publication date: Feb 17, 2011
Saving
Squad is a free online resource for
seven to 11 year olds (KS2), designed to improve young people's
financial capability
and promote the benefits of
saving money.
Children create their own
avatar
and solve real world money and
numeracy based problems in order to earn points
and unlock
fun games. The resource also features
lesson plans and activities to
support the
busy teacher, as well as guidance and
discussion topics for
parents.
As
testament to the quality of
the resource,
Saving Squad has been awarded the PFEG
(
Personal Finance Education Group) quality mark. The independent evaluator's
comments were:
"This website offers the ability
to get under the skin of many "real life" type puzzles which children normally
find quite boring. Here, they are colourful, fun and most importantly,
purposeful. An entertaining way of linking maths and ICT, complete with
suggestions for class based activities and resources that build skills needed
to get the most out of the website."
Saving Squad is
completely
free and offers parents an intuitive and highly engaging suite of
activities.
If you liked
Saving Squad, then please check out
Fun to Save, another financial capability
resource developed and designed for children aged
four to seven (KS1) and also
accredited with the
PFEG quality mark.
