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You may think that your class stationery budget is tiny, but for a class of Year 3 or Year 4 pupils it’s a small fortune they’d love to get their hands on. Allowing them to make decisions about day-to-day school expenditure gives them a greater sense of responsibility. By taking control of your stationery budget, pupils will develop an understanding of how and why it is important to plan and track spending.  

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Give children the chance to spend a class stationery budget, while making sure they plan their spending carefully.

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Budget bonanza

Allowing children to make decisions about spending gives them a greater sense of responsibility.

*Please note that this activity asks children to plan a real life trip for your group or organisation and will require a budget of your choice to be spent. This may not be suitable for all settings.*

This activity is part of our range of Money Heroes resources for children with special educational needs.

These resources have been adapted to be flexible for use in a range of settings and with children of varying abilities or special educational needs. Rather than using age groups or key stages, each activity has been given a difficulty level, based on children’s financial knowledge, skills and understanding. Practitioners should choose activities based on the financial capability level of the children they are working with.

This is an **advanced** level activity – this level suits children who are ready to start building on their financial education knowledge and basic understanding with more challenging thinking and development of skills.


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Budget bonanza - Advanced

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Budget bonanza

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