RedSTART Educate’s Post

We have had to say “goodbye and good luck!” to all of our Year 6 children in the last few weeks, as they graduate from primary school and move up into secondary school in the Autumn. The children have been earning RedSTART£ by taking part in quizzes about applied maths and money in the RedSTART Educate Money Management App. They had the option to save their money in an interest bearing savings account and were able to spend their money in the RedSTART shop. There were 6,079 children from Year 2 to Year 6 in 24 schools using the App this academic year and the Year 6 children bought 1,166 items at varying price points. As you can see the LEGO Group is a firm favourite! Below are the children from St Michael’s primary school in Bath and Compass Point primary school in Bristol with their chosen items, and with the First Steps in Finance book which they are all given when they graduate from the programme at the end of Year 6. It’s been so exciting to see the positive connection the children are making between earning, saving and spending. These pictures arrived in the last week and brought a huge smile to our faces. We hope they have that effect on you, too. Farewell, Year 6!

All of a sudden, it’s over! The end of another academic year, and it was a corker! Here are a few of our highlights: *Our first report was published by The Policy Institute, King's College London, showing a statistically significant positive impact in our treatment schools. *24 schools were using the Money Management App for children from Year 2 to Year 6, and we ran over 250 workshops across the country, with the help of over 600 volunteers. *One of our primary schools had an Ofsted inspection and received an “Outstanding” rating for personal development. This is what the report said: “Pupils personal development is exceptional. The curriculum has been carefully designed to help pupils learn about important issues. For example, across the school, all pupils learn about financial literacy. This includes visits and workshops to understand how to manage money and the importance of savings.“ *We opened a new hub in Cardiff! We went there on Monday to meet some of our funders and volunteers, to see what’s going on in Cardiff Bay (it’s very lively and the water was so twinkly in the early evening sunshine!) and to reset, and share and agree our regional plans for the 24/25 academic year. Thank you to everyone who has supported us this academic year. To all our friends here on LinkedIn, all our wonderful teachers, amazing volunteers and freelancers, and our super supportive funders. We are so happy to be working with you! We hope you all have a fabulous summer and we look forward to seeing you again in the Autumn. Here are a couple of photos of our team on tour!

Thank you to all the volunteers that hosted Year 6 pupils from Treorchy Primary School at Eversheds Sutherland today. The workshop was filled with games & activities exploring risk and reward as well as earning, budgeting and investment. The children also had a tour of the office and were introduced to people who do a variety of jobs within a Global Law Firm. #FinancialLiteracy #NextGeneration

RedSTART Educate were thrilled to run a taster session of our #ChangeTheGame programme with Gladstone Primary School in Barry this week. Thank you for such a warm welcome! ⁩The Year 5 teacher said "the children were so engaged finding out about budgets, becoming critical consumers and income tax." Ronni Allsopp & Nia Morgan (she/her) are visiting a number of schools in Barry to run sessions over the next few weeks 😃 #FinancialLiteracy #NextGeneration

Such an amazing resource to share with the children we work with.

Amazing to see our new Year 1 resources being used! Here are some of the lovely children from Badock's Wood EACT Academy in Bristol enjoying their activities.

Thank you to the wonderful team J O Hambro Capital Management on Tuesday for their support in delivering our Year 6 Money Matters workshop.