Outstanding teaching resource for teaching year 6 children about salary, tax and wages.
Includes teaching slides for four high quality lessons.
Lesson 1: Defining salary, tax and wages
Gives visual representations for net and gross salary
Lesson 2: Calculating wages based on hourly rates
Lesson 3: Calculating tax deductions from salary
Lesson 4: Calculating net pay
Throughout each lesson their is ping pong slides for “I do, you do”
The lessons include sentence stems and steps to calculating net pay and tax deductions.
Small steps with differentiated questions.
The purple questions are the easier questions and each slide progresses in difficulty.
Visual representations for the difference between net and gross salary.
This unit allows children to practice their calculator skills ready for year 7.
This is also an appropriate resource for Key stage 3 and year 5 depending on the ability of the children.
3 lesson bundle
suitable for year 5 and year 6
engaging maths lessons based on saving for a holiday.
lesson 1: Pupils must pick flights and hotels
lesson 2: Pupils must pick items they are taking on holiday
lesson 3: Pupils must pick the activities that they are completing on the trip
pupils have a budget and they must then calculate the total cost
Includes:
Teaching slides
differentiated questions
modeled questions
answers for questions
Maths lesson based on planning a holiday
TASK 1: Children have to calculate the cost of the flights, choose their seats and then choose their destination.
Challenge: Calculate added tax
Cost of the plane journey is calculated based on hours on the plane.
TASK 2: Children have to calculate the cost of the hotel choosing one hotel per destination.
Challenge: Calculate added cost for all inclusive package
Modelled ping pong
Teaching slides to go alongside the input.
Planning a holiday on a budget
Engaging lesson where children have to pick excursions for their chosen destination
Teaching slides
3 worksheets with added challenges including:
Calculating VAT
Lesson 2: luggage
Children must choose the items that they are bringing on the plane in their luggage
They must calculate the total cost of the weight and the suitcase
They must also calculate the total cost of the items that they need to purchase.
Year 5 PSHE Career unit
Lo: What influences peoples decision about careers
Starter: Match up salaries to careers
Discussion around the influences on peoples career choices
Main task: Continuum of whats most important and least important to people
Extension: Write down skills, attributes, knowledge and qualifications for their chosen career path.
Upper Ks2/KS3 Mortgage pack
3 lessons
Visual representations of mortgages
I do/You do slides
Calculator use
Sentence stems
Print off purple slides trim and stick in books
Lesson 1- Lo: To understand what mortgages are
Lesson 2 - Lo: Calculate deposit and how much a lender will lend a buyer
Lesson 3- Lo: Calculate monthly payments
Year 5 PSHE lesson based on a career and finance unit
Teaching slides with discussion tasks and task for books
One Hen
Link to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z3--dx_ieA
The above link reads the book out loud if you don’t have a copy of the book in school.
Great for year 5 and year 6 in summer term after assessments.
Can be used in KS3
3 weeks of planning
Topics:
Net salary
Gross salary
Tax
Pension
Calculating net pay
Planning a holiday
Two lessons bundle
Lesson 1: Flights and hotel
Lesson 2: Luggage and items
Engaging topic great for summer term
Calculator use
Can be used in upper ks2 and KS3
Challenges for higher ability children
Teaching slides and worksheets
Year 5 PSHE career bundle
Lesson 1: How can money be borrowed and what are the risks with this?
Lesson 2: What is enterprise?
Lesson 3: What influences peoples decisions about careers?