Our whole-school homework this week is:
Living and Learning: this is the first of two themed weeks in the year. Whilst learning lots of skills in managing money, your child will find out fascinating financial facts.
Reading: please make sure your child is reading on a daily basis.
Number Fact Fluency: use Numbots or Times Table Rock Stars in regular short bursts.
Talk Time
Living and Learning is the focus of this week’s Talk Time. At the end of our Me and My Money themed week this is a chance to reflect with your child about aspects of their awareness of understanding all things financial. This could be:
- Why money is an important part of most people’s lives
- Understanding the difference between needs and wants
- Choices about how to save and spend money
- How to keep money safe
- Comparing prices of things to give your child a growing sense of prices and value for money
- Know where money comes from e.g. earning, finding, borrowing, being given
Have a discussion together. Is there anything they are already doing? e.g. they have a bank account and can talk about their understanding of where money comes from.
Can your child show they’re aware of the value of things? Try playing a game online or on a shopping trip: who can estimate the cost of different items? For an extra challenge, can you estimate the total cost of a number of items?