On Friday 5th May Mrs Jayne Kernohan from Danske Bank came to school to deliver the Danske SMART Programme. This programme aims to help children to become financially confident by helping them to understand the value of money and personal finance. There were three different talks for the different age groups. The children learned what banks are for - keeping money safe, lending money to buy a house or car etc, and foreign currency for holidays. She also talked about earning money and saving money. Each group was given a budget and the children had to decide what they could spend their money on without going over budget. Jayne told the children about a great website called 'Moneyville' and we will be using this in class to learn more about money. Thanks to Jayne for making this such an interesting and worthwhile talk.
