A nearly endless list of comments from workshop and course participants!

“Excellent course. Well prepared, well presented. Thank you.”

“The session showed how to use a range of activities to stimulate individual thinking and provided a means of self reflection.”

“The interactive style of delivery was very engaging.“

“Good insight into how the topic of economic wellbeing can be brought to life and taught interactively to students.”

“All knowledge from trainer was in depth and she knew what she was talking about (which makes a change!)”

“Good activities for student participation and thinking skills.”

“It’s good to experience the activities for ourselves – you get more of an idea of how young people can learn from it.”

“Everyone was given ample opportunity to contribute to discussion and participate in activities.”

“Great presentation using a variety of methods to keep our attention and was willing to adapt to our needs.“

“I now feel confident to deliver the sessions myself.”

“A really well delivered session and highly enjoyable.”

“Nice use of board game to make it fun and interactive.”

“Good use of team work and good ideas for developing team work in schools.”

“Lots of good ideas for PSHE, citizenship, careers, enterprise etc.”

“By asking simple questions you can provoke very good discussion.”

“Very useful session!”

“Very useful and interactive activities which will engage pupils.”

“Learn to think like a teenager again – will help when trying to motivate pupils.”

“It’s been fun and interactive.”

“Very useful and helpful session. Loved the game!”

“Games/activities were good – can be adapted when teaching.”

“Good insight into the use of resource for economic wellbeing.”

“I enjoyed the team work activities.”

“Impact chart very useful.”

“Was great!”

“New, interactive and engaging activities for teaching both business and PSHE.”

“New/innovative ways of teaching money management.”

“Really well paced, which meant it did not become boring.”

“Enjoyed the team work and learning other ways of introducing money and life training.”

“Very informative and interesting.”

“Very knowledgeable about the subject and was able to answer questions that were sprung on you!”

“Some very good info to help engage young people when talking about money.”

“Trainer very friendly, approachable. Spoke clearly, explaining things well.”

“Good fun doing all the activities.”

“Very well presented. I could of continued for a few more hours.”

“The game was great – will be good to play with young people.”

“Good pace and well presented.”

Reviews

“This resource is a must for supporting the new PSHE secondary curriculum, focusing strongly on economic wellbeing whilst cleverly linking with aspects of personal wellbeing through areas such as risk and personal values.” Extract from a review for the PSHE Subject Association. Click here to see the full Active Money review

“Turning Points’ is a fun and highly interactive board game which emphasizes the opportunities and challenges young people will have in working and family life and in managing their finances. Using an attractive, colourful game board, with a dice and tokens it will immediately appeal to young people within the secondary and Post 16 phase and enable deep learning and reflection in an exciting format.” Extract from a review by the PSHE Association Click here for the full review of the Turning Points Game

“This resource is well set out providing clear guidance for teachers on the activities, opportunities for assessment and ideas for differentiation. The financial topics introduced in the lessons are handled clearly and concisely and integrate well with the other topics used. The provision of resources for activities and power point presentations on CD Rom is a great idea.” Personal Finance Education Group (pfeg)

The Board Game is easy to play and is well thought out and realistic. It is enjoyable and promotes the essential discussions that will enable pupils to become aware of the implications of day to day financial decisions on their lives. It can enhance other programmes of learning by addressing choices and decision-making in relation to financial matters. Personal Finance Education Group (pfeg)

Comments from young people

“I think that this has been really fun and educational. I loved doing that chart with the things you need.”

“I’ve learnt that you have to budget your money and loads of news words that I hear, but don’t know what they mean”.

“On this course I have learnt lots of new things that I never knew before.”

“I really enjoyed it all, but what I really enjoyed was the life game (Turning Points), writing cheques and learning about what rent is and what a mortgage was.”

“It made me think about some of the choices I will have to make in my life.”

“I learnt what to do about money when I’m older.”

Comments from facilitators

“It certainly raised the students’ knowledge base – beyond my own
expectations. They enjoyed the games and activities very much which
made it much easier for them, whilst developing good teamwork,
thinking skills and enabling them to ask and answer valuable questions
about money. A valuable asset to their PHSC course” Sue Smith, Grange School.

“It was a very valuable resource, because students were able to learn about the real world of money in relation to their lives. It was real and was delivered in a fun, active way; not lots of worksheets to fill out, which the students really enjoyed. This approach worked, as the students have retained the information that they learnt and their evaluations of the programme were very positive.” Eileen Dunks, Hastingsbury School.

“This is a resource that will meet many curriculum needs in schools and tackle a potentially dry area in a fun and engaging way.”  Gill Gallavan, CEG consultant, Youth Connexions, Hertfordshire

“Nice to see some creative resources being made!” PGCE student