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Lesson 2: Budgeting

Children develop an understanding of why budgeting is important and learn how to put a budget together

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Before the lesson

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Learning objective

To understand how to put together a budget

Statutory guidance

Nothing relevant to this lesson

Success criteria

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Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: Could focus on the first three Activity: Scenarios only.

Pupils working at greater depth: Could start from the second scenario in the Activity: Scenarios to ensure that they have time for the more challenging ones. You could also throw in a change whilst they are working on their budgets, such as an unexpected expense.

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

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Sarah Huggins,

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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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