Life Skills Money & Financeusually ages 9–11

Scams & Online Safety

Recognising financial scams and tricks; phishing emails and fake websites; protecting personal and financial information online; 'if it seems too good to be true, it probably is'

How to tell they’ve got it

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Identify at least two warning signs of a scam (asking for personal details, too-good-to-be-true offers, urgency)
Explain why you should never share passwords or bank details online
Describe what to do if they receive a suspicious message or email (don't click, tell an adult)

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If your child received a message saying they'd won a prize and just needed to enter their details, would they know it's probably a scam?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on

Looking After Moneyages 5–7Must understand basic money safety before learning about sophisticated scams

Ways to Payages 7–9Must understand digital payments before learning about online financial fraud

Deepfakes and AI-Generated Contentages 9–11Cross-domain: understanding AI-generated fake content (AI) enriches online scam awareness (Money & Finance)

Scams & Online Safetythis skill · ages 9–11

Unlocks

AI Data Collection and Privacyages 9–11Cross-domain: scams & online safety (Money & Finance) provides real-world privacy threat context

solid = must come firstdashed = helps

Curriculum alignment

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

Show candidate curriculum codes · 2 NSW

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

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

NSW syllabus codes & stages only

PH2-RRS-02low confidencePDHPE K-6 · Stage 2

PH3-RRS-02low confidencePDHPE K-6 · Stage 3

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.

Nearby on the map

Borrowing & Debtages 9–11 Financial Planningages 9–11 Global Tradeages 9–11 How the Economy Worksages 9–11

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