Financial capability

PSHE

Primary

A ten year-old learns how to budget for a family day out

This programme follows ten year-old Catriona on her financial journey as she saves up and budgets for a day out for her parents and best friend. She starts by doing jobs around the house and for her Mum in her gift shop. In return for this she receives pocket money which she puts into her building society account. Catriona learns about the benefits of saving as she sees the interest add up. Once Catriona has worked out how much she has to spend she can set about planning the day out. With the help of her friend Kiran, Catriona researches the options and prices up potential trips. They soon learn how quickly money disappears when they factor in the costs of transport, refreshments and incidentals. On the day they continue to make decisions about methods of payments and the availability of saver tickets which enables them to make their money go slightly further. Watch this programme to see if they are able to enjoy their day out to the full. KS2 Catriona's Big Day Out is a pupil resource, designed to be shown in your classroom.

Catriona's Big Day Out

An innovative way to make school fun and improve performance

This programme takes a look at how one innovative school in Nottinghamshire is making education fun and improving performance. Grange Primary School has two shops, a canteen, a craft centre, a TV and radio station and a museum, all run by pupils working to AS level standards. Not bad for a school that was under achieving three years ago! The project aims to make learning more relevant to everyday life. Every Friday afternoon pupils get to work on their Grangeton enterprise and by the time they reach Year 4, are able to apply for management positions within the village. Such is the success of this remarkable project, the local secondary school has asked Grange Primary to help develop the village for secondary level.

Grangeton Town

A look at three ICT resources for primary PSHE

In this episode, we highlight three great ICT resources for teaching primary PSHE. Helen James, PSHE adviser for Tower hamlets Child Services in London, recommends: <ul> <li>All About Us: Living and Growing Pack - a DVD introducing sex education</li> <li>Join the Activaters - a healthy lifestyle CD Rom</li> <li>Money Week - a CD Rom to focus children's minds on money management</li> </ul> James joins presenter Hermione Cockburn in our London studio to discuss the resources with Year 6 teacher Helen Winter and freelance educational consultant Colin Hynson.

ICT Special: Primary PSHE

 Pupils take on the challenge of staging a fund-raising disco 

Pupils at Howden Junior School near Goole have been set the challenge of raising funds by staging an event. Members of the school council decide to hold a disco with the theme of a ball. They have to plan and research everything from the cost of the DJ to the refreshments on the night. The task introduces concepts of financial literacy such as outgoings, income, profit and loss. To enforce the learning experience, deputy head Mike Sibley uses the activity as a hook for his lessons about spreadsheets. He finds that being able to relate to a &#39;real event&#39; engages the children and transforms a normally dull and dry topic into an enjoyable and purposeful lesson. With a drive to make the disco a success, the pupils grasp the importance of budgeting and an element of competition arises as they work out how to make the most money. The pupils learn a huge amount about both finance and organising events. Watch this programme to see how the budding entrepreneurs perform on the night. The School Disco is designed for use by teachers and subject coordinators interested in finding out how to include personal finance education into school life and the curriculum in an engaging way. The School Disco is a continuing professional development programme.

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Catriona's Big Day Out

Grangeton Town

ICT Special: Primary PSHE

The School Disco