{"id":5153,"date":"2021-09-16T17:28:44","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T15:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/?post_type=article&p=5153"},"modified":"2021-09-16T17:30:42","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T15:30:42","slug":"ibbagitjar-ghal-meta-t-tfal-imorru-lura-l-iskola","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/article\/ibbagitjar-ghal-meta-t-tfal-imorru-lura-l-iskola\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0120EMMA\u2019s Video Series on Budgeting \u2013 Back to School"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This is one of the videos we produced with the Central Bank of Malta in our budgeting series. Download it by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let me introduce the \u0120EMMA family.  I am Maria.  I am Tony\u2019s wife.  I am 40 years old and I work in my father\u2019s family business.  Tony, my husband is 42 years old.  Tony works as a manager in a large Maltese business.  We have two kids:  Matthias, our son who is 11 years old, and is now in secondary school, and Angele, our daughter who is 17 and is finishing upper secondary school this scholastic year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here we go again, I said to myself.  I just received from Matthias\u2019, my 11 year old son, a letter from his school. Matthias, will be going up to Form II this coming scholastic year.  Well, Level 8 it is today called.  Seems that everything we did in my day had something wrong with it. They even changed how to do long divisions and multipilcations from what I was taught!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Download the \u0120EMMA Back to School Calculator by clicking <\/em>here<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am digressing.  Matthias\u2019s just informed me of the books, uniforms, stationery and all other stuff he needs as for Form II \u2013 oopps, sorry meant Level 8!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well.  I learnt big time how best to prepare for a new scholastic term, when Angele, my 17-year-old daughter, progressed from, eh, Level 7 to Level 8.  When she started Level 7, I bought everything new \u2013 books, copybooks, uniform.  It cost me a fortune. It truly messed up the family budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I spoke to some friends of mine who had elder kids \u2013 and they showed me what I should do to minimise these costs.  They introduced me to parents\u2019 groups on Facebook, told me to keep an eye out for sales, how to look for quality second-hand books, etc.  And that\u2019s what I did when Angele was promoted to Level 8.  I tell you, I spent less than 50% that I did the year before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And this is what I have been doing since.  I have already bought all of the books second hand for Matthias\u2019 Level 8 studies, picked up the shoes, shirts and trousers in last year\u2019s post-Christmas sales.  I am practically done!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You wish to learn more about how to prepare for sending your kids back to school this forthcoming scholastic year?  View<\/a> the \u0120EMMA- Central Bank of Malta video to know more.  Also click<\/a> here to download the \u0120EMMA Back to School Calculator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let us know your thoughts.  We look forward to hearing from you.  And we at \u0120EMMA encourage you to share this link or the video with your friends or publicly on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visit the \u0120EMMA Facebook page<\/a> and give us a like!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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