Community | Banqer

Life cards

Life cards

We introduced the Chance cards (similar to Monopoly might be hit with an unexpected bill or bonus-such as car break down; tooth filling; tattslotto win etc. It was a once a week thing and the taught

View full post
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

View full post
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

View full post
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

View full post
Students 'donations' make a real difference with real $$

Students 'donations' make a real difference with real $$

In connection with our school wide values unit of Kindness this term, I gathered pledges of real NZ cash from staff. My students are aiming to 'donate' $2000 in Banqer dollars, this term and next.

View full post
Stolen funds

Stolen funds

As part of my Banqer lessons I regularly "steal" money from my student's accounts. Some times all of them and sometimes just some of them. I do this to see who is really checking their accounts and ta

View full post
Using Banqer to teach probability

Using Banqer to teach probability

I have recently used Banqer to teach the class about probability. We played a range of chance games using coins and dice and once the students understood their chances of success versus failure we use

View full post
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

View full post
Risks and benefits of insurance

Risks and benefits of insurance

I activated the Property Insurance module at the start of this week and my class had a great discussion about the risks and benefits of insurance: Sometimes you pay a lot of money for something you ne

View full post
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

View full post
The Banq is Open

The Banq is Open

If you use paper money an easy way to stop students from asking if they can banq money at the wrong time is to use a sign. It sounds really simple and it is. It is a visual way for students to quickl

View full post
Student input with setting up income and expenses

Student input with setting up income and expenses

Our class has just started using Banqer this term. Having researched the minimum wage and student wages they have agreed to a weekly wage of $378 being $12.60 p.hr for a 6 hour day (no lunch payment).

View full post

All Includes resource

Newest Popular Featured

All English Māori

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

View full post

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

View full post

{{ classroom.getName() }} {{ classroom.school ? ", " + classroom.school.name : "" }}

{{'Create a new classroom' | translate}}

Banqer Primary Community

This is a forum for you as educators to share your ideas, get advice,
and celebrate success in your Banqer classroom.

Life cards

Cyber safety

Going Once, Going Twice... Sold!

Class Job Posters

Students 'donations' make a real difference with real $$

Stolen funds

Using Banqer to teach probability

Interest-ing house prices

Risks and benefits of insurance

The 10 strangest things that have been used as money

The Banq is Open

Student input with setting up income and expenses

Transforming a classroom into an Economy

Real life earnings

{{ classroom.getName() }} {{ classroom.school ? ", " + classroom.school.name : "" }}

{{'Create a new classroom' | translate}}

Banqer Primary Community

This is a forum for you as educators to share your ideas, get advice, and celebrate success in your Banqer classroom.

Life cards

Cyber safety

Going Once, Going Twice... Sold!

Class Job Posters

Students 'donations' make a real difference with real $$

Stolen funds

Using Banqer to teach probability

Interest-ing house prices

Risks and benefits of insurance

The 10 strangest things that have been used as money

The Banq is Open

Student input with setting up income and expenses

Transforming a classroom into an Economy

Real life earnings

This is a forum for you as educators to share your ideas, get advice,
and celebrate success in your Banqer classroom.