Format
3 x 75 minute sessions delivered over 6 weeks – 1 x Assembly – Teacher Resource Pack – Family Activity Pack
Target Group
9-11 year olds. Lower KS2 is available
Group Size
12-30 young people
Content
A highly interactive financial education programme, designed to help set positive money habits and mind-sets from an early age.
Expert-led sessions are complemented by assemblies, teacher resources and homework challenges. MyBnk’s unique and engaging activities teach young people to become informed consumers, savvy savers, and mindful spenders by making finance fun.
Sessions cover:
- Assembly: Introduction to different money mindsets relating to everyday spending and saving.
- My Money: : Awareness of money habits, mind-sets and delayed gratification. Methods of resisting temptation using different strategies.
- My Choices: Prioritising needs and wants, budgeting, and costs of living. Thinking about how to manage your money.
- My Future: The benefits of saving, calculating interest as a reward or charge, and understanding risk. Thinking about personal future endeavours.
Money Twist involves writing, presenting, drawing, maths and problem-solving. We use MyBnk Manga comics, interactive resources and videos, engaging students to remember new knowledge and form their own money opinions. Underpinning behaviour change is the development of executive functions.
Activities cater for a variety of learning styles, with extensions and ability variations. Money Twist is based on Ofsted financial education guidelines and references OECD, PISA and MAS frameworks.
Impact
This programme has been independently evaluated as part of the Money Advice Service’s ‘What Works Fund’ – examining the effectiveness of financial education interventions. See full impact here.
MyBnk Cancellation Policy: Cancellations and changes made to scheduled deliveries incur costs to MyBnk. Any changes made less than two weeks in advance will result in a £100 or, if less than three working days, £250 charge per MyBnk trainer. Full Terms & Conditions here.
Case Studies
From opening a first bank account and trading in real markets, to moving out of care and into independent living, MyBnk’s financial education workshops and enterprise experiences pack a BIG punch!
"It makes maths real" - Improving teens numeracy skills by understanding investment
"I'm getting them on this course!" See how our youth homelessness prevention project helped 19-year-old single mother Chantel take control of her finances, and her future.
"Learning to live independently taught me I had worth"
Impact After Our Programmes
68
Of pupils who would not delay gratification, now would
70
Of pupils are now pursuing a savings goal
87
Of teachers said pupils now know financial decisions have consequences
"When young people understand the world around them, anything is possible. MyBnk helps them to understand their relationship with money and how to make good financial decisions".
"MyBnk is a creative and exciting organisation that targets the increasing need for relevant and engaging financial education for young people. We can and will put young people first!"
"I just want to help young people have the knowledge I never had. I want them to understand things like APR as much as they understand LOL".
"Taking the dull elements of finance, adding some real life and making them actually alright, if not kind of enjoyable!"
"Financial education? Love it!"
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"MyBnk is inspired by input and ideas from young people, which makes it an exciting and fun place to work!"
"Money really does ‘talk’ and it’s important for young people to learn and speak the language of the financial world they will be entering one day".
