Literacy

Numeracy

SOSE

* Explore newspaper articles for examples of money and currency.
* Write a letter to a bank manager.
* Ask a bank for some extra bank deposit and withdrawal cheques for young children to practise writing their name and numbers onto.
* Write a supermarket shopping list to a certain money limit.
* Make your own class shopping catalogue and have students assign the most suitable amount to each item they draw into a book.

* Recognise, name and match coins
* Describe and sort coins by colour, shape, size and value.
* Money sums.
* Cut and paste items from shopping catalogues to a stated amount.
* Coin bingo.
* Weigh coins and check for comparisons in weight - e.g. which coin is the heaviest? how many 10c pieces do you need to weigh the same as $1.
* Make a pattern using coins and notes.
* Solve maths problems related to money.

* Explore the historical features of money in Australia.
* Examine the images on our current coins and notes and how they represent Australian history, heritage and culture.

* How is money made? (materials, water marks etc.)

* Build a cash register for your classroom shop.

* Older students: Investigate online sites such as ebay, internet banking and stores - some questions might be: How do these sites process payments, handle money, credit cards, exchange rates etc.

* Talk about pocket money and what you may have to do to earn pocket money. What do you do with your pocket money? Where do you keep it?
* Discuss what money is and why we have it? What do we use it for? How would your life be different if we didn't have any money?
* Discuss why you might have money at school and what you do with it?

* Explore currency from around the world.
* Do some maths sums using currency conversions from around the world.
* Investigate nations which use other items as currency other than coins and bank notes.