Financial Planning

Life SkillsMoney & FinanceAges 9–11

Setting longer-term financial goals; planning and prioritising spending; how saving regularly adds up over time; the value of thinking ahead with money

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Practise the bounded task in Financial Planning; see exact limits before inferring broader coverage.

Activity

Can add equal amounts; use an invented budget, never ask about household income.

Policy

Exact directed source edges retained; earlier authorship is not learner attainment.

Materials

These supplied stage cards
Scrap paper and pencil; oral/pointing response where appropriate

Sequence

Read readiness and decide on support without treating prerequisite authoring as learner readiness.
Open Show first and explain its model.
Use Guided Try with support and its separate adult key.
Close Show and guided keys before Try, unless this Try is explicitly supported.
Reflect on an actual attempt, including help used.

No Printer

Use the supplied screen cards; copying the exact task to paper is optional, not required.

Privacy

Use only invented scenarios and optional anonymous local notes. Do not request names, photos, family finances, medical data, accounts or uploads. Stop uncomfortable physical activity.

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.

Teaching limits and safe use

These are finite task opportunities, not proof of mastery. Record what was attempted and what support was used.

Fixed, fictional deposits; not personal financial advice, interest or a prediction of available income.

Use only invented scenarios and optional anonymous local notes. Do not request names, photos, family finances, medical data, accounts or uploads. Stop uncomfortable physical activity.

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Practise the bounded task in Financial Planning; see exact limits before inferring broader coverage.

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Check understanding

Set a realistic savings goal and calculate how long it would take saving a fixed amount each week
Create a simple financial plan for a specific purpose (birthday party, school trip, gift)
Explain why planning ahead with money is better than spending everything as it comes in

“If your child wanted to save up for something costing £30, could they work out a realistic plan for how long it would take?”

Curriculum record

Type: Conceptual
Subject: Life Skills
Domain: Money & Finance
Age range: Ages 9–11