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Lesson 2: What is a weekly budget?

Exploring how to put together a weekly budget.
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Lesson plan

1. Recap and recall

Show the Presentation: Brain dumpand use the activity to recap learning from the previous lesson.

Hand out the whiteboards and pens (one each) and ask the children to write everything they can about prioritising needs over wants.

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In this unit

Assessment – RSE & PSHE Y5: Economic wellbeingLesson 1: Why prioritise needs over wants?
Lesson 2: What is a weekly budget?
Lesson 3: What is borrowing and loaning?Lesson 4: What are the risks of handling money online?Lesson 5: Why challenge workplace stereotypes?Lesson 6: What makes a suitable career?
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