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Life Skills // Money & Finance

What banks do and why people use them; bank accounts as safe places for money; that savings in a bank can earn interest; children's savings accounts

Life Skills // Money & Finance

Where products come from and who makes them; that people around the world produce what we buy; fair pay for workers; making ethical choices as consumers

Life Skills // Money & Finance

Different ways to pay: cash, debit cards, contactless, online payments, mobile payments; that digital payments still use real money; keeping payment details…

Life Skills // Money & Finance

Ways that children and adults earn money; the connection between work, skills and pay; that harder or more skilled work often pays more

Life Skills // Money & Finance

Recognising financial scams and tricks; phishing emails and fake websites; protecting personal and financial information online; 'if it seems too good to be…

Life Skills // Money & Finance

Why countries trade with each other; imports and exports; how goods travel around the world; that different countries use different currencies

Life Skills // Money & Finance

What an economy is; producers and consumers; supply and demand; why prices change; the basics of how markets work

Life Skills // Money & Finance

Setting longer-term financial goals; planning and prioritising spending; how saving regularly adds up over time; the value of thinking ahead with money

Life Skills // Money & Finance

What borrowing money means; that loans must be repaid with interest; what credit is; why too much debt can be risky; responsible borrowing

Life Skills // Money & Finance

What taxes are and why people pay them; how taxes fund schools, hospitals, roads, and emergency services; that governments decide how to spend tax money