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

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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

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Cross-curricular links

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Attention grabber

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Main event

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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

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Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

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Vocabulary

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In this unit

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