Learning Map
Life SkillsMoney & Financeusually ages 5–7

Looking After Money

Keeping money safe; not losing coins or notes; understanding that money has real value and should be treated carefully; basic money responsibility

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If you gave your child some coins to look after at a shop, would they keep them safe and know where they put them?

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Builds on
Coins & Notesages 5–7Must know what coins and notes are before learning to look after them
Looking After Moneythis skill · ages 5–7
Unlocks
Scams & Online Safetyages 9–11Must understand basic money safety before learning about sophisticated scams
Banks & Savingages 7–9Understanding money safety motivates why banks are useful
Ways to Payages 7–9Money safety concepts extend to digital payment safety

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Curriculum alignment

Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).

Show candidate curriculum codes · 1 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

This skill sits outside the F–6 Australian Curriculum — no candidate code matched (v0.1).

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2M3N07low confidenceMathematics · Level 3 · Number strand

These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.

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