Swiss Money Week 2025

Swiss Money Week 2025

21 Mar 2025

Record participation in Swiss Money Week: 16 school classes registered for our competitions and created money collages or took part in our budgeting competition - a look back at a successful week.

During Swiss Money Week, children and young people learn about handling money in a fun way. This year, a total of 320 school children from five primary, three middle and six high school classes in the cantons of Zurich, Schaffhausen and Bern took part in the tasks set by the Swiss Finance Museum.

Elementary school: Creative approach to money

The elementary school students created artistic collages on the topic of money. The classes were able to use suggested key questions, but also pursue their own questions on the topic of money - which many classes did. The results are creative and varied ideas that lead to careful implementation:

  • 3rd Grade Ms Zeller, Schule Kuesnacht

    3rd Grade Ms Zeller, Schule Kuesnacht

  • 2nd Grade Ms Brun, Schule Wettswil

    2nd Grade Ms Brun, Schule Wettswil

  • 1./2. Grade Ms Grendelmeier, Schule Freilager, Zurich

    1./2. Grade Ms Grendelmeier, Schule Freilager, Zurich

  • 1st Grade Ms Ruoss, Schule Bungertwies, Zurich

    1st Grade Ms Ruoss, Schule Bungertwies, Zurich

To reflect on their collage and delve even deeper into the topic of money, the Finance Museum invited the classes to the children's workshop “Money rules the world!”. Jill Zeller, a teacher at Küsnacht School, says: “A mother of a child in my class drew my attention to Swiss Money Week. It really was a great project. My third-grade class started by studying the topic of money in depth and made a creative collage about it. We were invited to a children's workshop on the subject. The children were very enthusiastic about this excursion. Definitely a great experience. I can only recommend it to others.”

About the childrens workshop

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Swiss Money Week, the Swiss branch of Global Money Week, took place this year from March 17 to 23, 2025. As an international initiative, it aims to raise awareness of financial topics among children and young people. The Financial Literacy Network, of which the Finance Museum is a member, organizes a variety of activities to strengthen financial education in Switzerland and thus counteract indebtedness.

Why is financial literacy important?

Various studies show a clear correlation. Financial literacy promotes economic success - individually and nationally. Early education can help to develop healthy financial behavior. 

Stock exchange operator SIX has published a blog post on the occasion of Swiss Money Week 2025 that summarizes studies on the topic and provides insight into why financial education is crucial at a young age.

Blog post from SIX

Intermediate and High school: calculations, research and discussions for the class camp

In the weeks leading up to Swiss Money Week, the intermediate and high school children planned a complete school trip - including budgeting, documentation, dealing with IT, research and probably numerous discussions about how to spend the given budget.

At two award ceremonies - one for the intermediate and one for the high-school level - the classes presented their exciting class camps. The award ceremonies took place immediately afterwards.

The winners

At two award ceremonies - one for the intermediate and one for the high-school level - the classes presented their exciting class camps. The award ceremonies took place immediately afterwards.

The winners of the competition were honored separately in the High School and Intermediate School levels:

High school:

  1. Schulhaus Gräfler Schauffhausen, Ms Stamm
  2. Schule Campus Glattal, Mr van Hoek
  3. Schule Stettbach, Mr Neukom
  4. Schule Stettbach, Ms Brechtel / Schule Stettbach, Mr Düngler /Schule Campus Glattal, Ms Pittet

Intermediate:

  1. Schule Chriesiweg, Mr Keller
  2. Schule Milchbuck, Mr  Behrendt / Schule Guggach, Mr Sheikh

 

Why take part?

Marcello Solida

Money is a topic that is often neglected at this age. By working together, my school children have not only developed a better understanding of how to handle money consciously, but have also learned about the planning behind a class camp. This has strengthened their empathy, improved their relationships in class and helped them to contribute more informed ideas to the class council. I can definitely recommend this experience to others!

Abdul Shaikh , Teacher at Schule Guggach, Zurich

Marcello Solida

Money is an integral and important part of our daily lives. In my opinion, those who know how to handle money gain a great deal of freedom. The practical assignment as part of Swiss Money Week gave us the opportunity to talk about the importance of and how to deal with money in an interdisciplinary way. The class was highly motivated at all times and is now looking forward all the more to the jointly planned class camp.

Cornel Keller, Teacher at Schule Chriesiweg, Zurich

The Jury

Marcello Solida

I am convinced that those who learn to handle money consciously and carefully at an early age will have a big advantage later on. That's why this competition is so important - it not only helps pupils to plan specific budgets, but also encourages creativity and teamwork. I am delighted to be part of this great initiative!

Fabienne Strobel, Head Sustainability SIX and Jury member

Marcello Solida

Swiss Money Week offers schools a valuable opportunity to raise childrens' awareness of financial education at an early age and to teach them important skills for handling money responsibly. At the same time, the students' teamwork skills are encouraged as they organize their own class camp together.

Alisa Gallmann, Schulamt der Stadt Zürich and Jury member

Marcello Solida

Numerous studies show that even countries with highly developed financial markets, such as Switzerland, have a comparatively low level of financial literacy. This means that for many people it is a challenge or even impossible to manage their personal finances. For this reason, it is crucial to teach children how to handle money and finances, as this knowledge forms an important foundation.

Andrea Weidemann, Director of Swiss Finance Museum and Jury member

Impressions from the award ceremonies

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