The digital money maze

Before you begin

• Use the safety checklist to help you plan and risk assess your activity. There's also more guidance to help you carry out your risk assessment, including examples.  
• Make sure all young people and adults involved in the activity know how to take part safely. 
• Make sure you have enough adult helpers. You may need some parents and carers to help. 

Planning and setting up this activity

• Print and cut one full set of Challenge Cards per team. Keep a copy of the answers.

Maze setup: 

• Print and cut one set of Question and Discussion Cards.
• Create a rope trail at least 30 m long, weaving it between trees, poles, or other stable objects.
• Make sure the trail is accessible for everyone.
• You can vary the trail with zigzags, tunnels, low hurdles, or changes in rope height.
• Include multiple paths, so different teams may encounter different Question and Discussion Cards depending on their route.
• Use different rope lengths and secure them around fixed points to keep the trail stable.
• Place the cards at key points along the trail.
• Set a safe limit on how many people can be on the trail at once.
• Ensure the course is clearly marked and safe to avoid trips or slips.

Running this activity

Challenge Relay

1. Ask everyone to get into groups.
2. The groups should line up in relay formation.
3. Place the Challenge Cards at the end of the relay track in a safe spot, such as on a table, ensuring no one can slip on them.
4. One team member runs to the end of the track, collects a Challenge Card, and returns to their team.
5. The team discusses the question on the card and agrees on an answer together. One team member should note down the answer.
6. Once the answer is recorded, the next team member goes to collect the next card.
7. Continue until all team members have run and all Challenge Cards have been collected and answered.
8. The first team to return with all their Challenge Cards answered wins the race portion.
9. Someone can then read out the correct answers for each Challenge Card.
10. The team with the most correct answers wins overall.
11. In the case of a tie, the fastest team among the tied teams is the winner.

The Maze

1. Gather everyone and explain that they’ll be working in teams to follow a trail, answering fun and tricky questions about online banking and digital money along the way to reach the finish line.
2. Ask everyone to move slowly and listen carefully to each other.
3. Divide the group into smaller teams. Each team should start at a different point on the trail. Two teams can go at once if they start in opposite directions.
4. Along the trail, teams will encounter two types of stops:
   • Question Cards: Teams must stop, agree on an answer, and write it down.
   • Discussion Cards: Teams pause to talk as a team about the topic before continuing.
5. Once all teams have finished the trail, bring everyone back together to review the cards, checking the answers on the Question Cards and discussing what they learned during the Discussion Cards.

Optional challenge:

• To make the maze harder, most team members could be blindfolded. One person per team remains unblindfolded and must guide the rest. Teams will need to rely on each other and work together.
• If anyone doesn’t want to wear a blindfold, they can close their eyes or cover them with their hands while holding the rope, whatever feels most comfortable.