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Year 10 Moneywise HALF Year (10MOWH)

10MOWH
Course Description

Teacher in Charge: Mrs D. Reyneke.

Pre-requisites

None


Many young people are not equipped with the necessary skills about money when they go into the “real world”. This course aims to develop skills in basic money matters to prevent them from being financially disadvantaged. We will cover the following topics: payslips, different documents used by retailers, budgeting, banking, credit, savings, credit cards, changing spending habits, setting financial goals, insurance etc. This half year course will cover half of the topics mentioned.

This course provides an excellent foundation for Year 11 Economics, Accounting and Business Studies.


Course Overview

Semester A
Semester 1.
All courses do the Banquer online financial game
Term 1 - US 24697 Gross and net pay calculations and payslips.
- US 29558 Credit History
Term 2 - US 24709 Budgets
- US 28088 Credit and debt

Semester B
Semester 2.
All courses do the Banquer online financial game
Term 3 - US 24697 Gross and net pay calculations and payslips.
- US 29558 Credit History
Term 4 - US 24709 Budgets
- US 28088 Credit and debt

Learning Areas:

Business and Management


Assessment Information

All the assessment are unit standards and are open book but is an application of knowledge gained.


Contributions and Equipment/Stationery

Course materials fee: $7.


Disclaimer

Owing to teachers responding to individual students' needs, courses and NCEA standards taught in a subject maybe different to those displayed.