Financial Capability's blogs
Links to a couple of Nigel Latta's episodes and other resources to explore
https://mindovermoney.kiwi/?gclid=CLnM3M_l1NICFVgmvQodnOAH9w
Bring financial education up to date in your classroom using Banqer.
Banqer weaves itself into the fabric of school life
Banqer is simulated online banking for your classroom, it provides a hands on environment for kids to get curious, creative, and ultimately, confident with money.
Sign up now for a free 30-day trial at www.banqer.co or email us at hello@banqer.co.
A webinar giving teachers an insight into the BANQER resource and some of the modules available to use with your students
Although developed in America this range of curriculum resources can easily be adapted to NZ contexts!
http://responsible.pwc.com/changing-world/earn-your-future.html
Financial literacy and sustainability lessons
General
Subject Grade level Lesson
descriptionMaterials General All Classroom management tips 
Classroom management tipsGeneral All Linking curricula to the Common Core Standards Examples for linking curricula to the Common Core Standards (CCSS Connections)Financial literacy: Financial responsibility & decision making
Financial literacy: Credit & debt
Financial literacy: Risk management & insurance
Financial literacy: Saving & investing
Financial literacy: Income & careers
Financial literacy: Planning & money management
Financial literacy: Home buying
Financial literacy: Stock market
Financial literacy: Paying for college
Financial literacy: Taxes
Environmental sustainability
Financial literacy: Translated curricula in Spanish, Portuguese, & French
Financial Literacy: Family and Adult Learning (English and Spanish)
Links to financial literacy resources
A fab Te Toi Tupu Impact story on a collaborative venture between students two schools working on growing their financial literacy understanding and skills.
Read on...
https://drive.google.com/a/waikato.ac.nz/file/d/0B1CUgA-V0YPzMHZsdGoxOWJOZ1U/view
NZ Herald article Thursday 25th February 2016
A test that hundreds of 16 to 19 years olds sat has shown Kiwi teens are good at identifying risks with money, but lack skills around budgeting and financial management. How do you fare?
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/personal-finance/news/article.cfm?c_id=12&objectid=11595323
A perspective to share and invoke some thinking - what can we do now to action change around spending, consumerism and being financially capable?
http://www.cffc.org.nz/latest-news/blog/lizzie-marvelly/
Never too young to learn financial literacy
Imagine four glass jars with the labels: grow, save, spend, share. Money: what can we do with it and what exactly does it mean to be financially literate for the next generation? If financial literacy is ‘something new’ that needs to be embedded across the whole curriculum, then what could it look like in teaching and learning?
The following two stories have come about as a result of the Financial Capabilities Education PLD support in 2015. Two schools from two cities came together online (Skype and Google docs) to share experiences, challenges and top tips for different ways of applying new financial capability knowledge.
http://tetoitupu.org/never-too-young-learn-financial-literacy
