Money Matters round up - Moortown Primary School, Leeds

This week we’ve had our whole school themed week, Money Matters. There has been some great learning about how to spend, save, donate and get money.

‘It’s been fun and interesting to learn things we didn’t know about money.’

Some highlights include:

All classes visiting Barclays Bank. Thank you to Steve Fergusson, the branch manager, and all his staff for supporting this.
Moneysense workshops with KS1 and KS2 classes. Thank you to all volunteers from RBS and NatWest who supported these sessions.
Hearing about how our new school charities, Yorkshire Air Ambulance and Leeds Mind, use donations and also how one of our old school charities, St Gemma’s Hospice, have used our donations.
Donating money to our charities through our Hotshots sponsored event. Please ensure sponsorship money is sent to school.
Donating loads of pennies to our charities too.
Seeing children starting to use their School Saving Club accounts – taking responsibility for managing their money.
And finally, to our parents and a governor who were able to spare time to come and talk to the children about their money-related jobs.

Watch out for the first homework after the half term where children can show what they have learnt during the week.

To find out more about how to support your child/children with financial education, here are a number of suggested websites.

The Jangle app contains interactive activities allowing parents and carers and their children to gain financial experience and to learn about money together in an active and varied way. They are focused on meaningful and relevant financial topics and are linked to the day to day real life experiences of children and their families – designed for children aged 7 – 11.

goHenry is a Pre-paid Card and App with unique parental controls, for young people aged 8 to 18.