14 Jul 2023
We’re always developing new support materials to help teachers deliver Cambridge programmes successfully in the classroom. Here are some of the latest resources on the School Support Hub, our secure online site for teachers at Cambridge schools. You can find them in the 'Teaching and learning' section of the relevant syllabus page.
If you have never had an account for the School Support Hub, speak to the School Support Coordinator at your school, and they will help set one up for you.
Specimen Paper Answers
Specimen Paper Answers aim to exemplify standards and include examples of very good answers to questions in specimen papers, providing teachers with guidance on what is expected in the exam.
New Specimen Paper Answers:
- Cambridge IGCSE Religious Studies 0490 (for examination from 2025)
- Cambridge IGCSE First Language Turkish 0513 (for examination from 2025)
- Cambridge International AS & A Level Design & Technology 9705 (for examination from 2025)
- Cambridge International AS & A Level Travel & Tourism 9395 (for examination from 2024).
Specimen Speaking Tests
Specimen Speaking Tests include videos and comments about the format of the speaking test, as well as demonstrating the strengths and weaknesses of the performance of the featured candidate(s) and teacher/examiner(s).
Specimen Speaking Tests are now available for:
- Cambridge International AS Level Spanish Language 8022 (for examination from 2024)
- Chinese Language 8238 (for examination from 2024).
Specimen Speaking Tests are currently being developed for Cambridge International AS Level German Language 8027, and French Language 8028 (for examination from 2025).
Skills Exercises
Skills Exercises are a teaching resource which focus on the assessment objectives of some of our Cambridge syllabuses. Skills Exercises are designed to bring metacognitive strategies into the classroom and build learner confidence through practice and skills development. The skills align to the assessment objective of the syllabus, which together provide a set of tools which equip the learner to think and communicate within the subject discipline.
New Skills Exercises:
- Cambridge IGCSE / IGCSE (9-1) / O Level Economics 0455_0987_2281 (for examination from 2025)
- Cambridge International AS & A Level Psychology 9990 (for examination from 2025)
New Guide to Skills Exercises
A short video for teachers about how to use the Skills Exercises resource.
Resource Plus: Literature in English Set Text updates
New resources for Set Texts including videos, audios, text summaries, character summaries and quotations, and quizzes are now available for:
- Purple Hibiscus
- The Namesake
- Picnic at Hanging Rock
- Rebecca
- Great Expectations
- Othello
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Death and the King’s Horseman.