This week in Year 3, we’ve been learning all about money through our Me and My Money Week!
So far, we’ve been thinking about decision-making with money and how our choices can link to our Christian values. For example, when we choose to donate money to charity, we show compassion by helping others in need.
Today, we explored the idea of saving. Saving is putting money aside instead of spending it straight away. To help us understand this, we took on the Penny Challenge! Using one penny at a time, we carefully stacked coins to build the tallest tower we could. This activity showed perseverance, just like saving money does over time and little by little, the tower (and our savings) grow and become more valuable.
Year 3 showed amazing determination, especially when a few towers were knocked over (sometimes by me shaking the table!). Even when they had to start again, they didn’t give up. This is a great reminder that saving takes patience and persistence.
We’re really enjoying our Me and My Money Week so far and can’t wait to keep learning more about making wise and thoughtful choices with money.
Help at home: Talk together about decisions we make with money and link them to a Christian value such as perseverance, compassion, forgiveness, honesty, peace or courage.