Year 7 lessons
Year 7 lessons
Session 1: Spending decisions
This lesson offers insights into needs, wants and priorities as well as personal and external influences that affect spending decisions.
Session 2: Budgeting
Students will learn what a budget is, why budgeting is important and how to analyse a budget before setting their own savings goals.
Session 3: Getting a job
Explore different types of jobs and ways of working. The lesson ends with students’ having an opportunity to determine what kind of work they’d like for their future.
Session 4: Inflation
This session teaches students what inflation is, how it’s measured and how inflation affects people’s everyday lives.
Session 5: The critical consumer
Students explore various pressures that influence spending decisions before diving into what makes adverts persuasive.
Session 6: Budgeting for a holiday
Learning is consolidated in this activity where students create a holiday budget for a profile, making spending decisions along the way.
