Last week we had a very successful Financial Education Week in St. Mark’s.  The aim of Financial Education Week is to develop financial understanding in ensuring that young people leaving school have the skills required to deal confidently with everyday financial issues.

Children throughout the school worked on a variety of activities.  Brandon, Sophie, Bethany, Noah, Mehraan, Charis, Anya and Joseph from the upper school, delivered lessons  on the history of money, and showed the children throughout the school, how to make their own banknotes.

Pupils were also delighted to have the chance to touch £500 worth of shredded banknotes.

As in previous years, parents and carers generously gave up their time to talk to pupils. We would particularly like to thank, Mr Skinner, Mrs Connolly and Mrs Amereh , who came in to talk about the importance of budgeting in  their jobs.

Pupils in Primary 3  had a visit from staff and pupils from St. Luke’s, who delivered  a lesson on money and who, much to the delight of the children, came bearing gifts of pencils and notebooks for each child.