MyBnk

A highly interactive financial education programme, designed to help set positive money habits and mindsets from an early age.

This programme is delivered directly to young people in your school by experts from the charity MyBnk.

Expert-led sessions are complemented by an assembly, teacher resources and family challenges. These unique and engaging activities teach young people to become informed consumers, savvy savers, and mindful spenders by making finance fun.

Key facts:

Format: 3 x 75 minute sessions delivered over 6 weeks – 1 x Assembly – 1 x Teacher Resource Pack – 1 x Family Activity Pack.

Target group: 7-8 year olds.

Group size: 12-30 young people.

Sessions cover:

Assembly: Introduction to different money mindsets related to the consequences of everyday spending and saving.

My Money: Awareness of money habits, delayed gratification and looking at strategies to resist temptation when spending.

My Choices: Prioritising needs and wants, the cost of living and exploring how to manage your money through budgeting.

My Future: The benefits of saving, understanding interest as both a reward for saving and a charge for borrowing. Looking at different financial risks and setting a future finance goal.

Money Twist involves writing, presenting, drawing, maths and problem-solving. We use interactive resources and videos, engaging students to remember new knowledge and form their own money opinions. Underpinning behaviour change is the development of executive functions.

Money Twist has been evaluated and proven by The Money Advice Service’s Evidence Hub.

After this programme:

* 91% of pupils will opt to defer spending gratification. A 68% increase in those that would not.

* 70% of pupils will actively pursue a savings goal.

* 55% of pupils who could not understand financial terms like ‘habits’ (43%)‘ and ‘budget’ (67%) now can.

* 87% of teachers said pupils now know financial decisions have consequences.

* 91% of teachers said pupils now know there are ‘costs of living’.

Sample: 1,44 children - 187 teachers - Substance 2018.

Testimonials:

“There’s an amazing balance between independent learning, group discussion, class involvement, video clips, etc. There was a lot of deeper learning. Very easy for us to do follow up sessions”. Natalie Lipman, Head of Year 5, Parsloes Primary.

“You might live on the streets if you don’t know about money!” Tegan Helen, 9.

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