This resource provides ten short descriptions with videos of Cambridge support resources available on the School Support Hub including:

• Schemes of Work
• Example Candidate Responses / Example Responses
• Specimen Paper Answers
• Learner Guides
• Skills Exercises
• Resource Plus
• Everyday Science
• Support for languages 
• Lesson planning
• Teaching Tools

Schemes of work are medium-term teaching plans that provide ideas about how to construct, pace and deliver your Cambridge course. Each syllabus is broken down into teaching units with suggested teaching activities and online learning resources and specimen or past paper questions to use in the classroom. In the introduction you will find a table of suggested teaching order and time allocation These documents offer advice, tips and ideas to help you plan your lessons including suggestions for independent learning, formative assessment and extension activities.

Example Candidate Responses aim is to exemplify standards for Cambridge teachers and learners and show how different levels of candidates’ responses (high, middle and low) relate to the subject’s assessment. This resource includes examples of candidates’ work to show the standard required to achieve marks, beyond the guidance of the mark scheme. Each candidate response is annotated with numbered examiner comments about where and why marks were awarded or omitted, followed by comments on how the answer could be improved. There is also a list of common mistakes and guidance for candidates.

Example Responses include high-level answers, written by a Cambridge examiner. We provide examiner commentary on questions that learners may find more challenging, as well as information about common misconceptions and errors.

Specimen Paper Answers provide responses to Specimen Papers written in the style of a Cambridge candidate so teachers can see the standards expected from candidates. These are provided before the first live examination when the syllabus has been redeveloped.

For each answer we provide the marks or level that would be awarded and examiner comments including strengths and weaknesses of the response, how and why the marks were achieved, how additional marks could be obtained, and the required thought process of a candidate to reach that answer. Common mistakes or misconceptions are also included. Specimen Paper Answers are for teachers and learners to familiarise themselves with the overall assessment approach. 

Learner Guides focus on syllabus content, exam questions, study skills and revision techniques and planning which teachers can share with learners to help them plan their revision programme and better understand what to expect in the exam. The guides include interactive elements where learners can practise answering questions and keep track of their progress throughout the course.

Skills Exercises are designed to build learner confidence through practice and skills development. Skills exercises provide support around the application of analysis and evaluation skills, knowledge and understanding of terminology and are organised using an assessment objective-based approach. These align to the assessment objectives in the syllabus.

Skills Exercises help teachers bring metacognitive strategies, active learning, and dialogic discussion into the classroom, and are presented in an exercise and worksheet format.

Each resource includes topic specific exercises, worksheets, suggested classroom activities and teaching approaches. Worksheets and answer sheets can either be printed for learners or displayed on an interactive board to complete as a class. The worksheets can be adapted to suit your learners’ needs and your specific context of learning.

Resource Plus provides videos, ready-made lesson plans and interactive teaching materials to help deliver engaging lessons and explain challenging topics and skills.

Everyday Science is a digital resource which demonstrates how practical science can be carried out using everyday materials and resources. By using everyday items often found in the home, learners can complete the investigations independently, for example as a homework task, or in a normal classroom when lab time is limited, or schools do not have a lab facility. Everyday Science enables all learners to benefit from practical science in a safe and supported way.

We provide a wide range of support for our language syllabuses, including Speaking Test Videos and Specimen Speaking Test videos. These videos aim to support teachers in conducting the Speaking tests. Our Specimen Speaking Test videos provide demonstrations of tests at different levels, and include detailed moderator comments that highlight where each candidate gains marks and could make improvements. They give an indication of the overall standard of the speaking test.

Other videos include our Guide to the listening exam, and Guide to filling in multiple-choice answer sheets.

Lesson planning supports teachers in their lesson planning. The detailed video is a useful guide on effective lesson planning, focusing on the steps involved in planning a lesson and how to ensure that planning is directly linked to effective teaching and learning. The video covers different types of planning, objectives and success criteria, content and structure of a lesson plan, differentiation, assessment and homework, and reflection and evaluation.

There are further available resources such as ‘Key questions’ to consider before and after planning a lesson, a lesson planning template, and videos of teachers discussing different elements of lesson planning.

We have a large range of useful teaching tools to help deliver interactive classroom activities and engage learners. The tools include Spinner, Names from a hat, Match-up, Drag and drop, Flip cards, Group maker, and many more.

The tools can be integrated seamlessly into lessons and encourage the effective use of technology for teaching and learning without any technical pressures. The tools are based on Cambridge pedagogical approaches, and focus on learning rather than technology, helping teachers to deliver engaging lessons with minimal fuss.