might by it e.g 50p

per cup

The money is made by

special machines in the

bank which calve them

into coin shapes and the

paper money gets printed

and to earn money you

can get a job.

Money is given in

jobs where your mum

or dad works.

How do I make money?

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Teacher’s assessmentYear 5 Pupils understand money comes fromwork. Look at the lottery/gamblingand different types of jobs. Explorethe difference between regularsources (job, pocket money, chores)and irregular sources (birthday money,winning something) of money.

Teacher’s assessment

Year 6Most pupils have given a range of

suggestions

to Alan and clearly know earning money is

related to work and effort. Some ideas are

better than others. Explore voluntary work

and lottery/gambling. Work with the class to

prioritise the ideas and look at realistic earnings.

Link this to the World of Work activities that are

planned for the end of the year as preparation for

transition to secondary school.

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Get a job

or

talk to yo

ur mum

and dad ab

out

pocket mon

ey.

You could always

do some jobs for

your neighbours,

friends or family

or you could have

a garage sale.Simple isn’t it!

The be

st way

to ma

ke mon

ey

is to

work e

xtreme

ly har

d

and if

you a

re loo

king f

or

a job

then y

ou sho

uld ge

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the on

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is su

itable

for yo

u and

has th

e most

salary

.

The ot

her ty

pes of

jobs

are:

- A boo

t sale

- Sales

man

- Lotte

ry

- Chore

s (hel

ping y

our mu

m,

dad, b

rother

, sist

er, fr

iend)

But be

caref

ul bec

ause s

ome

jobs a

re ill

egal a

nd a f

raud.

You can get a job, get pocket

money and do chours to make

money and who knows you could be

a billionare in a week or two if

you are really lucky alan.

Selling some of your belongings for

more than its normal price to get a

profit. You could even help at home

and earn pocket money for chores you

do. To try and find a suitable job

that pays well and you are

comfortable with. Creating your own

company and manage it well. You

could join a well known company and

representing them to serve their

customers. You can even be on Sky

News and earn loads of money

everytime you’re on TV.

I think you

can make mon

ey

- At a market/

boot sale

- Get a job

- Go on a game

show (for e

xample:

Britain’s Go

t

Talent or Wh

o Wants To B

e

A Millionair

e)

- Do voluntary

work

- Sell gold, j

ewelry or ev

en mobile

phone (cell

phones!)

- Lottery

- Make your ow

n FREE websi

te

on the inter

net. Spread

the news on

search engin

es (such as

Google)

about your w

ebsite

Years 3, 4, 5 and 6Givin

g Advice

How do I

make money?

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Learning objectives to be assessed

• I know the value of the coins (and notes) I use

Assessment criteria

• Sort 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p and 50p on a washingline in order of increasing physical size

• Sort 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p and 50p on a washingline in order of increasing value (including £1and £2 coins for higher-ability pupils)

The Year 1 teacher at Willow Lane CommunityPrimary School in Lancaster wanted to find out if herpupils understood the difference between 'big' and'value' when it comes to coins.

The children were given a set of large paper coinsfrom 1p - £2, a washing line and some pegs.

First they were asked to hang the coins on thewashing line in order of size. Then they were askedto rearrange the coins in order of value.

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Pupil A

I gave this pupil (higher-ability

within the class) all the coins from

1p to £2 which she correctly pegged

onto the washing line according to

size. She then reordered them

according to value without any help.

She held up the £2 coin and said

'this one's the most'.

Teacher's Assessment This pupil met all the assessmentcriteria. To extend the task evenfurther I asked her how many penceare in £1. She knew it is worth 100pand that £2 is worth 200p. Her nextchallenge is to explore the conceptof 'value' in relation to itemsrather than coins. Do the things wevalue the most cost money? e.g. acar, food, family and friends.

Teacher's Assessment I need to continue to help thispupil to order the coinsindependently in terms of theirvalue. I will design some morecoin recognition activities forhim that involve our classroomshop and café or other 'real-life' situations.

Pupil B

This pupil met one of the assessment

criteria independently and the other with

support. I gave him (lower-ability within

the class) all the coins from 1p to 50p.

He correctly ordered them according to

size without any difficulty. I asked him

to reorder them by value but he hesitated

so I asked him which coin was worth the

most. He said 'me'.

I directed him back to the coins and he

correctly pointed at the 50p. To check

his understanding we looked at the coins

together and talked about how much each

one was worth. He then put them in the

right order.

