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Lesson 3: Wants and needs

Children develop an understanding about why saving money is important and can help to buy the things we want

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Before the lesson

Learning objective

To understand how saving can help us to buy the things we want.

Statutory guidance

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

Success criteria

Cross-curricular links

Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: Could work with a partner to write down their ideas in the character scenario.

Pupils working at greater depth: Can be challenged to express a greater range of ideas about the advantages or disadvantages of saving.

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

Vocabulary

In this unit

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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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