Archived unit: Year 2: Economic wellbeing
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Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Explain where adults get money from.
- Explain the difference between wants and needs.
- Recognise that saving might be necessary to buy the things we want.
- Explain that banks are a safe place to keep money.
- Consider different factors when choosing a bank account.
- Recognise that different jobs require different skills.
Suggested prior learning
Archived unit: Y1 Economic wellbeing
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Lessons
Lesson 1: Where money comes from
Lesson 2: Needs and wants
Lesson 3: Wants and needs
Lesson 4: Looking after money
Lesson 5: Jobs
Key skills
- Identifying whether
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Key knowledge
- To know
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Key vocabulary
coins
need
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Unit resources
Assessment – RSE & PSHE Y2: Economic wellbeing
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Cross-curricular opportunities
Mathematics
‘Pupils should be taught to:
- recognise and use symbols for pounds (£) and pence (p); combine amounts to make a particular value
- find different combinations of coins that equal the same amounts of money
- solve simple problems in a practical context involving addition and subtraction of money of the same unit, including giving change
- interpret and construct simple pictograms, tally charts, block diagrams and simple tables’
See National curriculum - Mathematics key stages 1 to 2.
Science
‘Pupils should be taught to:
- find out about and describe the basic needs of animals, including humans, for survival (water, food and air)’
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Archived unit: Y3 Economic wellbeing
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