MoneyTime alignment with the 2026 New Zealand Curriculum
Maths
MoneyTime’s curriculum alignment for the 2026 Maths curriculum years 6-10:
Social Science
1. Capstone Approach
MoneyTime was developed before the 2026 financial education curriculum was introduced, so does not directly follow the new curriculum's topic sequence. However, the full program covers nearly all the material in the Financial and Economic Strand for years 1-10. Therefore, we invite teachers to consider completing the full MoneyTime program as a capstone unit of work in years 6, 8 or 10.
Completing the 30 modules in these years will mean all but a minor portion of the curriculum will have been covered from year one to that year. For example, completing the program in year 6 will ensure nearly all the curriculum content for years one to six has been covered. This will effectively revise and expand on learning received to this point and deliver the scaffolded learning envisaged by the M.O.E.
Teacher-led Lesson Plans
MoneyTime is essentially a self-directed program but it incorporates a small number of lesson plans and worksheets per year group to cover the material not included in the self-directed modules. The result is a blended teaching approach with the majority of the program being delivered by digital self-directed lessons combined with a handful of teacher-led lessons.
The teacher-led lesson plans can be found in the teacher Resources tab under "Lesson Plans and Worksheets".
Why MoneyTime goes further
MoneyTime goes beyond the curriculum requirements by including pieces of the financial jigsaw we think students ought to know about e.g careers, CVs, how people buy property (deposit, mortgage, repayments), the perils of buy now pay later and how insurance works (premiums, claims and excess). These are not covered in the curriculum but are are key components in most people’s lives, so we think students should be leaning about them too.
2. Specific Year Approach
To view MoneyTime’s direct match with each year of the Social Studies curriculum: