Financial Literacy

Do you know?

• Half of Year 9 and 10 students can't interpret a bank statement
• More than half of all high school students do not understand credit cards and charges
• A large percentage of children between 14 and 17 do not understand motor vehicle insurance.

Financial Literacy is about understanding and interpreting money. Without money knowledge our children are at risk of making serious financial errors. In this day and age with the pressure of a recession hitting on the world financial markets we need informed and money educated students.

Our financial literacy courses are aimed at Year 9 - 10 students, however people of all ages and status would benefit from these sessions. The Heaydon Learning Financial Literacy Course covers content from the Mathematics and Commerce syllabus.

In our course we work on numeracy skills as well as understanding financial terms needed for the real world. We focus on.......

• Budgets
• Tax
• Mobile Phones
• Credit and Debit Cards
• Loans
• Motor Vehicle Insurance