Choose learning that matters beyond school
Explore uncertainty, compounding, diversification and misleading claims.
Parents can add this optional course in Choose subjects & weekly plan. It contributes one session per week in the current course. Save the selection to update My learning and My week; move sessions to fit your family. Existing work is kept when a subject is deselected.
Year 8: four introductory lessons
- Week 1: Saving, investing and time
- Week 2: Growth, losses and compounding
- Week 3: Diversification and shared risks
- Week 4: Question promises and fees
Read together, draw the situation or use counters and role-play. Compare two possible responses or outcomes and justify your decision using the lesson.
Year 9: four introductory lessons
- Week 1: Saving, investing and time
- Week 2: Growth, losses and compounding
- Week 3: Diversification and shared risks
- Week 4: Question promises and fees
Read together, draw the situation or use counters and role-play. Evaluate your decision: identify an assumption, a limitation and what new information could change your view.
More than one route to understanding
Read a clear explanation, open a worked example, break the idea into steps and try practice with feedback. Use a drawing, counters, discussion or a fictional role-play, then save your own response for parent review. Weekly and month-end checks ask learners to apply the idea in a fresh example.
Explore safely with fictional examples
Use imaginary credits, paper prototypes and fictional people. No purchases, investment accounts, real trading or public business launch are needed. The investment course develops understanding of risk and costs; it does not recommend products or promise returns.
Background reading for parents
Read the public educational reference →
Asta authored these introductory activities; the reference provider does not endorse the course.
Check claims and costs
Try it with your child
Explore written lessons, worked examples, practice and parent review guides. Choose the course in your child’s weekly plan and start with the first activity.
Updated 28 October 2026 · Asta Online School
See learning at Asta for details about learning with Asta.