We had to re-schedule one of the periods we had intended to use for the presentations last week to this week, and after all the groups had given their presentations, they were provided with feedback on the content of their…

Two periods this week would be devoted to giving the Finance Project presentations to Mrs Rennie and myself. The other lessons would be looking at probability and how this relates to Finance in betting and stocks & shares. This will…

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 before planning/costing a holiday. We then had a period preparing for the project presentations next week. The class were given clear guidelines on what…

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…

The class spent two lessons looking at the type of question that is shortly going to be introduced in GCSE Mathematics in England, and were able to see that the work done so far in the Finance Project is giving…

We continued to look at developing greater Financial Competence by further looking at average pay, salaries, wage deductions & paying tax on wages. This led onto looking at loans and the shocking statistic of how many people in the UK…

We continued the Finance Project this time planning/costing for a holiday and foreign exchange. We then looked at developing greater Financial Competence by looking at average pay, salaries, wage deductions, paying tax on wages. A good website for supplying information…

We continued the Finance Project looking at the costs of food shopping, discussing the benefits of buying in bulk and costing different products and working out which was cheaper. We also looked at future foods and considered the land use…

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…