Updates to money skills resources
The suite of LifeSkills money skills content has recently been updated. Responding to insights from teaching professionals and the benefits of building key topics over time we’ve made changes enabling clearer sequencing through the content. This will support your students to deepen their knowledge as they progress through education and beyond, embedding skills to support with financial independence.
The content has been developed to engage your students with a mix of resource types including interactive tools and films. The majority of the content aligns to the Young Money Financial Education Planning Framework and has been awarded the Young Money Quality Mark. We also offer some resources which focus on numeracy (created in collaboration with National Numeracy) and gambling (created in collaboration with GamCare).
The table below outlines all our money skills resources broken down by age range and key topics they cover. We’ve listened to feedback stating a preference for shorter lesson plans and have implemented this where suitable, meaning shorter lesson plans and the creation of some new standalone lessons. Most lessons have been renamed to be more reflective of the content they contain.
The new lesson names are clickable and will take you directly to each lesson plan page.
| Content adapted from | New lesson name | Topics |
| 5-7 | ||
| (new lesson) | Counting money |
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| (new lesson) | Using money for shopping |
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| 7-11 | ||
| Samir’s birthday budget challenge | (no change) |
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| Banking and budgeting basics | Introducing bank accounts and digital money |
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| Banking and budgeting basics | Planning how to spend money |
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| Making the most of money | Smarter shopping skills |
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| Safe and sensible spending | (no change) |
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| Gaming behaviours and spending money (created with GamCare) | (no change) |
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| 11-14 |
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| Money lesson one: Recognising your money personality | Exploring money attitudes and needs and wants |
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| Money lesson two: Value for money | Money aspirations and budgeting |
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| Money lesson two: Value for money | Planning for a big purchase and value for money |
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| Money lesson three: Next steps in your financial journey | Introducing credit, saving and bank accounts |
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| Money lesson four: Dealing with financial dilemmas | Introduction to frauds and scams |
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| Budgeting when gaming (created with GamCare) | (no change) |
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| Digital payments (11 - 16) | Digital payments |
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| Money and work (14 - 16) | Getting to know payslips |
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| 11-16 |
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| Maths in everyday life (created with National Numeracy) | (no change) |
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| 14-16 |
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| Money skills lesson one: Understanding and managing debt | Planning budgets, credit and debt |
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| Money skills lesson two: Money and work | Calculating salaries, payslips, student loans and pensions |
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| Money skills lesson three: Financial risk and security | Exploring insurance |
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| Money skills lesson four: Financial risk and security | Protecting against online fraud and scams |
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| Understanding spending behaviours when gambling (created with GamCare) | (no change) |
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| 14-19 |
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| The budgeting money game |
(no change) |
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| 16-19 |
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| Financial survival skills | Spotting online shopping scams |
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| Financial survival skills | Understanding overdrafts, credit cards and credit scores |
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| Finances and the world of work | Managing payslips, pensions and self-employment |
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| Managing money and budgeting | ||
| Finances and the world of work | Creating a work budget challenge |
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| Planning your finances for the future | Managing finances when renting or buying a home |
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| Staying in control of money when gambling (created with GamCare) | (no change) |
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| 19+ |
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| Planning for financial independence | (no change) |
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