Student group:K-6
Description: Resources consist of a fictional novel, 'enRICH KIDS™ and the Big Win' and a teaching workbook titled the BIG WIN Financial Literacy Program. The 10 module program includes teacher notes and suggested lesson plans and student worksheets. It is recommended the workbook be used in conjunction with the novel. The materials are designed to be used by middle to upper primary school students.
Publisher: Robyn Iommazzo and Justine Thomson
Developed by: Robyn Iommazzo and Justine Thomson
Copyright owned by: Robyn Iommazzo and Justine Thomson
Last updated: June 2006
Published:
- CFL Framework: Knowledge and Understanding: making choices; limitations; needs and wants; purchasing of goods and services; setting goals; budgeting, savings and debt management and examining financial records.
- Competence: Communication skills; creative and critical thinking, analytical, interpretive and problem solving skills; prioritising.
- Enterprise: investigating opportunities for earning income; exploring support areas for school fundraising activities; decision making; risks; manage the world in which we live in; act effectively in that world.
Responsibility: advertising and peer pressures influences; value of savings; spending behaviours; values and attitudes towards physical well being, responsibility to self, community and the world we live in.
Curriculum area: enRICH KIDS™ resources have been mapped to current school curriculum for each State and Territory. The resources support current school curriculum for Year 3 to 7 in the following areas: English; Mathematics; Society and the Environment; Personal Futures; and Communication and Thinking.
Adult Education Standards: n/a
Available in: n/a
Licensing arrangements: n/a
Professional development: At request: Contact enRICH KIDS™,
email: info@enrichkids.com.au;
mail: PO Box 3073, Unley SA 5061; or
phone: 0438 752 683
Quality indicator: Meets the Financial Literacy Foundation?s Essential Elements eligibility and assessment requirements and endorsed by the Curriculum Corporation.
Material type: Hard copy story, lesson plans and units of work.
Availability: Resources can be purchased direct from enRICH KIDS™ at www.enrichkids.com.au. Orders can be made online, by mail or by fax.
Website: www.enrichkids.com.au