2008 Financial Literacy Grant Recipients

Marist Regional College
Burnie TAS
Marist Regional College Financial Literacy Week

Marist Regional College, located in Burnie, will run a Financial Literacy Week with its Financial Literacy Grant. Year 10 students will organise the event and develop an exhibition for pupils and parents, showcasing their business plans and inviting a guest speaker who will talk about the importance of understanding money. Students will then be required to creatively communicate what they’ve learned to younger year groups through assembly gatherings, school notices and presentations.

Scotch Oakburn College
Kings Meadows TAS
Financial Fitness

‘Financial Fitness’ is a two day program which will give Year 10 students at Scotch Oakburn College, in Kings Meadows, the financial literacy skills needed for a prosperous future. Students, many of whom already have part-time jobs, will explore the issues of taxation, superannuation, saving plans, income types, debt and daily personal finance planning. Students will keep a journal of what they have learnt, participate in guest speaker presentations, a ‘financial fitness relay’, and present on financial literacy to their peers.

Sheffield School
Sheffield TAS
Finance Flick Tips

Located in rural north west Tasmania, Sheffield School received a Financial Literacy Grant for its ‘Finance Flick Tips’ program, for Year 9 and 10 students. As part of the program and in a bid to spread the financial word throughout the school, students will learn about and then produce brief personal finance tips on video. The video clips will then be shown in school assemblies and on the school’s online network, with students quizzed weekly on the content of this information.