Banqer Primary Community
This is a forum for you as educators to share your ideas, get advice,
and celebrate success in your Banqer classroom.
I'm LOVING Banqer!
I'm LOVING Banqer!
I'm gradually getting things settled, but it is almost the same pitch of excitement and frenzy of the Wall St stock market in my room. I have a Stationery Clerk in charge of who borrows stationery and
Interest-ing house prices
Interest-ing house prices
Today my kids spent the afternoon looking at house prices, and how much interest people pay for their houses. We used the new myhouse.co.nz app brought out last week, and lots of the students could ma
What a disaster!
What a disaster!
Earlier this term in my class we initiated Property Insurance. After a discussion around why insuring our properties would be a good idea (being a school in Christchurch this was easy to talk about) m
Transforming a classroom into an Economy
Transforming a classroom into an Economy
Every chance I get I love to get out of Banqer HQ and into some of our amazing Banqer classrooms across New Zealand. Every visit I learn something new about Banqer, because Banqer is simply a tool. It
Cyber safety
Cyber safety
I have been using Banqer with my year 4-6 students as an example of passwords that need to be secure and safe. I have used social engineering, trickery, bribes and underhand tactics to try and obtai
The 10 strangest things that have been used as money
The 10 strangest things that have been used as money
I read this story today online and thought it would be brilliant to share with students. It would create some cool discussions around what money is and how, if people are willing to trade, currencies
Going Once, Going Twice... Sold!
Going Once, Going Twice... Sold!
What a fantastic end to the term and way to celebrate some awesome saving and learning - a class Auction! I have collected a bunch of prizes/items over the term, so as a way for students to spend thei
Student Banq Tellers
Student Banq Tellers
Teachers are really busy, let's face it. While we were trialling Banqer last year my colleague and I used to do the banqing right on the spot. This was very time consuming and interrupted the flow o
Real life earnings
Real life earnings
In my class I try to have as many ways of earning money as possible. We have traditional class jobs which earn the employees a salary. These positions have a job description and if students carry out
Money-savvy children want financial literacy lessons
Money-savvy children want financial literacy lessons
Here is an article posted in Stuff last year which notes that students want to learn more about Financial Literacy. What are your thoughts around this? http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/money/7167773
Class Job Posters
Class Job Posters
In my classroom I let the students come up with all our class companies. I may direct some of them towards certain jobs that might need doing in our room or around the school. Once companies are for
What do you let your students spend their Banqer money on?
What do you let your students spend their Banqer money on?
Children in my class use it to rent equipment off me. I'm currently working in a MLE environment where children have access to a range of learning spaces and furniture to work at. I rent things like
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