TY Accounting

EmmaRos

I have recently picked up a TY Accounting group and I am at a loss as to what to cover with them. I am an Accounting teacher however I have not taught it in mainstream yet as I am an NQT and would love advice on what you think I could cover with this class so as it make it interesting and worthwhile.

Thank you

highly1111

Hi Emma

We're doing the sage accounting package with our group. You may need to get the package installed in your computer room which obviously be a cost and something your school does not have the budget for.

How long do you have them for? If its less than 6/8 weeks as a taster for their LC options I would recommend teaching them a few chapters from the LC curriculum - after all, it is a taster and their LC choices should be as informed as possible.

EmmaRos

Yes I went on a sage training course but we decided not to run with it this year. I have them for the full school year. I was thinking about moving forward with the LC Accounting however I was unsure how indepth I would go. I was just wondering if other schools had decided on other areas of accounting to focus on. Thanks for your help

Bagel

How about doing something around financial awareness - making accounting personal and relating it to their world. Caught a discussion on Pat Kenny radio show re a new book out on the topic - think the authors do training programmes for TY explaining things like how shares work etc. The example they gave was about Abercrombie and Fitch - rather than spending $60 on a sweatshirt they opened up the discussion to buying shares in the company! It sounded good but have a listen and see what you think.

The book is called Cents and Sensibility and here is the podcast

http://www.rte.ie/radio1/podcast/podcast_patkenny.xml


It was broadcast 9th Sept.

EmmaRos

Bagel, that is fantastic! Really good idea and something that they can relate to! Thanks again