This week Primary 4 have been learning all about money. We discussed the difference between ‘needs’ and ‘wants’ when spending money and then worked in groups to decide which purchases were the most important. Items like a car generated lots of interesting discussion in class as some groups decided to categorise it as a ‘want’, because you could use public transport instead, whilst others argued that it may be a ‘need’ for some people, especially if you lived in the country or had to drive for work.
Next week we will developing our money skills in Maths and learning about the importance of budgeting and saving.
There is obviously a lot of good quality discussion taking place in P4! I will be interested to hear what you have learned about saving and budgeting next week. Maybe Mark from the Credit Union would be able to tell you why he believes saving is important?