Cambridge

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Explore teaching ideas for your Cambridge programme or qualification. Prepare an opening activity, build useful practice and adapt the support while keeping the learning purpose clear.

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Your classroom starting points

Open with a question

Find out what learners already think before developing the idea.

Build useful practice

Ask for a task that makes learners explain their method.

Adapt the support

Offer another way into the same learning goal.

Explore the context

Start with what PLAI™ knows.

Explore the curriculum context, then take the conversation towards the task you are preparing.

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What do you know about Cambridge programmes and how their teaching contexts differ?

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Explore these Cambridge pathways

Primary
Lower Secondary
IGCSE →
International AS & A Level

Use the programme, stage or framework your class follows.

Choose a task for your class.

Open with a question

Find out what learners already think before developing the idea.

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Create an opening question about [topic] that helps me understand what learners already know.

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Build useful practice

Ask for a task that makes learners explain their method.

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Create practice questions on [topic] that ask learners to explain their reasoning.

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Adapt the support

Offer another way into the same learning goal.

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Help me adapt a task on [topic] with vocabulary support and a worked first step.

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Questions about Cambridge teaching

Is Cambridge the same as the national curriculum for England?

No. Choose the programme or qualification your school uses and check its own framework or syllabus.

Which syllabus year should I use?

Check the syllabus for the year in which learners will take the examination. Include the subject and syllabus code when you need precise course alignment.

Are all Cambridge pathways listed here?

This collection focuses on Primary, Lower Secondary, IGCSE and International AS & A Level. Cambridge also offers other programmes and qualifications.

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Start with one task, inspect the response and shape the next step for your class.

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