Year 1Sortin

g an

d Orderin

g

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Matching money shadows

Learning objectives to be assessed

•I know the value of the coins (and notes) I use

Assessment criteria

Children will:

•Correctly match coins with their shadows

•Explain the differences between coins, i.e.colour, size and value

•Add coins to achieve a total

The Year 1 teacher at Milstead and Frinsted C of EPrimary School in Sittingbourne used moneyshadow cards to assess the ability of the pupils torecognise coins up to the value of £1 and add coins together.

A range of money shadow cards were spread out ona mat along with lots of coins. The cards containeddifferent combinations of coins. The children weretasked with finding the right coins to match with the‘shadows’ and adding up the coins on the card toachieve a total. The cards were divided into sets thatoffered progressively more challenge: 1p – 5p, 1p –10p, and 1p – 50p.

The teacher watched the pupils working andintervened when necessary to accelerate learningfor those working well, or to support those whowere struggling.

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Pupil B

The pupil was given one of the more challengingmoney shadow cards (higher-ability within the class)containing a 5p, 10p, 20p, and 50p. She completedit quickly and independently without error. It wasclear she needed more challenge. I asked her to findthree money shadow cards that all added up to thesame amount, but using different coins. She chosethree that added up to 70p and then correctly foundthe coins for each card.

Teacher’s assessment

I congratulated this pupil on her

achievement and attention to the

task, and used her work in the

plenary to show success. I intend

to introduce notes and giving chan

ge

into the next activity for th

is pupil,

and set some written problems for

her to solve using coins.

Teacher’s assessment I congratulated this pupil for trying hardand encouraged her to take more time infuture to look closely at the features ofthe coins. I used the mismatched 1p and2p coins in the plenary to highlight thedifferences. I will plan more activitiesfor this pupil that reinforce coins up tothe value of £1, using different coins tofind different totals.

Pupil A

The pupil was given one of the more simple cards (lower-ability within the class). Initially she mismatched the 1p and 2p coins, perhapsbecause she was rushing to complete the task. I asked her to check again, but she didn’t spother mistake so I asked her to make a line of every coin from 1p – 20p and describe them to me. What’s the same, what’s different? With help, she talked about the colours, shapes and numbers. We went back to the cardand she changed the 1p and 2p coins over. I gave her three cards of 1p – 10p, which she completed correctly.

Year 1Sortin

g an

d Orderin

g

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Keeping money safe‘If you were saving to buy someone a present,where would you keep the money safe before youspent it?’ That was the question for a mixed class ofYears 2 and 3 pupils at Overton St Helen’s C of EPrimary School in Morecombe.

The children were given a large diamond-shapedpiece of paper, nine images of places where moneycan be kept, and a glue stick. Their task was to sortthe images into a diamond format, ranging from thesafest place at the top to the least safe at the bottom.Some lower-ability children were only given fourimages: a purse, book bag, bank and a hand.

The teacher chose this assessment method because it:

• allowed children to think carefully beforecommitting themselves to a particular answer; theycould arrange and rearrange the images as manytimes as they wanted before sticking them on

• allowed opportunities for discussion with teachersand peers during and after the assessment

• removed barriers, particularly for children whofound writing difficult; they explained theirchoices to the teacher, who wrote them down,giving their ideas and explanations value andimportance; higher-ability children wrote simplesentences independently

• helped children show they understood a range ofpossibilities, rather than just right or wrong

• demonstrated the children’s understanding andreasoning skills.

Learning objectives to be assessed

•I know I can keep money in different placesand that some places are safer than others

•I can choose different places to keep moneysafe and explain why

Assessment criteria

Children will:

•Place the images in order of most to least safe– safest places are likely to be in the bank orsafe; least safe are likely to be in a hand, orunder the bed

•Explain their reasons, verbally or in writing,about why a particular place is the safest/leastsafe, using the word ‘because’

Pupil A

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Teacher’s assessmentof pupil A This Diamond 9 was completed by ahigher-ability Year 2 pupil within theclass. He has met the successcriteria for the assessment task.He was able to explain his reasoningfor most of the images. The nextsteps for his learning are to findout what banks do to look aftermoney and how they keep it safe.

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Pupil B(Scribed by the teacher)

•I did not choose your hands, you might drop it •Under the bed, no-one will look there

Teacher’s assessment of pupil B

This Diamond 9 was completed by a Year 3

pupil who is higher-ability in maths and

lower-ability in literacy within the class.

The pupil has shown he knows that there

are different ways that money can be

looked after but not safe ways to look

after money. However, he has demonstrated

his ability to explain why ‘your hand’ is an

unsafe place and why ‘under the bed’ is

safer. The next steps for his learning are

to look under his bed (involving his parents

if possible) to see if it is a safe place to

keep money, and to find out more about

how banks keep money safe.

For activity ideas see Looking afteryour Money on page 26 of Learningand Money in the Primary Classroom.

Years 2 and 3Sortin

g an

d Orderin

g

Classroom

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Where does money come from?The following responses are from Year 1 and 2 pupils from four different schools. The teachers used Draw andWrite for a baseline assessment activity to find out what the pupils knew about the different ways and placespeople get money. They show a range of ideas, and some misconceptions and responses that need following up.

Teacher’s commentsAre scratch cards (gambling) a realistic sourceof money? Do credit cards provide an incomestream or are they a way of paying for thingsinstead of using cash? (Year 1)

Teacher’s commentsDoesn’t understand the concept of change?Should we keep money that we find? (Year 1)

Teacher’s commentsChildren receive money at all sorts ofcelebrations and festivals. (Year 2)

Teacher’s commentsIn some families children are paidfor household chores. (Year 2)

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Teacher’s commentsAre contests (winning money) a realistic sourceof money? Should we steal money? (Year 2)

Teacher’s commentsMoney (cash) machine – does she knowwhere the money comes from or does thebank just give it to you? (Year 2)

Teacher’s commentsCash back can be very confusing. This pupil said,‘Grandma gets money at the supermarket. She buysthings with her card and the checker gives hermoney.’ (Year 2)

Years 1 and 2Draw

and Write

‘Draw and Write’ is a very well-known assessmenttechnique, mainly used with primary aged childrento establish a baseline, or for day-to-day or periodicassessment. The teacher asks the pupils a question –an ‘invitation to participate’ – and the pupils Drawand Write their responses.

It can provide quick and accessible informationabout pupils’ general level of understanding when itis used at the start of a lesson, for example. It is alsopossible to analyse the feedback more formally todetermine the most and least popular responses,and to identify specific teaching points that need tobe addressed in future learning activities.

A formal Draw and Write for financial capability canbe found at www.pfeg.org/learningaboutmoney. Ituses two fictional characters – Sam and Jo – to findout from pupils what they know about wheremoney comes from, what money can be spent on,what to do if you haven’t got enough money andhow to pay without using cash. The materialsinclude guidance on how to administer theassessment and resources to record and analysepupils’ responses.

Online

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What would you do with £20? The Year 3 teacher at St Mary’s C of E PrimarySchool in Slough used the same Draw and Writeactivity for both baseline and formative assessment.

The aim was to establish the pupils’ attitudestowards spending and saving and to use the resultsduring a themed Money Week to broaden theirunderstanding of the different choices they andothers could make.

The Money Week included learning activities about:

•the difference between needs and wants

•family budgeting

•saving money (in a money box or bank)

•charities

Teacher’s assessment

Before Money Week this pupil

had lots of ideas about how to

spend £20 on herself, although

she did also want to buy me

some flowers.

Before Money Week

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BeforeFinance knowledge

Realistic spending

Unrealistic spending (costing more than £20)

Spend all the £20

Save for future

Save for a specific item

Give to family or friends

Give to charity

Buy a gift for someone else

Split the £20 (save, spend, give, etc)

After +/-

20

1

11

5

2

1

2

3

9

15

2

2

14

5

3

9

4

22

-5

+1

-9

+9

+3

+2

+7

+1

+13

Controlling the Classroom Budget on page 30 of Learning about Money in the Primary Classroom containsideas about how to give pupils real-life opportunities to make spending decisions at school.

Teacher’s assessment

After Money Week the same

pupil decided to spilt her £20

between spending on herself (and

this time ‘needs’ not ‘wants’),

saving and giving to others.

After the Money Week the teacher looked at the responses from the whole class and found that although themajority of pupils still wanted to spend some of the £20, they were less inclined to spend it all. They alsowanted to save some of it, often for something they would need in the future, like a car or house, and givesome away to charity.

After Money Week

Year 3Draw

and Write

Classroom

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Paying without cash Teachers in a number of primary schools in Essexused a Draw and Write activity to illuminate whattheir pupils knew about paying for things withoutcash, and the advantages and disadvantages ofthese methods.

