The Commonwealth Bank Foundation is bringing together young people and their teachers to learn how to start a smarter financial future..

StartSmart Workshops are coming to you and will give your students in year 10 the money know-how they need, with the fun they want.

This hands-on workshop is engaging and interactive and will energise your students and get them excited about managing money.  Best of all – it’s free!

Delivered by world-class professional facilitators, students will share ideas, play games, learn new skills and walk away better equipped to deal with the financial challenges that life throws at us. The day will cover everything from bank accounts to investing, credit cards, personal loans, managing debt, income, super and tax.

StartSmart Workshops will travel to over 100 towns in 2008 and schools in each region are invited to participate. Make sure your students don’t miss out.

1. Your students will walk away with skills that will set them up for a smarter financial future

2. StartSmart is an engaging and interactive day that makes learning about money fun

3. It’s free!

4. It’s relevant to the curriculum and will help your school implement the National Consumer and Financial Literacy Framework (developed for the Ministerial Council for Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs – MCEETYA). For further information on the framework, please visit www.mceetya.edu.au