WORLD SAVINGS DAY is celebrated on October 31, 2015.
The World Savings Day was established on October 31, 1924, during the 1st International Savings Bank Congress (World Society of Savings Banks) in Milano, Italy. Representatives of 29 countries wanted to bring to mind the thought of saving to the worldwide public and its relevance to the economy and the individual. This text has been taken from www.cute-calendar.com
KIDS 6ºA from Agrupamento de Escolas de Marco de Canaveses celebrated the World Savings Day by sharing their long term saving wishes!
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Kindergarten pupils from JI Ramalhais from Agrupamento de Escolas de Marco de Canaveses celebrated the World Savings Day with amazing drawings and thoughts...
Visit to Paper Money Museum in Oporto, Portugal - January 2015
4th and 5th grade pupils from Agrupamento de Escolas de Marco de Canaveses went on a school trip to the Paper Money Museum in Fundação Cupertino de Miranda, Oporto, Portugal, on 19th and 20th January, to pursue with the research on the history of money, the different currencies and some introduction to financial literacy, as part of the ERASMUS+ KIDS Project. They also got acquainted with the history of money in Portugal and learned about some of the most emblematic characters in the world of paper money and their importance in national history.
The activities taken place in the museum are the following:
1. Play, play… and learn to buy - a financial management programme for youngsters. The aim is to learn how to manage money in a healthy way. All the students will be given some capital to pay for certain activities. First contact with the value of money. Notions of security, trust, definition of financial objectives and priorities will be transmitted.
2. Recount of the history of money in Portugal. Students get to know some of the most emblematic characters in the world of paper money and their importance in national history.
3. The Euro and Europe's currencies.
The Paper Money Museum is pioneer in the area of Financial Education in Portugal. and through guided visits, it aims to change people’s behaviours, attitudes and knowledge in relation to money.
We aim to visit the museum again, next school year, as pupils involved in the project will move from lower to middle school and hopefully will get involved in the Museum's long term project on Financial Education. One of the goals of the Paper Money Museum long term project (NO POUPAR ESTÁ O GANHO) is to involve Elementary and Middle Schools in a project in which financial education is “territorialised”, enabling all the students to see how important money is in life and to acquire competencies that allow them to make the right decisions later.
The schools participating in this project will become TEF – Territories of Financial Education, and will form a network. The teachers also get some training and it is hoped that these activities will succeed in integrating Financial Education into the Schools' Educational Project. In the future, the Museum intends to programme activities together with the teachers and we hope to take part in this team.
The KIDS Portuguese Team
January 2015