The following responses from Years 3–6 pupilsillustrate how children’s understanding develops asthey grow older, and that they often use quitesophisticated vocabulary, but understanding may lagbehind. Knowing there is a range of ways to pay foryour shopping is one thing, but it’s another tounderstand that some of these methods involveborrowing money (credit) and going into debt.

Teacher’s commentsUnderstands money can be borrowed andneeds to be paid back, but does that includethe credit card? (Year 3)

Teacher’s commentsAll the different cards can be confusing. (Year 4)

Teacher’s commentsQuite sophisticated vocabulary, but does sheknow the difference between credit and debitcards or just their names? (Year 6)

How do adults pay for their shopping if they don’t have cash or change?

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Teacher’s commentsThinks that spending with a credit card is‘free’ money? (Year 3)

Teacher’s commentsCards take away the need to count outcoins and check change. (Year 5)

Teacher’s commentsThis pupil previously suggested a credit card as away of paying without using cash but doesn’tunderstand the consequences. (Year 3)

Teacher’s commentsPractical problems with cards. (Year 6)

Teacher’s commentsIncreasingly sophisticated vocabulary – interest –but does she really know how it works? (Year 6)

Teacher’s commentsVery clear understanding of how a creditcard works. (Year 4)

What’s good about paying without cash?

What’s not so good about paying without cash?

Years 3, 4, 5 and 6Draw

and Write

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Simple bank recordsThe Year 2 teacher at Overton St Helen’s C of EPrimary School in Morecombe created a Bank ofOverton and account books for each pupil to helpthem learn how banks record money going into andout of bank accounts.

The task was part of a series of lessons about savingup money to buy someone a present. The pupils hadalready considered different places to keep theirmoney safe (see Keeping Money Safe page 22) andwere now looking at banks or building societies inmore detail.

The teacher paid the pupils small amounts of moneyfor doing jobs in the classroom. The amounts weredifferentiated according to the value of the coinsthat each pupil was able to recognise and count. Thepupils paid the money into the Bank of Overton,using their account books to keep a daily record.When they had enough money to buy the presentthey withdrew it from the bank, again recording thetransaction in their account book.

Learning objectives to be assessed

•I can keep simple financial records

Assessment criteria

Using their account book children will:

•Record money paid in to their account in the‘deposit’ column

•Record money paid out in the ‘withdraw’ column

•Keep a running total in the ‘total’ column

•Use the £ and p symbols correctly

Teacher’s assessment This pupil met all the assessmentcriteria without needing any support,although the teaching assistant hasscribed some of her answers. Thepupil is higher than average ability inmathematics within the class. Perhapsshe has done something similar athome with coins in her money box. Hernext challenge is to deposit andwithdraw larger amounts of money.

Pupil A

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Teacher’s assessment

This pupil is also higher than average ab

ility in

mathematics within the class, but needed

a lot

of support to complete the ta

sk, which I was

not expecting. He was confused about th

e

different columns and made errors in

recording and addition, a

nd didn’t understand he

had to make a new total each ti

me he deposited

money. He also used the p symbol incorrec

tly,

e.g. 100p, and didn’t alwa

ys use £ and a decimal

point, e.g. 150 (£1.50). This pupil would

benefit

from recapping on the purpo

se of each column,

and how to record the

amounts, and continuing

with the activity for an

other week.

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Pupil B

Ideas for how to set up a wholeschool or class savings schemecan be found on page 56 ofLearning About Money in thePrimary Classroom.

You can see how CornholmePrimary School in Calderdale setup a Year 6 savings scheme onthe DVD.

DVD

Year 2Record

s and Diaries

Classroom

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My money diary Year 3 pupils at Wavendon Gate Primary School inMilton Keynes kept a record of their spendingduring the Easter holidays as a homework task.

In the week leading up to Easter the teacher used afictional character called Pat Cash to model how thepupils should keep the diary, recording money hespent on bus tickets, food and tennis balls, and acinema ticket that his dad bought for him.

Their diary recorded how they spent their ownmoney (if they had any) and money that was spenton them by parents, carers or family members. This led to lots of discussion about household bills,and other expenses of which the pupils weren’tnecessarily aware. At the end of the holiday thepupils also used the diary to reflect on theirspending and saving behaviour with their parents or carers.

