HSBC money management workshops foundation, key stage 1 - Stay Safe Partnership

HSBC are offering a range of free interactive workshops to educate and engage children around money management skills. Please detail which workshop you are interested in on the booking form.

1. Understanding money

The Treasure Hunt

3 to 6 years

An exciting first foray into the world of money featuring fun activities to keep children engaged as well as an exploration of coins and values.

Availability: In Classroom (up to 30 children) / Live Digital Session (Up to 90 children)

Money Through the Ages

4 to 7 years

This session looks at how money has evolved into what we use today and the role of money in society. The session also helps with recognition of the value of money and how we pay for things now.

Availability: In Classroom (up to 30 children) / Live Digital Session (Up to 90 children)

2. Good for money maths

A Woodland Adventure

3 to 7 years

Meet Hoot the Owl to explore the value of money, Dotty the Ladybird to practice counting and money maths; and Savvy the Squirrel to talk about why we save money.

Availability: In Classroom (up to 30 children) / Live Digital Session (Up to 90 children)

Toy Time

5 to 7 years

Looks at the cost of buying toys and how long it would take to save up for a toy. The lesson helps young people to understand choices that they can make around spending and saving and that others may make different choices.

Availability: In Classroom (up to 30 children) / Live Digital Session (Up to 90 children)

3. Making Decisions about Money

Ed and Bunny Raise Some Money

4 to 7 years

A story time session focusing on climate change and how we can all make a difference. Activities include considering how we can help others, the things we have and some cake sale money maths!

Availability: In Classroom (up to 30 children) / Live Digital Session (Up to 90 children) / Assembly (Up to 250 children)

Ed and Bunny Spend Some Money

4 to 7 years

A story time session to help young people learn about spending money. Bunny’s mum is baking a cake and Ed’s dad is making a nut roast, so the two friends are sent to the shop to get some ingredients. A reading of this wonderful book about money by Matt Carr with some discussion and activities to bring the learning to life.

Availability: In Classroom (up to 30 children) / Live Digital Session (Up to 90 children) / Assembly (Up to 250 children)

Keeping a Record: The Birthday Party

5 to 7 years

In this session the children will plan a birthday party, keep track of their spending and make choices around their birthday budget. This activity shows children how they can create and use records to track their money and keep it in a safe place.

Availability: In Classroom (up to 30 children) / Live Digital Session (Up to 90 children)

To Buy or Not to Buy

5 to 7 years

This session helps children to distinguish between needs and wants as well as thinking about spending and saving choices. It explores how we might prioritise things that we might want and how our view on what is a need or want might differ from other

people’s view.

Availability: In Classroom (up to 30 children) / Live Digital Session (Up to 90 children)

4. Going to work

Fairer Tales: Stories, Roles and Dreams

3 to 6 years

Familiar stories with a twist featuring princesses that decide not to wait around for that handsome prince but instead take charge of their futures. Explore why we go to work, earning money and how this influences our financial decisions.

Availability: In Classroom (up to 30 children) / Live Digital Session (Up to 90 children)

Where Money Comes From

3 to 6 years

Helps to make the connection between having a job and earning money. The session looks at the jobs we might do and introduces the role of a bank account in getting paid and how to access money from your account.

Availability: In Classroom (up to 30 children) / Live Digital Session (Up to 90 children)

Ed and Bunny Earn Some Money

4 to 7 years

A story time session helping young people to learn about the choices we make with our money. In this wonderful story by Matt Carr the two friends earn some pocket money by doing helpful jobs. The session also features fun activities and discussions to help bring the learning from the book to life.

Availability: In Classroom (up to 30 children) / Live Digital Session (Up to 90 children) / Assembly (Up to 250 children)

All sessions are available free and are delivered by a trained member of the HSBC UK Education Network online over Zoom. Face-to-face is fully booked until December 2024.

To book a session(s), simply complete the booking form with your contact information. Note which sessions are of interest for each year group in the additional details box together with preferred dates.

Please be aware that, due to capacity, we are now only offering these sessions digitally over Zoom.

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