Looking to the Future

24 Mar Looking to the Future

Students in the Sixth Form got a feel for real world finance at a recent interactive event about financial planning, organised with the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII).

The students sampled the CII’s ‘Discover Fortunes’ game activity (some having previously sampled the “Discover Risk” game) which aims to demonstrate the importance of money management in a challenging economy and how a financial planner can help people secure a successful financial future.

In teams, students explored the different investment options of five characters with varying attitudes to financial risk. The scenarios facing the would-be advisers include a Paralympian medallist with a ‘can-do’ attitude, a risk-averse war correspondent and an affluent retired couple looking for the next challenge.

Students developed both their financial understanding and their abilities to analyse information from written and oral sources. They also fine-tuned their soft skills in discussion/debate with their team mates when making the final decisions.  (Especially on which round to play the joker!)

The event has now become an annual one, which helps to bring the world of insurance and finance into reality. Great thanks to Mariona and Caspar, from CII and advisor Jamie who all gave up their time to provide specialist assistance!

Miss Campbell

Sixth Form