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My Money week - national schools competitions!

26 February 2010 by Editor

The competitions (one for primary schools and one for secondary schools) get pupils engaged in personal finance education in a new, wholly original and exciting way: by combining their knowledge of personal finance with their opinions on the value and importance of money. They then produce a piece of artwork to represent their knowledge and opinions.

The competitions are supported by specially created lesson plans, which lead pupils from specific personal finance education curriculum learning materials into producing a competition entry.

There are two lesson plans per competition, each containing full and detailed curriculum links:

For primary: focuses on PSHE education (preparing to play an active role as citizens) and art (exploring and developing ideas; investigating and making art, craft and design), with cross-curricular links in history and geography.
For secondary: links to art and design (Key Stage 3 and GCSE, focusing on exploring, creating, understanding and evaluating) and PSHE education (Key Stage 3 and 4, financial capability and economic understanding).

 

To read more, please visit the My Money Week 2010 website.