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Laura T
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Understanding compound interest (what it is and how it works) is a big part of this kit. What percentage of your students demonstrated a clear understanding of the power of compound interest by the end of the learning? >75%
How easy did your students find the Sorted Calculators to use?
Difficult
Easy enough
Very easy
Which part/s of the kit did you find the most useful in supporting you to teach financial literacy and why? Worksheets - easy to understand and clear in their expectations
How would you rate the change in your own understanding of compound interest, KiwiSaver and debt, prior to engaging with this kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
Can you share any standout moments or student reactions while using the kit? Students liked the info and it was clearly set out well for them.
How have conversations in your classroom changed over the course of teaching this kit? Kids have a more comprehensive understanding now - explained it in easier ways for the students.
How would you rate the change in your students understanding of compound interest, KiwiSaver and debt prior to engaging with this kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
How useful would you say the kit was at extending students overall financial literacy?
Completely useless
Somewhat useful
Extremely useful
“This kit was very helpful in our planning of our future Financial Literacy course for our Year 9s. Clear and easy to understand activities.”
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Posted 3 months ago
Rebecca L
Verified Reviewer
Understanding compound interest (what it is and how it works) is a big part of this kit. What percentage of your students demonstrated a clear understanding of the power of compound interest by the end of the learning? 30%-45%
How easy did your students find the Sorted Calculators to use?
Difficult
Easy enough
Very easy
Which part/s of the kit did you find the most useful in supporting you to teach financial literacy and why? The sorted website and physical resources
How would you rate the change in your own understanding of compound interest, KiwiSaver and debt, prior to engaging with this kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
Can you share any standout moments or student reactions while using the kit? The moment when a young boy realised what his mum was putting herself through so he could get a new mountain bike.
How have conversations in your classroom changed over the course of teaching this kit? Yes - more open about money
How would you rate the change in your students understanding of compound interest, KiwiSaver and debt prior to engaging with this kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
How useful would you say the kit was at extending students overall financial literacy?
Completely useless
Somewhat useful
Extremely useful
“This was an excellent kit to get the students thinking about how money works but also the unfairness of money for people in our society. The hands on nature of the kit allowed some students to gain a better understanding of how decisions impact you now and in the future.”
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Posted 3 months ago
Jessica G
Verified Reviewer
Understanding compound interest (what it is and how it works) is a big part of this kit. What percentage of your students demonstrated a clear understanding of the power of compound interest by the end of the learning? <15%
How easy did your students find the Sorted Calculators to use?
Difficult
Easy enough
Very easy
Which part/s of the kit did you find the most useful in supporting you to teach financial literacy and why? Some nice videos from the sorted website on compound interest. Gave me some ideas of activities to do based loosely on the kit but I needed to make my own, much simpler tasks
How would you rate the change in your own understanding of compound interest, KiwiSaver and debt, prior to engaging with this kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
Can you share any standout moments or student reactions while using the kit? Students were quite overwhelmed with the amount of information they were asked to process and deal with.
How have conversations in your classroom changed over the course of teaching this kit? Unfortunately the lessons using this kit tended to revolve around problems with working out what to do rather than concepts of financial literacy.
How would you rate the change in your students understanding of compound interest, KiwiSaver and debt prior to engaging with this kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
How useful would you say the kit was at extending students overall financial literacy?
Completely useless
Somewhat useful
Extremely useful
“A nice concept but the actual calculations and level of problem solving expected from Year 9 & 10 students was way too high. This interfers with the message of understanding compound interest and how it can work in your favour (or not). When several adults couldn't work out what the correct answers were (including a high school maths teacher), it suggests that the entire exercise was too difficult for the year levels it was aimed at. We abandoned the kits part way through looking at the 6 different characters as students were becoming frustrated. Too many different tasks and parts to each task with way too much cognitive load for most students. Needs to be much simpler for the majority of students and spend a lot more time leading them through simplified examples. I also don't think the Sorted Debt calculator is working correctly as it was giving some very odd readings. As a teacher it would have been very useful to have a answer sheet for each person. When my student teacher who was leading this activity contacted School Kit for help, I understand that the help contact also struggled to work out what needed to be done and how they had gotten their answer.”
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Posted 3 months ago
Rebecca W
Verified Reviewer
Understanding compound interest (what it is and how it works) is a big part of this kit. What percentage of your students demonstrated a clear understanding of the power of compound interest by the end of the learning? 60%-75%
How easy did your students find the Sorted Calculators to use?
Difficult
Easy enough
Very easy
Which part/s of the kit did you find the most useful in supporting you to teach financial literacy and why? The videos and premade forms. These helped you to give something to kids that was already of high quality. The teacher resource/help page on School Kit was invaluable and easy to get around.
How would you rate the change in your own understanding of compound interest, KiwiSaver and debt, prior to engaging with this kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
Can you share any standout moments or student reactions while using the kit? Their understanding of debt and just how much those wants (usually a flash car) could potently cost them.
How have conversations in your classroom changed over the course of teaching this kit? More talking about their future jobs and what they what to buy vs how. HAs made a few take their education more seriously.
How would you rate the change in your students understanding of compound interest, KiwiSaver and debt prior to engaging with this kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
How useful would you say the kit was at extending students overall financial literacy?
