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Buying Things

Your child knows how buying works: you choose an item, pay for it, and get change. They can check if they have enough money for a snack.

In curriculum terms

How buying and selling works: prices, paying for items, receiving change; the basic transaction process in shops and markets

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If your child had a £2 coin and wanted to buy a snack for 80p, could they work out roughly how much change they'd get back?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on
Coins & Notesages 5–7Must recognise coins/notes and their values before practising buying transactions
What Money Isages 5–7Must understand money as exchange medium before practising transactions
Buying Thingsthis skill · ages 5–7
Unlocks
Fair Trade & Ethicsages 7–9Must understand buying before considering where products come from and who made them
Making Changeages 7–9Must understand buying transactions before calculating change
Ways to Payages 7–9Must understand buying transactions before exploring different payment methods
How the Economy Worksages 9–11Must understand buying/selling before grasping supply and demand
Advertising & Spendingages 7–9Buying experience provides context for understanding advertising pressure
Budgeting Pocket Moneyages 7–9Buying experience helps with realistic budgeting

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Curriculum alignment

Where this fits in the official school curriculum — our best automated guess, not yet checked by a person.

This skill sits outside the F–6 Australian Curriculum — no candidate code matched (v0.1). No NSW K–6 outcome code matched (v0.1). No Victorian Curriculum 2.0 code matched (v0.1).

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All Money & Finance skills →