Session 1 · SOLVE: Verify
Final audit
- 15 minRun the market-day stall or the final plan check: do the takings, costs and profit match the records? Does the budget still balance?
- 20 minCalculate the result: profit as a percentage of costs, money saved, or the cheapest plan over a year. Compare with your week 1 prediction.
- 15 minDecide what the data says about your money question, and how sure you are. Tohu asks one question about your recommendation.
Session 2 · SOLVE: Explain
Money moves guide and showcase
- 25 minWrite the one-page 'money moves' guide: the question, the options, the numbers, a graph, your recommendation and one tip whānau can use tomorrow.
- 20 minShare at a whānau money evening, market day or with a younger class. Visitors try a 'deal or no deal' challenge you set.
- 5 minReflect: which money move will you actually use?
Getting started
Use the guide template: 'The question… The options… The numbers… Our advice…'.
Stretch
Turn your plan into a spreadsheet that updates automatically when prices change.
Checkpoint
The guide gives clear, correct advice backed by calculations and a graph, in language whānau can use.
Activities for this week
- Plan the big event: How do we budget and save for a whānau or aiga event so that the costs are shared fairly?
Useful this week
- Buy now pay later ↗ How 'pay later' works and how people get caught by fees.
- Consumer Protection ↗ Your rights when you buy, including sales and pricing.
- Interest ↗ Simple and compound interest with examples you can check your guide against.