Budgeting Pocket Money
What a budget is; planning how to spend a fixed amount of pocket money or allowance; making trade-offs between different things you want to buy
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Plan within a fixed amount and explain a trade-off.
Comfort with the particular task and communication mode; optional oral/scribed work is recorded separately.
Check the learner can access these words/materials and prerequisite ideas; historical authorship is not readiness or mastery. If not, demonstrate briefly or revisit the named prerequisite.
Use fictional £10 money and the price card; no real allowance or family budget is discussed. No printer: view only the active learner card on screen, or an adult copies its exact prompts onto plain paper without answers. Oral pointing/dictation is an access option; record it as adapted/supported and do not claim handwriting from it. Keep adult keys/scripts separate; supply only the current stage.
Use fictional cases and invented identifiers; never record personal conflicts, health, bank details or family spending. Adult prompts/keys are private companion files, never learner links.
Use the complete materials on screen or print only the current sheet. Keep adult guidance out of learner view. Retain an earlier model only when the current step supplies it as context.
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These are finite task opportunities, not proof of mastery. Record what was attempted and what support was used.
Fictional fixed budget only; not advice about a household’s finances.
Use fictional cases and invented identifiers; never record personal conflicts, health, bank details or family spending. Adult prompts/keys are private companion files, never learner links.
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Plan within a fixed amount and explain a trade-off.
Plan within a fixed amount and explain a trade-off.
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Check understanding
- Create a simple spending plan for £10 showing what they would buy and how much is left
- Explain what a budget is and why it helps to plan spending
- Identify a trade-off (choosing one thing means not having enough for another)
“If your child had £10 to spend at a school fair, could they plan in advance what to spend it on so the money lasts?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Life Skills
- Domain
- Money & Finance
- Age range
- Ages 7–9