Year 9 - Citizenship
Where can we save money?
How can we manage money well?
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Unit Summary
Pupils explore how to look after their money considering the implications of borrowing, how they can keep track of their money, what saving options are available to them and what their rights are as a consumer.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to explain the different ways to save and how people invest money.
Key Notes
- Ways to save are instant access, notice accounts and Cash ISAs, each with different interest rates and accessibility.
- Being a critical consumer helps people avoid impulse purchases and maximise savings through better interest rates.
- The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) sets the Bank of England base rate, influencing savings, borrowing and inflation.
- Investments like stocks, bonds, funds, property, commodities and cryptocurrency generate returns but all carry risks.
- Investments like stocks offer greater returns, while funds provide stable growth for risk-averse investors.
Vocabulary To Learn
- interest: the money paid by a borrower to a lender for using their money; it's usually expressed as a percentage of the amount borrowed or saved
- invest: putting money into something, like stocks, property or a business, with the aim of making a profit
- investment: the money used to buy assets like shares or property, hoping they will increase in value
- risk: the chance of losing money or not getting the expected return
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Investments all carry the same level of financial risk.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Ways to save are instant access, notice accounts and Cash ISAs, each with different interest rates and accessibility. Being a critical consumer helps people avoid impulse purchases and maximise savings through better interest rates.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'interest'
the money paid by a borrower to a lender for using their money; it's usually expressed as a percentage of the amount borrowed or saved.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Investments all carry the same level of financial risk. Correction: There are many different types of investments and they all provide different risks. For example, cryptocurrency is very risky, whereas investing in funds provides more financial security.
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