Teach children to respect one another and develop real-world skills.
When I was at primary school (late 70's) we had a school bank. The two best in maths got to be the bank managers, the next 10 or so got to be tellers. We ran it like a proper bank. I was a 9 year old bank manager :D
Also, I was taught how to learn and self motivate based on my interests. Oh, and it was a Christian faith school in the Uk.
We saved kids deposits (real money) and we also allowed them to use cheques in the school tuck shop and for school events etc., the tellers would advise on keeping a budget and me and the other bank manager would basically sit around being all masterful etc :)
There were two classes in each year (small school) about 25 kids in each. At the end of third year (about 9 years old) we had a maths exam at the end of the year and the top student in each class got to be bank manager for the following year, the runners up being the tellers.
By a funny quirk of fate the top at maths in each class were boys (me and this other boy, Neil) and all the runners up were girls. Not a single boy was a teller.
Also, since it was setbup by a proper bank (TSB) it was technically an official branch (we handled real money after all) so I really was a bank manager at 9.
Teach children to respect one another and develop real-world skills.
When I was at primary school (late 70's) we had a school bank. The two best in maths got to be the bank managers, the next 10 or so got to be tellers. We ran it like a proper bank. I was a 9 year old bank manager :D
Also, I was taught how to learn and self motivate based on my interests. Oh, and it was a Christian faith school in the Uk.
We saved kids deposits (real money) and we also allowed them to use cheques in the school tuck shop and for school events etc., the tellers would advise on keeping a budget and me and the other bank manager would basically sit around being all masterful etc :)
There were two classes in each year (small school) about 25 kids in each. At the end of third year (about 9 years old) we had a maths exam at the end of the year and the top student in each class got to be bank manager for the following year, the runners up being the tellers.
By a funny quirk of fate the top at maths in each class were boys (me and this other boy, Neil) and all the runners up were girls. Not a single boy was a teller.
Also, since it was setbup by a proper bank (TSB) it was technically an official branch (we handled real money after all) so I really was a bank manager at 9.