OUR 5 BIG QUESTIONS
In an increasingly complex and competitive financial landscape, attitudes are just as important as knowledge and skills in shaping people’s financial behaviour.
That’s why LifeSavers provides a values-based approach to financial education, equipping teachers to explore how we think about money, as well as how we use it.
VALUES BASED FINANCIAL EDUCATION
Our 5 Big Questions are designed to help children explore what it means to be wise, generous, just and thankful with our money.
The 5 Big Questions resources are designed to be delivered flexibly to suit the requirements of individual schools, and may be used alongside other financial education resources. They provide comprehensive guidance about how these materials can be used with pupils, and show where there are opportunities to link the classroom learning to a practical savings club - making financial education real.
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Children look in simple terms at where our money comes from – how we earn it or be given it as a gift.
Resources include: Pocket money cards, What could/would you do with your money cards, Why do we work cards, teacher guidance, and more!
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Children look at how money makes us feel – when we receive it, spend it, give it, save it, and if we accidentally lose it.
Resources include: Money jar poster, Shopping record card, Why can’t I have that cards, teacher guidance, and more!
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Children explore the value we place on the important things in our lives and how this can have an impact on the choices we make.
Resources include: What do we need money for cards, Needs and wants cards, teacher guidance, and more!
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Children have the opportunity to explore further the role money may play in our lives and how we have choices to make that can have an impact on ourselves and, as importantly, on others.
Resources include: Teaching aids to represent need, Which would you buy cards, product cards, teacher guidance, and more!
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Children will explore ways to look after their money, including saving. They will start by looking at keeping money safe and some of the moral dilemmas around losing, finding and keeping money.
Resources include: What if… cards, Spend and save cards, spending and saving scenario sheet, calculating interest sheet, teacher guidance, and more!
Talk to us today and access all our innovative financial education resources, including the Five Big Questions resources, when you sign up as a LifeSavers School. As well as high quality physical and digital resources, you will be able to access our training and support from our financial education specialists.
“The children like the lessons as they are fun, interesting and deal with issues that they see as important and grown up.”