Archived unit: Year 1 Economic wellbeing
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Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Explain how children might get money.
- Explain some different ways to keep money safe.
- Discuss the role of banks and building societies.
- Recognise that people may make different choices about spending or saving.
- Explain that a range of jobs exist in school and that different skills are needed for these jobs.
Suggested prior learning
Y1 Health and wellbeing
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Lessons
Lesson 1: Introduction to money
Lesson 2: Looking after money
Lesson 3: Banks and building societies
Lesson 4: Saving and spending
Lesson 5: Jobs in school
Key skills
- Discussing how
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Key knowledge
- To know
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Key vocabulary
bank
bank account
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Unit resources
Knowledge organiser: RSE & PSHE – Y1 Economic wellbeing
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Cross-curricular opportunities
Mathematics
‘Pupils should be taught to:
- recognise and know the value of different denominations of coins and notes’
See National curriculum - Mathematics key stages 1 to 2.
English
‘Pupils should be taught to:
- write sentences by: sequencing sentences to form short narratives
- ask relevant questions to extend their understanding and knowledge
- participate in discussions, presentations, performances, role play, improvisations and debates’
See National curriculum - English key stages 1 to 2.
British values: Individual liberty.
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Archived unit: Y2 Economic wellbeing
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