We finished the Finance Project with more discussion regarding probability and betting.

This week the class would be looking at probability and how this relates to Finance in betting and stocks & shares. This will carry on to next week as well. We have already discussed how bookmakers take 90% of the…

We continued the Finance Project looking at the cost of a loan before planning/costing a holiday, buying a car and value for money (all of which has some bearing on the class project and the finances that each group is…

We continued the Finance Project this time looking at the cost of a loan and mortgages.  The class were given clear guidelines on what is required from each group for their presentations, and each group given feedback on what they…

We continued the Finance Project with a reminder that they would need to be giving their presentations the week beginning 5th May and the class were given a reminder also on what they are expected to produce when they give…

We continued the Finance Project with more work on paying tax on wages (Financial Competence). The class were reminded that their presentations for the Finance Project would be taking place the week beginning 5th May, and as such they might…

We looked at developing greater Financial Competence by looking at average pay, salaries, wage deductions, paying tax on wages. A good website for supplying information on various careers including what the job would entail, the necessary qualifications and an indication…

We continued the Finance Project with another lesson on probability and calculating probability. This can be found on the MyMaths website under Library – Data – Probability – Simple Probability.  We then went onto a brief look at the recent…

In continuing with the Finance Project, we spent one lesson on Probability. This can be found on the MyMaths website under Library – Data – Probability – Simple Probability.  MyMaths is now accessible via the Puffin Academy flash browser which…

We continued the Finance Project with a look at finance in the news as it occurred such as the effect that the situation in Ukraine might have on gas bills, the rising costs of child-care and how this might affect…