Wanda Witch's Spells - Money Problems - PowerPoint

Wanda Witch's Spells is an engaging PowerPoint presentation designed to help primary school children practise solving money problems. In this maths teaching resource, students are invited to assist Wanda Witch in purchasing ingredients for her magical spells. The task is to calculate the total cost of the spell components and determine the amount of change Wanda should receive from a 50p coin. By immersing students in a whimsical, spell-themed scenario, the activity aims to make learning about money both fun and educational.

The presentation guides students through various spells, each with its own recipe requiring different ingredients available for purchase at Grunt’s Grocers. For instance, the Disappearing Spell requires items such as a frog’s leg and a mouse tail, with the price of each listed. Students are challenged to add up the cost of ingredients and then subtract this total from 50p to find out how much change Wanda will get back. Accompanied by enchanting phrases like "Hocus pocus 1, 2, 3," the lesson not only reinforces addition and subtraction skills but also captures the children's imagination. After the interactive class activity, students are encouraged to complete a worksheet to further practise their newfound skills in solving money problems.