About this resource
Learning About Money is an activity workbook for New Zealand Intermediate school studies. Learning about, and understanding basic financial literacy is the focus throughout this resource. The following are some of the key highlights in this resource, offering worksheets, activities and role play for the student to engage in with their peers.

• Sustainable Growth and Development
• The New Zealand Dollar, Costing and Budgeting
• Wants and Needs
• Calculation and Budgeting
• Entrepreneurship
• The Production Process
• SWOT Analysis
• Market Surveys
• Some dictionary work, with a brief guide and assessment tool for the Educator at the end of the resource

About this resource

Economic and Social Science for Intermediate Schools is an activity workbook for New Zealand Intermediate school studies. Learning about, and understanding basic financial literacy is the focus throughout this resource. To be able to identify with the factors which influence our daily and economic living requirements to familiarise themselves and make informative decisions about goods and services included are case studies, role playing, rhyme and rap, allowing the student to showcase their natural talents.

Topics included in this resource are

• Brighter Money
• Sustainable Growth and Development
•  What is a Budget?
• Rhythm and Rhyme
• Shopping List
• Lifecycle of Notes
• Shopping Bag Trivia
• Jingle Bag Trivia
• Plastic Dilemma
• Creation Station

This resource, “Economic and Social Science for Intermediate Schools” can be used on its own, or in conjunction with the “Learning About Money” resource, which is an earlier edition of “Economic and Social Science”.

About the Tale

This Tale is a short and whimsical storybook, which is based on a true story of a wonderful Nurse who was instrumental in the founding of the District Nursing Association in New Zealand. Historical and actual true events that occurred in Nurse Maude’s life are portrayed throughout this story. The reader will feel the kindness of this young girl, and be captivated by a gentle butterfly (fictitious character), and Gyp (true character) her Border Collie dog and friend, who became her constant travel companions on her journeys. This reader is suited for all school ages, primary, intermediate or anyone who enjoys a light-hearted true and meaningful Tale about kindness.

Meet Money Mouse, a frugal and adventurous mouse who shows his family how to recycle, spend wisely, and also how to have fun while doing this. This workbook contains fun and simple worksheets for the learner, containing storytelling, rhyme, and visual interpretation of goods and services within a social environment. Included in this resource is an interactive fundraising initiative which can be used as a basis for teambuilding and group work. As of the 20 th August 2023 the current Prime Minister of New Zealand, Mr Chris Hipkins, issued a statement saying that, “it’s about making sure that young people understand how to be good with money”, thereby introducing financial literacy into schools in the future. This resource could be used as a financial literacy catalyst whereby teachers could expound on.