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Looking After Money

CONCEPTUAL
Life Skills›Money & Finance|Ages 5—7|ID: mt_FNSeo9_T2Z

Keeping money safe; not losing coins or notes; understanding that money has real value and should be treated carefully; basic money responsibility

Mastery Evidence

  • Describe at least two ways to keep money safe (purse, wallet, money box, giving to a grown-up)
  • Explain why it matters if you lose money
  • Show that they treat real coins and notes carefully rather than leaving them lying around

Assessment Prompt

“If you gave [child] some coins to look after at a shop, would they keep them safe and know where they put them?”

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  • Coins & Notes hard

    Must know what coins and notes are before learning to look after them

    • Coin Values soft

      Curriculum coins/notes recognition (Maths Y1) underpins exploratory coin knowledge

      • Reading and writing numbers to 20 hard

        Recognising coin values requires reading numerals (1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50)

        • How Many in Total? hard

          Reading/writing numerals 0–20 requires understanding that numerals represent quantities (cardinality)

          • One-to-one counting hard

            Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'

        • Writing digits 0-9 hard

          Writing numerals requires the motor skill of forming digits 0-9 (taught in English handwriting)

    • What Money Is hard

      Must understand what money is before learning to recognise specific coins and notes

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