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 – P6/7 in Scotland – Lower KS2 also 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 an assembly, teacher resources and family challenges. These unique and engaging activities teach young people to become informed consumers, savvy savers, and mindful spenders by making finance fun.
Sessions include:
- Assembly: Introduction to different money mindsets related to the consequences of everyday spending and saving.
- My Money: Awareness of money habits, delayed gratification and looking at strategies to resist temptation when spending.
- My Choices: Prioritising needs and wants, the cost of living and exploring how to manage your money through budgeting.
- My Future: The benefits of saving, understanding interest as both a reward for saving and a charge for borrowing. Looking at different financial risks and setting a future finance goal.
See how this programme maps into the National Curriculum and references the UK’s Financial Education Planning Framework for teachers. Online versions also available.
Money Twist is partially funded by KickStart Money via The Centre for Financial Capability.
Money Twist involves writing, presenting, drawing, maths and problem-solving. We use 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.
Impact
Money Twist has been evaluated and proven by The Money Advice Service’s Evidence Hub.
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 pack a BIG punch!
"It makes maths real!" Improving teens numeracy skills by understanding investment
“My Mind Has Been Blown!" - Shannon, 8, opens her first bank account and starts her savings journey
"Learning to live independently taught me I had worth" Leaving care and dodging bankruptcy
Impact After This Programme
68
Pupils who would not delay gratification, now would
70
Pupils are now pursuing a savings goal
87
Teachers who said pupils now know financial decisions have consequences
“Don’t let making a living prevent you from making a life.” – John Wooden
"A fool and their money is soon parted".
"Never confuse the size of your paycheck with the size of your talent".
“The tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.” —Benjamin E. Mayes
"If money go before, all ways do lie open" (Shakespeare)
"There are people who have money and people who are rich". [Coco Chanel]
"Better spend an extra hundred or two on your son's education, than leave it him in your will." ~ The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
"The more you LEARN the more you EARN".
"If money is the sea, learn to ride the waves".
"Your future depends on what you do today" - Mahatma Gandhi
