Y3/4 Lesson 1 (Cycle A): Spending choices

Children learn about the ethics of spending using examples of positive choices which we can make to have a bigger impact.

Learning objective

  • To begin to recognise how ethics can influence our spending decisions (Y3)
  • To begin to understand what makes something good value for money (Y4)

National curriculum

  • The National Curriculum states that ‘All schools should make provision for personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE)’

Success criteria

Cross-curricular links

Before the lesson

Download classroom resources

Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support:

Year 3: May need help to select the positive choices they focus on.  

Year 4: Can identify fewer factors that make something good value for money but may look at more than one item.

 

Pupils working at greater depth:

Year 3: Can look in more detail about some of the choices they know less about and find out why these are a positive choice.

Year 4: Should identify a greater range of factors that make something good value for money and add other things which might influence people to buy that item.

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

Vocabulary

Created by:
Sarah Huggins,  
RSE & PSHE specialist
Sarah has over 20 years’ experience in education. Starting as a Primary teacher, Sarah then moved into an advisory role that covered both PSHE education and Citizenship. She delivers courses for teachers, as well as sessions for children and young…
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