Free to schools · Reception & KS1 · Ages 4–7
They see a tap.
Help them see a choice.
Pocket Money Adventures turns invisible money into something children can talk about. We bring the opening story-led Spark Session into your classroom, then give teachers six tiny follow-ups to keep the language alive.
£0 for an agreed funded place. The current application route is for Staffordshire primary schools. Delivery elsewhere in England is subject to agreement and availability. No sales pitch to children.
One visit. Six tiny follow-ups.
Seven weeks that fit
around the school day.
Pocket Money Adventures delivers the opening experience. Your teacher keeps it alive in small, manageable moments.
The Spark Session
A 60–75 minute story-led classroom session delivered by Pocket Money Adventures.
- Ava Saves Up!
- Tap, Tap, Pause
- Classroom poster and resources
- A school adult remains present
Teacher Sidekick Cards
One card a week. The core activity takes 1–5 minutes, with optional practice moments and a short check-in.
About 15 minutes a week including no more than five minutes of preparation.
Families can join in
Four optional Family Missions go home in weeks 1–4 and the Parent Fridge Card stays up all term.
- No homework comes back
- No family financial disclosure
- The same simple language travels home
Who does what: PMA, teachers and families
Pocket Money Adventures
We start it
- Deliver the Spark
- Bring the classroom pack
- Provide support and reporting
Your teacher
You keep it alive
- Stay in the room for the Spark
- Run one short card each week
- Use the language naturally
Families
Optional at home
- Four simple missions
- No sign-up required
- Nothing returned to school
What your school gets
Everything included.
Nothing to buy.
A complete opening experience, the materials to continue it and the school-facing support needed to make delivery straightforward.
- The story-led opening Spark Session
- Books and classroom materials in your agreed funded package
- Six teacher Sidekick Cards and optional family activities
- School support, policies and a delivery report
See the complete included pack
- Opening Spark Session delivered by Pocket Money Adventures
- A set of Ava Saves Up! books for the class library
- A2 Tap, Tap, Pause classroom poster
- Teacher Sidekick Cards for weeks 2–7
- Parent Fridge Cards, one per child
- Four optional Family Missions
- Shared teacher page for weekly check-ins
- School Delivery and Learning Report
- Two optional five-minute teacher-led booster prompts
- Short prep call with the class teacher
- Current policy and due-diligence pack
- Ongoing Pocket Money Adventures support
Funded places are by application
Apply for a funded place.
We agree the details with you.
Apply for a place
Tell us whether you need books, the programme, or both.
Request a date
Once your school is offered a place, request an available delivery date.
Agree the arrangements
We confirm funding, the package, school setup and delivery arrangements in writing before the booking is confirmed.
Your agreed package
If your package includes the programme, we arrive with the story, the routine and the classroom pack.
Available dates show delivery availability, not confirmed funding. Already offered a place? Request your delivery date.
Policies, safeguarding and school assurance
School-ready
Easy to explore.
Easy to take through SLT.
The fun stays at the front for children. The governance, safeguarding and evidence sit behind it for the adults who need them.
Two quality marks
Financial Education Quality Mark, awarded by Young Enterprise and supported by the Money and Pensions Service, Issue 0195, September 2026. ACT Quality Mark for citizenship education resources, awarded by the Association for Citizenship Teaching, October 2026.
Safeguarding built in
Pocket Money Adventures works to its current safeguarding and safer-recruitment framework. Required checks are confirmed for the actual delivery role and host before attendance, and a school adult remains present throughout the Spark.
Zero child data by default
Routine learning and access do not require child names, accounts or personal finances. School-held safeguarding and legal records remain separate.
Recognised quality. Practical classroom delivery.
The Ava Saves Up! School Edition holds the Financial Education Quality Mark, awarded by Young Enterprise, supported by the Money and Pensions Service. Issue 0195, September 2026. The full evidence, safeguarding and policy material is available lower down this page whenever your DSL, headteacher or governors want the detail.
Free KS1 Economic Wellbeing Pack
Our four-lesson KS1 citizenship pack holds the ACT Quality Mark for citizenship education resources, awarded by the Association for Citizenship Teaching, October 2026. It takes Years 1 and 2 from their own money choices to a fair decision made together as a class. Download it free →
SEND, EAL and different ways to take part
A place in the adventure
Different ways to join in.
The same place in the story.
We agree practical access arrangements with your school before the visit. Children can show a choice through pointing, objects or their familiar communication method. Home activities stay optional, with no buying, printing or returns required.
Access agreed together
School staff and Pocket Money Adventures agree the materials, pacing and supporting adults that help your class participate.
A recognised commitment
Support Staffordshire awarded our LDA Friendly certificate on 15 June 2026, recognising our commitment to a supportive, accessible environment for people with learning disabilities and autism.
One class record
Use your existing teacher baseline and follow-up. Mark the six weekly sessions, then complete a brief final check. The final page becomes the report.
Our School Edition holds the Financial Education Quality Mark. The new access guide and working class record are companion resources and have not themselves been assessed for the mark.
Explore the school access guide
What happens at a school visit? Read online or choose a printable or large-print guide.
Why the programme uses stories and everyday choices
Why Pocket Money Adventures
Money has changed.
Childhood curiosity hasn’t.
Children see cards, phones and watches make things happen. The exchange behind the tap is easy to miss. Pocket Money Adventures gives children a simple language for noticing a choice before acting: Tap, Tap, Pause
Story first
Ava’s adventure creates the conversation. Money ideas arrive through characters, choices and consequences rather than a lecture.
One routine children can remember
Tap, Tap, Pause gives the class a repeatable moment to stop, notice and think before a choice.
Built to continue
After the Spark Session, short Sidekick Cards and optional family missions keep the same language alive without creating a new scheme for teachers to manage.
Teacher resources, visit guides and documents
For teachers, DSLs, heads & governors
Teacher resources
and documents.
Share only what the person reviewing the programme needs. These are the current school-facing documents and policy routes.
Need the technical version?
The full School Pathway keeps the week-by-week detail, evidence notes, specimen reporting and corrections away from the main booking journey.
Autumn 2026 dates are open
Ready to bring the adventure into your classroom?
One school per delivery date. £0 for an agreed funded place. We confirm the package and final arrangements separately, with support from application through delivery.
Apply for a funded place