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Life Skills // Money & Finance

What a budget is; planning how to spend a fixed amount of pocket money or allowance; making trade-offs between different things you want to buy

Life Skills // Money & Finance

Calculating change from a purchase; working confidently with pounds and pence together; solving practical money problems involving addition and subtraction

Life Skills // Money & Finance

How advertising tries to influence what we buy; being a critical consumer; understanding 'value for money'; the difference between emotional and rational…

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

Learning to Learn // Learning to Learn

Ask for help when you've had a go yourself and are still stuck — knowing when to ask is a skill in itself

Learning to Learn // Learning to Learn

Keep trying when something feels hard — making mistakes and trying again is how learning happens

Learning to Learn // Learning to Learn

After finishing a task, look back at what you did and ask yourself: does this seem right?

Learning to Learn // Learning to Learn

Notice the feeling of not understanding — recognise when something is confusing rather than reading or listening past it

Learning to Learn // Learning to Learn

Before starting something new, stop and think: what do I already know about this topic?

Learning to Learn // Learning to Learn

Make a simple plan before starting a task: what do I need to do, and what should I do first?

Learning to Learn // Learning to Learn

After learning something new, explain it in your own words — to yourself, a family member, or even a toy

Learning to Learn // Learning to Learn

Look for connections between new ideas and things you already know — how does this fit with what I've learned before?

Learning to Learn // Learning to Learn

When your first approach isn't working, try a different one — being flexible about strategies is part of being a good learner

Learning to Learn // Learning to Learn

Spot patterns and recurring structures — in numbers, words, nature, sounds, or events — and use them to make sense of new information

Learning to Learn // Learning to Learn

When you get something wrong, investigate why — what did you misunderstand or overlook? Analysing errors is one of the most powerful ways to learn