Completely useless
Somewhat useful
Extremely useful
“This kit has everything you need for financial literacy in real life contexts. it helps the students to see how this will help them in 'real life'. This helps to ignite their want to learn about being financially literate. It provides everything a teacher needs and takes away all guess work.”
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Posted 3 months ago
Kate S
Verified Reviewer
Understanding compound interest (what it is and how it works) is a big part of this kit. What percentage of your students demonstrated a clear understanding of the power of compound interest by the end of the learning? 60%-75%
How easy did your students find the Sorted Calculators to use?
Difficult
Easy enough
Very easy
Which part/s of the kit did you find the most useful in supporting you to teach financial literacy and why? compound interest videos
How would you rate the change in your own understanding of compound interest, KiwiSaver and debt, prior to engaging with this kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
Can you share any standout moments or student reactions while using the kit? probably the audible gasps when they saw the diference in jsut delaying their start to investing from 15 to 25
How have conversations in your classroom changed over the course of teaching this kit? have got kids more interested in investing eg Sharesies
How would you rate the change in your students understanding of compound interest, KiwiSaver and debt prior to engaging with this kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
How useful would you say the kit was at extending students overall financial literacy?
Completely useless
Somewhat useful
Extremely useful
“I loved the kit. I would say that the "pitch" of some of the acitivities are maybe a little high/too hard but teachers can adapt for themselves”
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Posted 3 months ago
Anonymous
Verified Reviewer
Understanding compound interest (what it is and how it works) is a big part of this kit. What percentage of your students demonstrated a clear understanding of the power of compound interest by the end of the learning? 60%-75%
How easy did your students find the Sorted Calculators to use?
Difficult
Easy enough
Very easy
Which part/s of the kit did you find the most useful in supporting you to teach financial literacy and why? Real life scenario
How would you rate the change in your own understanding of compound interest, KiwiSaver and debt, prior to engaging with this kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
Can you share any standout moments or student reactions while using the kit? Myself and the students love the design and layout of the activities.
How have conversations in your classroom changed over the course of teaching this kit? It helped add variety and engaging activities to my existing lessons.
How would you rate the change in your students understanding of compound interest, KiwiSaver and debt prior to engaging with this kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
How useful would you say the kit was at extending students overall financial literacy?
Completely useless
Somewhat useful
Extremely useful
“I found the Dear 13 Year Old Me kit engaging and grounded in real-life financial situations, which was a great addition to my classroom learning. We run a 13 week option line with out Y9/10 classes, with Financial Life Skills as one option. The students found it engaging and enjoyable. There was many positive outcomes for student knowledge and many found their passion for moving into Business/Economics in senior courses. I did however find some of the content challenging for Y9's and was more suited for Year 10's.”
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Posted 3 months ago
Thandazile M
Verified Reviewer
Understanding compound interest (what it is and how it works) is a big part of this kit. What percentage of your students demonstrated a clear understanding of the power of compound interest by the end of the learning? >75%
How easy did your students find the Sorted Calculators to use?
Difficult
Easy enough
Very easy
Which part/s of the kit did you find the most useful in supporting you to teach financial literacy and why? Use of fictional characters made it relatable to them
How would you rate the change in your own understanding of compound interest, KiwiSaver and debt, prior to engaging with this kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
Can you share any standout moments or student reactions while using the kit? “Lightbulb moments” with timelines When students laid out the timelines and mapped out key events, several had clear “aha” moments. They realised how one early habit (like saving consistently or missing loan payments) kept compounding throughout the characters’ lives. One student said, “It’s like their whole future changed from just one habit.'
How have conversations in your classroom changed over the course of teaching this kit? That time of the term when we worked over these concepts yes. Their conversations showed they are aware that compound interest can work in their favour for their savings, and against them for a loan
How would you rate the change in your students understanding of compound interest, KiwiSaver and debt prior to engaging with this kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
How useful would you say the kit was at extending students overall financial literacy?
Completely useless
Somewhat useful
Extremely useful
“The “Dear 13-Year-Old Me” resource from the Schools Kit proved to be an effective and engaging teaching tool for exploring real-life financial decision-making with students. The pack uses character-based scenarios, each reflecting different financial behaviours, habits, and long-term outcomes. This narrative format helped students deeply connect with financial concepts that can sometimes feel abstract.”
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Posted 3 months ago
Anonymous
Verified Reviewer
Understanding compound interest (what it is and how it works) is a big part of this kit. What percentage of your students demonstrated a clear understanding of the power of compound interest by the end of the learning? 60%-75%
How easy did your students find the Sorted Calculators to use?
Difficult
Easy enough
Very easy
Which part/s of the kit did you find the most useful in supporting you to teach financial literacy and why? all of it
How would you rate the change in your own understanding of compound interest, KiwiSaver and debt, prior to engaging with this kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
Can you share any standout moments or student reactions while using the kit? seeing our kids get it
How have conversations in your classroom changed over the course of teaching this kit? very useful for our tauira
How would you rate the change in your students understanding of compound interest, KiwiSaver and debt prior to engaging with this kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
How useful would you say the kit was at extending students overall financial literacy?
Completely useless
Somewhat useful
Extremely useful
“The information is very useful and easy to use nga mihi”
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Posted 3 months ago
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