Choose learning that matters beyond school
Budgeting, saving, value and thoughtful money choices.
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 5: four introductory lessons
- Week 1: Make a simple spending plan
- Week 2: Save towards a goal
- Week 3: Compare value, not just a label
- Week 4: Pause before a money message
Read together, draw the situation or use counters and role-play. Show your reasoning in two steps, using a labelled sketch or short written explanation.
Year 6: four introductory lessons
- Week 1: Make a simple spending plan
- Week 2: Save towards a goal
- Week 3: Compare value, not just a label
- Week 4: Pause before a money message
Read together, draw the situation or use counters and role-play. Explain your decision and compare it with one reasonable alternative.
Year 7: four introductory lessons
- Week 1: Budget with uncertainty
- Week 2: Interest and the cost of borrowing
- Week 3: Price changes and purchasing power
- Week 4: Subscriptions, scams and informed choices
Read together, draw the situation or use counters and role-play. State the evidence or calculation behind your answer, and identify one assumption.
Year 8: four introductory lessons
- Week 1: Budget with uncertainty
- Week 2: Interest and the cost of borrowing
- Week 3: Price changes and purchasing power
- Week 4: Subscriptions, scams and informed choices
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: Budget with uncertainty
- Week 2: Interest and the cost of borrowing
- Week 3: Price changes and purchasing power
- Week 4: Subscriptions, scams and informed choices
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.
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
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