Financial Literacy Workshops for Schools in Singapore
Does your student know what their relationship with money really looks like?
Most young people in Singapore have never had a real conversation about money — not about budgeting, not about debt, and certainly not about whether their current habits will allow them to retire comfortably one day.
At Leaven Academy, we don't teach financial literacy through slides and lectures. We design immersive, game-based workshops where students discover their own money habits, beliefs and blind spots — through experience, not instruction.
The result is not just knowledge. It's self-awareness. And that's where real financial behaviour change begins.
Learning That Looks Like Play — But Isn't
Our financial literacy workshops are built on Kolb's Experiential Learning Cycle — meaning students learn by doing, reflecting, and connecting their experiences to real-world money concepts.
Activities are deliberately designed to not look like money lessons at first. Students are put through game-like situations that reveal their personal money scripts — the deeply held beliefs and habits about resources that drive real financial decisions. Only after the experience do they see the consequences of their choices, and that moment of self-realisation becomes the foundation for genuine learning.
One of our signature activities is a retirement board game, called “Can You Retire”. Based on their own money habits and decisions throughout the game, students discover whether their current approach to working and saving will allow them to retire comfortably — or whether something needs to change. It is one of the most eye-opening moments we create in any of our programmes.
What Students Walk Away With
Every workshop is customised to your school's student profile and level. Across our programmes, students explore:
Needs vs wants — understanding the difference between what we need and what we're conditioned to desire
Budgeting and saving — practical frameworks for managing money at a student's stage of life
Money habits and personal money scripts — identifying the beliefs about money formed in childhood that drive adult financial behaviour
Credit and debt awareness — understanding how debt works, and the real cost of borrowing
Singapore-specific financial realities — including CPF, HDB, and the financial milestones that Singaporean youth will face as adults, grounded in lived local experience
Designed for Every Level of Singapore's Education System
Our financial literacy workshops are designed and delivered for:
Primary schools: age-appropriate introduction to money concepts through play and storytelling
Secondary schools: deeper exploration of money habits, budgeting, and real-world financial decisions
Junior colleges: preparing students for financial independence as they approach adulthood
ITE and polytechnics: practical financial literacy grounded in the realities of entering the workforce
Every programme is fully customised to your school's context, cohort size, and learning objectives. We do not deliver off-the-shelf content.
Flexible Formats to Fit Your School's Needs
We work around your school's schedule and objectives. Our financial literacy programmes are available as:
Half-day workshops (3–4 hours): ideal for a single cohort or level
Multi-session programmes (e.g. 3 x 2-hour sessions): for deeper learning across a semester
Fully customised formats: we will work with you to design a programme that fits your school's calendar and goals
All sessions are facilitated by experienced Leaven Academy trainers and use in-house designed activities and games.
What Schools Say
"The programme was suitable for the students as it was engaging and pitched to the level of understanding that they were at, but able to use their lived experiences through the games to teach them certain money lessons they didn't know they needed."
— Teacher, Singapore School
Frequently Asked Questions
Which students is the financial literacy workshop for?
Primary, secondary, junior college, ITE and polytechnic students. Primary pupils get an age-appropriate introduction through play and storytelling. Secondary students go deeper into money habits, budgeting and real decisions. JC students prepare for financial independence, and ITE and polytechnic students work on the realities of entering the workforce.
How do students learn about money without slides and lectures?
Through games that do not look like money lessons at first. Students make real choices, see the consequences, then reflect on what drove them. In one of our signature activities, a retirement board game called Can You Retire, students find out whether their current habits would let them retire comfortably. When a lesson is only theory, with no activity to anchor it, students do not really learn it.
What topics does it cover?
Needs and wants, budgeting and saving, money habits and the beliefs behind them, credit and debt, and Singapore realities such as CPF, HDB and the milestones young adults face. We customise the mix to your students' profile and level.
Do you teach students to invest?
No. Most students are too young to be eligible to buy investment products, so our student workshops focus on the money decisions they already make.
How long is the workshop?
A half-day workshop of three to four hours suits a single cohort or level. A multi-session programme, for example three two-hour sessions, gives deeper learning across a semester, and we find a one-week gap between sessions works better for retention. We can also design a format around your school calendar.
Bring Financial Literacy to Your School
Leaven Academy has worked with over 100 schools and institutions across Singapore. If you are a teacher, HOD, or school administrator looking for a financial literacy programme that genuinely engages your students, we would love to hear from you.
Contact us today to discuss your school's needs and get a customised proposal.