Year 4 Economic wellbeing
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Y4 Economic wellbeing
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Identify and justify items they consider good value for money.
- Identify multiple factors that influence whether something is good value for money.
- Understand the importance of tracking spending.
- Identify different ways to keep money safe.
- Identify a range of influences on job choices.
- Suggest ways to respond to certain influences over career choices.
- Identify different reasons why people might change careers
- Suggest proactive steps that can be taken to challenge and overcome these stereotypes.
Suggested prior learning
Y3 Economic wellbeing
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: What is value for money?
- To recognise factors influencing value for money.
Lesson 2: Why keep track of money?
- To understand the importance of monitoring money.
Lesson 3: What ways are there to look after money?
- To describe different ways of keeping money safe.
Lesson 4: What influences career choices?
- To understand how different factors can influence career choices.
Lesson 5: Why make a career change?
- To explain why people can have more than one career in their life.
Lesson 6: How can workplace stereotypes be challenged?
- To identify and challenge stereotyping in the workplace.
Key skills
Key knowledge
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Resources
Unit resources

RSE & PSHE
*New* Knowledge organiser: RSE & PSHE – Year 4 Economic wellbeing
Aimed at pupils, a single page which gives key facts and definitions from the unit 'Economic wellbeing'.

RSE & PSHE
Vocabulary display – RSE & PSHE Y4: Economic wellbeing
A display version of the vocabulary from the unit 'Economic wellbeing'.
Cross-curricular opportunities
British values: Democracy, Individual liberty, Mutual respect, Rule of law, Tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs
English: Spoken language
Maths: Measurement