Money & Financial Literacy Knowledge Organiser
A KS1/KS2 money reference — UK coins and notes, adding and giving change, profit and loss, budgeting basics, and the difference between needs and wants.
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Learning objective
Work with money in context, calculate change and profit/loss, and apply basic financial literacy vocabulary.
About this resource
- Subject: Math
- Type: Knowledge Organiser
- Grade levels: Grade 1 (ages 6-7, ≈ Year 2), Grade 2 (ages 7-8, ≈ Year 3), Grade 3 (ages 8-9, ≈ Year 4), Grade 4 (ages 9-10, ≈ Year 5), Grade 5 (ages 10-11, ≈ Year 6)
- Pages: 3
- Date added: 2026-05-15
- Credit: Qualified primary teacher
Books on money and financial literacy for primary
Convenience links if you'd like to look any of these up. We've recommended these books in the resource above.
For children
- S Show Me the Money: A Kid's Guide to Earning, Saving and Spending — Alvin Hall
- L Little Money Book — Charlie Greenman
- A Around the World in 80 Trades — Mark Weston
Classroom resources
- P Play money UK coins and notes set teaching
- C Cash register toy shop learning
- C Coin sorting tray teaching maths
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