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Primary award

This new category is open to schools and individual teachers teaching pupils of primary school age

Do your pupils know why money is important? Does your primary school have an exciting and engaging approach to teaching pupils about money, its value and uses?

We’re looking for schools and teachers who have raised the profile of teaching money matters in their school.

The award recognises the efforts of those primary schools and teachers who have made a successful, exciting and/or innovative contribution to personal finance education (PFE), enabling pupils to understand why money is important in their lives and their communities.

What are we looking for?

Here are just a few suggestions of initiatives which would be suitable for entry – but your idea could be completely different! Perhaps you, your department or your school has:

• devised a successful cross-curricular project centred on investigating money. You had great feedback from the children, other staff or parents about the quality of the learning. You may even have an idea about how to develop the project next time.
• run inset training for your school or a school partnership on teaching money and personal finance to primary-aged children.
• offered a range of activities for a special event such as a ‘money week’ or Fairtrade fortnight, and the results prove that the children moved forward in their learning about money.
• devised a special resource to help pupils get to grips with money matters.

How to enter

What do I have to do?
You need to complete a simple online entry form to tell us about your programme.

You will then have the option to upload up to four supporting documents or media files. You will also have the option to add a supporting statement from a colleague or an external organisation like a local bank or business, or an RBS or NatWest MoneySense partner that you have worked with to develop your money or PFE programme.

What are the prizes?

Winner – £1,500 for the school and a laptop for the individual entrant
Runners up – £500 for the school and an iPod shuffle for the individual entrant

What are the timings?

The deadline for entries is Friday 30th April 2010.