Format: 3x100 minute workshops delivered over 2-3 visits. Available as a full day for Year 9
Single sessions: The Story of Money and Managing money can be delivered as standalone sessions; Banking Money requires students to have done previous sessions
Target group: 11-14 year olds
Group size: 12-30 young people
To find out more about this programme please call us on 020 7377 8770 or email info@mybnk.org
Content
Three highly interactive and adaptive sessions building young people’s knowledge around basic finance and helping them engage with money:
- My Money: History and features of money, Forms of payment, Currency & exchange rates
- My Choices: Budgeting, Youth employment, Minimum wage, Needs and wants and Saving.
- My Future: Interest, Accounts, Ethical banking, Flow of money, Connecting the learning from previous sessions.
Money Twist involves writing, presenting, drawing, maths and problem solving. It uses real life case studies, colourful resources, games and videos drawn from their age group and popular culture, enabling students to explore and form their own opinions regarding their relationship with money. Activities cater for a variety of learning styles, with many extensions and variations.
Throughout the workshop participants complete a Money Twist Zcard, a fold out learning resource they can keep, or can be used by teachers for follow up activities.
Money Twist is based on the Every Child Matters, Ofsted and PSHEE guidelines on financial literacy, and maps into aspects of the PSHEE, Citizenship, Maths and English curriculum. It is ideal for financial capability focus days, enterprise weeks or can be built into a lesson plan over a number of weeks.
Case Study
Five Year 9 classes from London Nautical School in Lambeth took part in the full day Money Twist sessions. Adam, 13, said:
I want to be a lawyer, I think it will be quite expensive, but the lessons showed me how to manage my money responsibly and I feel I can deal with money in the future.
AQA Unit Awards
Money Twist aligns with a range of AQA Unit awards including Budgeting & Debt Management and Introduction to Managing own Money. We will assist AQA registered centres to accredit their participants, or MyBnk can arrange this at an extra cost of £25 per participant.
This programme won Children & Young People Now’s Financial Capability Award 2010!