Fun day out

Year level 5-6 Parents Mathematics Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS)

Students learn the difference between needs and wants and how to stick to a budget by organising a 'day out' for their class.

This digiactivity has been designed to be used in the classroom either as stand-alone or to leads into the related digital activity resource.

Curriculum alignment

Strand: Number and Algebra

Sub-strand: Money and financial mathematics
- Create simple financial plans (ACMNA106)

Strand: Statistics and Probability

Sub-strand: Data representation and interpretation
- Describe and interpret different data sets in context (ACMSP120)

Strand: Knowledge and Understanding

Sub-strand: Economics and business
- The difference between needs and wants and why choices need to be made about how limited resources are used (ACHASSK119)
Sub-strand: Evaluating and reflecting
- Use criteria to make decisions and judgements and consider advantages and disadvantages of preferring one decision over others (ACHASSI103)

Strand: Knowledge and Understanding

Sub-strand: Economics and business
- How the concept of opportunity cost involves choices about the alternative use of resources and the need to consider trade-offs (ACHASSK149)
Sub-strand: Evaluating and reflecting
- Use criteria to make decisions and judgements and consider advantages and disadvantages of preferring one decision over others (ACHASSI131)

Level 4: Typically, by the end of Year 6, students:

Literacy:
- navigate, read and view subject-specific texts with some challenging features and a range of graphic representations
- use developing knowledge of the structure and features of learning area texts to comprehend and compose a range of more complex texts for identified purposes
Numeracy
- solve problems and check calculations using efficient mental and written strategies
- create simple financial plans, budgets and cost predictions
Critical and Creative Thinking
- assess and test options to identify the most effective solution and to put ideas into action