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Standard Life sponsors 'On the Money'
'On the Money' is a new book of four stories by Theresa Breslin, Jonathan Meres, Nicola Morgan and Alison Prince, exploring issues of financial responsibility for children.
'On the Money' combines numeracy with literacy in an innovative way that hasn’t previously been implemented in Scotland. The project goes beyond knowledge and skills and the focus of many existing resources for financial education, to encourage crucial attitudes, values and dispositions relevant to responsible and enterprising financial behaviour.
'On the Money' is a free resource that will be distributed to schools throughout Scotland.
Standard Life, Learning and Teaching Scotland and Scottish Book Trust have worked in partnership to produce a book of stories for primary school children to help them become financially informed and aware and to aid their growth into financially capable adults.
The aim of the project is to develop the financial capability of primary school pupils as part of their general education. This will give pupils an opportunity to engage with key financial concepts, and to do this in a very creative and enjoyable way.
Together we have developed a package of:
- Four stories, initially for primary school children, which incorporate issues to do with financial responsibility (such as entrepreneurship and money management, exploration of moral dilemmas to do with money and awareness of financial systems)
- Advice for teachers on how to use the stories to explore the issues with pupils, including dealing with sensitive issues in classes where children come from very different economic and cultural backgrounds
- An inclusive DVD resource that includes a British Sign Language video for the Deaf, audio tracks in English and Gaelic, and a presentation of the story illustrations as an aid to teachers who choose to read the stories aloud in the classroom
- An 'On the Money' website which includes PDFs of each of the stories and of the complete book, a PDF of the support materials and downloadable audio files of each story in English and Gaelic.
Read more about 'On the Money' at the Learning & Teaching Scotland website.
'On the Money' website.