10DFL

Year 10 Digital Financial Literacy

Course Description

Teacher in Charge: Ms C. Green.

This course is a required one-term course for all Year 10 students.

In this class, we will combine skills of digital literacy and financial literacy.

Get to know how to understand and plan for earning, saving, budgeting and spending your hard earned money. Gain an understanding of Kiwisaver, payslips, tax, debt and investing.

Focus on Personal Budgeting and Spreadsheet use and understanding.

Hints and tips to enable you to use digital technologies to help completing the tasks in a more efficient manner.

Course Overview

Term 1
Combine skills of digital literacy and financial literacy.

Get to know how to understand and plan for earning, saving, budgeting and spending your hard earned money. Gain an understanding of Kiwisaver, payslips, tax, debt and investing.

Focus on Personal Budgeting and Spreadsheet use and understanding.

Hints and tips to enable you to use digital technologies to help completing the tasks in a more efficient manner.

Term 2
Combine skills of digital literacy and financial literacy.

Get to know how to understand and plan for earning, saving, budgeting and spending your hard earned money. Gain an understanding of Kiwisaver, payslips, tax, debt and investing.

Focus on Personal Budgeting and Spreadsheet use and understanding.

Hints and tips to enable you to use digital technologies to help completing the tasks in a more efficient manner.

Term 3
Combine skills of digital literacy and financial literacy.

Get to know how to understand and plan for earning, saving, budgeting and spending your hard earned money. Gain an understanding of Kiwisaver, payslips, tax, debt and investing.

Focus on Personal Budgeting and Spreadsheet use and understanding.

Hints and tips to enable you to use digital technologies to help completing the tasks in a more efficient manner.

Term 4
Combine skills of digital literacy and financial literacy.

Get to know how to understand and plan for earning, saving, budgeting and spending your hard earned money. Gain an understanding of Kiwisaver, payslips, tax, debt and investing.

Focus on Personal Budgeting and Spreadsheet use and understanding.

Hints and tips to enable you to use digital technologies to help completing the tasks in a more efficient manner.

Pathway

This goes beyond a career and into necessary life skills.

Career Pathways

Credit Information

You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.

Total Credits Available: 5
Internal Assessed Credits: 5
External Assessed Credits: 0
Assessment
Description
Level
Internal or
External
Credits
L1 Literacy Credits
UE Literacy Credits
Numeracy Credits
U.S. 18743 v6
NZQA Info

Produce a spreadsheet from instructions using supplied data


Level: 1
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 2
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
U.S. 24709 v5
NZQA Info

Produce a budget to manage personal finances


Level: 1
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 3
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
Credit Summary
Total Credits: 5
Total Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
Total University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Total Numeracy Credits: 0

Disclaimer

Courses outlined will only be available if sufficient students wish to take them AND appropriate staff are available to teach them.

Courses that do not run may be offered through distance learning and be supported by the Distance Learning Department.