Learning objectives to be assessed

•I can plan and track my spending and savingby keeping accurate records

•I am beginning to understand my attitudes to and feelings about spending and saving money

Assessment criteria

Children will:

•Keep a spending log

•Reflect on what they have learnt throughkeeping the diary

•Reflect on their attitudes to spending andsaving independently and with a parent or carer

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Pupil A

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Pupil B

Teacher’s assessment

Both pupils have met the success

criteria. They successfully completed

a spending log (not shown ) and have

thought about their spending and saving

behaviour, independently and with their

parents/carers. The pupils have

different attitudes towards money,

and use it in different ways, probably

because they have had different

experiences of money at home. The

next step for them both is to think

about how they would make different

choices if their circumstances were

different, for example through a

simple budgeting activity using a

fictional family.

Year 3Record

s and Diaries

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Growing a money tree Year 2 pupils at St John Fisher RC Primary School inLondon created a money tree to show their teacherwhat they knew about money. The teacher wantedto build a very general picture of pupils’ awarenessof the role that money plays in people’s lives and thedifferent things that can be done with money, e.g.spend, save, give.

The teacher introduced them to the idea of a moneytree by building on their knowledge of how plantsgrow. She asked the children what they thoughtwould grow if she planted a £1 coin instead of a

seed. A money tree! She explained that the class wasgoing to feed the tree with their thoughts and ideasabout money, and ‘grow’ the branches and leaves.

The children worked collaboratively in mixed-abilitygroups. The teacher spent time with each group toget a more qualitative feel for the pupils’ knowledgeand understanding. She was able to identify whichchildren found the task difficult and those with moreextensive knowledge.

The words the children generated include:

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Shopping

Loyalty card

Penny

Euros

DollarsLottery

Spend

Safe

Bank

Presents

Job

Credit card

Pocket money

PayCost

Save

Yen

Rupees

Charity

Pound

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‘My Mummy has a

card like the one for

Tesco and she gives it

to the checker and it

isn’t real money.’

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Teacher’s assessment

I was surprised at how much some of the

pupils knew, particularly the number of

currencies from around the world that they

were able to name. I built on the b

aseline

assessment by growing a class money tree.

The pupils looked at the ideas from each group

and linked words such as loyalty card an

d credit

card, and grouped terms along ‘branche

s’ of the

tree, such as a savings branch and a spending

branch. This helped the children understand

specific aspects of personal finance, and

how some concepts and activities are

interconnected. It has also given me a

range of topic areas that the child

ren can

investigate further during the te

rm.

‘Our money tree was big andwe had to think of lots of money

words and I know aboutBarclays and Santander.’

‘When we did the money tree Iadded lots of leaves and I knewabout keeping money in a safebecause we went to the bank last

year and we went in the safe.’

Year 2Word

s and Question

s

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I wonder why…? At Highworth Combined School and Nursery inHigh Wycombe teachers use stimuli such as animage, a story, music or a piece of poetry as astarting point for future learning. The children areencouraged to use their imagination to ask aquestion based on ‘wonderment’: ‘I wonder why…?’

The school uses this technique in its Philosophy forChildren sessions. As well as improving thechildren’s critical thinking and communication skills,the staff use the questions that are generated toassess children’s prior knowledge, attitudes andbeliefs. For personal finance education with year 5pupils the teacher chose an image of a jar of coins.She wanted to find out how much the children knewabout the different attitudes and feelings peoplehave about money. Why are people poor?Why are people greedy?

Why do people want to be rich?

Why do people think money is moreimportant than other things?

Why do people spend before thinking?

Why is money so important?

Has the money beensaved by a family?

Why are some people richer than others?

Does money matter, or just love?

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Will love be easier with money?

Is it money that has been raised for a charity?

Can the lottery make you addicted tomoney and forget about your family?

Do people want to be rich becausethey are afraid of dying of hunger?

Do people like people just because of their money?

Can you get love and respect without money?

Millions on page 36 ofLearning About Money inthe Primary Classroomcontains activities basedaround a book that followstwo brothers who find ahuge amount of money andhave very different ideasabout what to do with it.

Teacher’s assessment

The pupils generated some thought-provoking

questions that address the role of money in our

lives and the different motivations people have

around money. There are two avenues I will help

them explore in future lessons:

• The practicalities of how much money you need to

survive (the ‘minimum’), and why some people want

more, or have less. A needs and wants activity that

looks at the financial costs of the items would be

a good place to start.

