Part of something bigger.
Building Tax stories for yesterday, today and tomorrow.
The Kit.
Year 9-10 students: Understand tax at a national level. Create an employee profile, build their tax story. Break down a payslip. Calculate marginal tax rate. Compare your tax model with the National Tax Spend. Understand how our tax system is designed.
Learning Areas: Social Science, Financial Capability, English, Math & Statistics.
Key Concepts: Financial literacy, income and taxation, systems, dual knowledge.
Kit Patron: Sorted in Schools + IRD
Classroom availability: 500 classrooms
Number of students to reach: 16,000 students
Availability: Term 4, 2024, Term 1 & Term 2, 2025
This kit is also available in Te Reo Māori.
The Te Reo Māori kit comes with an additional online space supported in Te Reo Māori by the Sorted MME team.
You can register for either kit below.
Understanding taxes early is like learning the rules of the financial game—those who know how to play are the ones who stay ahead.
This emphasizes the long-term benefits of tax literacy, especially for young people.
Also available
Dear 13 year old me.
Going back to the future to correct money mistakes and harness the power of compound interest.
Understand the power of compound interest, as both credit and debt. Receive letters from the future. Use decision making prototypes and informed choices to change the path of past money mistakes. Understand and critique pay equity and fairness.
What people are saying.
Why is this learning important?
"Teaching tax knowledge is important because it helps people manage their money responsibly, avoid costly mistakes, and better understand how taxes affect their finances and society."
Positive outcomes for students
“A 13-year-old learning about taxes gains early financial awareness, helping them make smarter money choices and prepare for future responsibilities.“
Your Physical Kit
Our kits are beautiful, physical, tangible, tactile things (with digital components built in). They are designed to be used and transformed by students into learning keepsakes. If you register for the Story Vets kit then you’ll also be granted access to a private kit page within our network where you’ll be able to access prompt support from a member of our School Kit Team to ensure your teaching experience is awesome.
Kit includes: 1x Tax shopping list, 1x set of Employee ID tags, 1x Fortune tokens, 32x Character builder sheets, 1x A2 Pay slip fact sheet, 1x Business banner, 32x Golden tickets, 32x Payslip templates, 3x Washi tape, 1x A2 Tax distribution sheet, 1x A2 Tax distribution graphic, 5x Sticker sheet.
Every kit has three parts
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01. The Boxed Kit
Physical materials. Student focused. Designed to be used, transformed and modified. Beautiful. Boxed. Delivered to you
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02. The online, teacher only kit space
Private, secure, everyone together. Teachers only, free to join.
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03. The support to teach
Tips and tricks. Direct messaging. School Visits. Calendly Appts. Zoom sessions. Teacher Champions