Hannah and Seagull: Learning Money

Money Box

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4.2 • 804 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

How do schools teach children and teenagers about money?

Learning about money is part of the curriculum but more than three-quarters of teachers say young people are leaving school without the money skills they need for adulthood.

We’re going back to school to hear from pupils at Trinity Academy Cathedral School in Wakefield who are learning about money in special classes. We’ll listen in to find out how the experts teach children about credit cards, pensions, budgeting and more.

The government says its reformed the curriculum and invested substantially over £100 million in its Maths Hubs programme.

Felicity Hannah presents alongside the broadcaster, maths teacher and University Challenge alumni Bobby Seagull. They’ll be finding out how it all works from the school’s headteacher Anna Gillinder and Stephanie Fitzgerald, Head of Young People Programmes at The Money Charity.

Presenters: Felicity Hannah and Bobby Seagull Producers: Kath Paddison and Sarah Rogers Reporters: Tamzin Kraftman Researcher: Eimear Devlin Editor: Jess Quayle

(This episode was first broadcast at 3pm on Wednesday 28th February 2024)

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0:43.3	Hello. Today, Moneybox is live in Wakefield, where we've gone back to the classroom at the Trinity Academy Cathedral School. Good afternoon.
0:52.4	Good afternoon, Moneybox live. It is just after three o'clock, so the school
0:58.8	day is finished and the students are heading home, but we're staying behind and we haven't got
1:03.9	detention. We have taken over the library to talk about money and how it's being taught in schools.
1:09.6	And we're sharing the space with the creative
1:11.6	writing club. Hello! Hello! I'm not top of the class today. I'm joined by a special guest.
1:17.8	Bobby Seagull is here, the broadcaster, maths teacher and university challenge alumni. Bobby,
1:23.8	hello. Hello. I can't resist doing this when we've got you on the program.
1:29.2	I think our listeners are very clever.
1:31.4	You are known for setting maths questions.
1:33.1	Will you set us a challenge?
1:33.8	Of course.
1:36.2	So listeners get a pen and paper out.
1:39.2	So you've got £10,000 savings in the bank and you're paid 5% interest rate annually at the end of each year.
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