• Feelings and emotions associated with money –

our own feelings and the feelings we have about

other people and their money. We need to explore

how money is connected to feelings of self-worth

and self-esteem.

Year 5Word

s and Question

s

Classroom

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Double your money The Year 5 teacher at St Mary’s C of E PrimarySchool in Slough wanted to get some personalfinance education under way with her class,particularly around ways of making money throughworking, saving or investing. She didn’t know whatto include in the learning activities, or their level, soshe started with a baseline assessment.

She set her class a challenge: If I gave you £5 today,how could you double that money in two weeks?Without any further input she organised the pupilsinto mixed-ability groups and asked each one todraw a mind map of their ideas.

Teacher’s assessment I need to discuss ‘looking formoney’ with the pupil thatcontributed that as an idea, to findout if the pupil has considered themoral and ethical issues aroundfinding/taking money.

Teacher’s assessment

When questioned, t

his pupil didn’t seem to

think it mattered

that borrowed m

oney

has to be paid back.

It is a legitimate way

of growing £5 over a t

wo-week period, as

long as she appreciates she can’t

keep it

and if the lender

charges interest then

she will have to pa

y back more than

she’s

borrowed. When I collecte

d the mind maps

she had added ‘give

it back after a

while’,

perhaps as a result of my question, or

prompted by other pu

pils.

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Teacher’s assessment When I asked this pupil what shemeant by ‘exchange’ she said shewould exchange her £5 withsomeone who had a £10. When Iasked her if she would give up a£10 for a £5 she realised her ideawasn’t very feasible.

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Teacher’s assessment

I asked this pupil what he meant

by ‘interest’ and why

he had linked

it to both saving and

lending

money. He said ‘if you

lend money

to someone who needs it, then

you could get some extra ca

sh

back when they pay

it back, and

when you save money the

bank

gives you more’.

See over for the teacher’s

analysis of the whole class

Year 5Mind Maps

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Most pupils suggested: Some pupils suggested:

•selling something, but noneof them indicated that theremay be a cost associated withbuying materials, or used theword ‘profit’

•being sponsored

All pupils suggested:

•doing ‘chores’ or ‘work’

Building on these responses the teacher plannedfuture lessons around:

• how interest can grow savings

• different ways of investing money, looking at riskand reward

• lending and borrowing money.

She also planned to include a financial dimension tothe cake sale that the pupils would be running laterthat month. As well as making and selling cakes,they would also look at the real cost of theingredients, shop around for the best prices, work out the profit per cake and compare this to family budgeting.

Once the class had completed their mind maps the teacher analysed the pupils’ responses and found that:

•pocket money

•borrowing money fromfamily or friends

•saving money

•lending money

•looking for money in your house

•benefits

•begging or busking

•asking for money

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Acknowledgementspfeg would like to thank all the schools, teachers, teaching assistants andchildren who contributed materials to this publication including:

Arundel C of E Primary School, Arundel, West SussexBrampton Primary School, Bexleyheath, KentBroughton Primary School, Kettering, NorthamptonshireEastfield Primary School, Northampton, NorthamptonshireFarnham Common Infant School, Farnham Common, BuckinghamshireFullwood St Peters C of E Primary School, Preston, LancashireGravel Hill Primary School, Bexleyheath, KentGreen Park Primary School, Newport Pagnell, BuckinghamshireHayes Park Primary School, Hayes, MiddlesexHighworth Combined School and Nursery, High Wycombe, BuckinghamshireLong Ditton Infant and Nursery School, Surbiton, SurreyLong Meadow Primary School, Milton Keynes, BuckinghamshireMilstead and Frinsted C of E Primary School, Sittingbourne, KentOverton St Helen’s C of E Primary School, Morecombe, LancashirePrimary Schools in EssexSt John Fisher RC Primary School, West Wimbledon, LondonSt Mary’s C of E Primary School, Slough, BerkshireThe Premier Academy, Milton Keynes, BuckinghamshireWavendon Gate Primary School, Milton Keynes, BuckinghamshireWaverley Abbey Junior School, Farnham, SurreyWilbarston C of E Primary School, Market Harborough, LeicestershireWillow Lane Community Primary School, Lancaster, Lancashire

We would also like to give special mention to the following people withoutwhose support this project would not have been possible:

Celia Allaby, What Money Means Project DirectorMargaret Atherton, What Money Means Project FacilitatorPeter Bull, HSBCFiona Ellis, EditorJuliet Wells, What Money Means Project Facilitator

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