March 2025 Updates and Notices
Sunday 2 March 2025
March 2025 Updates and Notices
Welcome to the March 2025 newsletter!
During the past month, we welcomed our 117th teacher and 764th student to the InThinking IGCSE Economics website. These are new milestones for us, and we truly appreciate your ongoing support. đ
Key features of the InThinking IGCSE Economics website include:
Content in excess of 484,000 words. This includes detailed coverage of all topics in the IGCSE 0455 Economics syllabus. To put this into context, the 320-page Cambridge-endorsed IGCSE Economics textbook published by Hachette Learning (formerly Hodder Education) contains approximately 150,500 words.
Free student access - activate Student Access from the homepage to enable your students to use the site as an e-book.
Teaching resources designed for engaging learning, with built-in flexibility and adaptability to suit the needs of your students. These include printable PDF documents and interactive classroom activities to engage students.
Embedded videos, with activities and supporting resources, to improve comprehension and consolidate learning.
Case studies from different international contexts, covering all key sections of the syllabus.
Exam practice questions for both Paper 1 and Paper 2, covering all sections of the syllabus. Answers are provided for all exam-style questions, following the format of the examination board.
A comprehensive glossary of key terms, covering all terminology in the Cambridge IGCSE syllabus.
Interactive quizzes for independent student revision, including over 800 MCQs for Paper 1. Teachers can have the results directly linked to their grade book to monitor student progress.
Assessment advice, including top tips and common mistakes to avoid.
Weekly updates throughout the entire year.
A free 30-day trial for teachers to access all the resources on the website.
Did you know that your IGCSE Economics students can have completely free access to the website once you have activated Student Access? You can also register other teachers in your school to gain access to the website, which is updated every week, 52 weeks a year. The annual subscription therefore represents extremely good value for money and will save you hundreds of hours of planning.
Currency | Annual | Per week | Per day |
USD | 270 | 5.19 | 0.74 |
EUR | 220 | 4.23 | 0.60 |
GBP | 210 | 4.04 | 0.58 |
There are several key functions to Student Access:
Students have access to all notes related to the contents of the course. Essentially, they can use the website as a comprehensive e-textbook for the entire course.
It allows students to directly access most, but not all, pages (such as examination papers and mark schemes, as well as other teacher support materials).
It enables teachers to create tasks for their students (refer to the Smart Quizzes section of the website).
It helps to consolidate student learning and facilitates revision (such as the Paper 1 MCQ tasks, which all come with answers that have explanations).
It allows teachers to monitor the progress of their students using the grade book.
To get started, go to the Student Access tab in the top left corner of the home page.
Social media engagement
At the time of writing, there are more than 230 teachers in our InThinking IGCSE Economics WhatsApp group , with members asking questions and sharing ideas and resources on a regular basis. What we ask for is that all members check their WhatsApp privacy settings to ensure their full name and a suitable profile picture are on display - this is simply so that we all know who we are communicating with. We also have more than 390 teachers in our Facebook group. Feel free to join these groups as teachers transition to teaching the new IGCSE Economics syllabus.
Looking ahead
As we look ahead to next month, resources will be added to the InThinking website for the upcoming syllabus change to the IGCSE Economics course (for first teaching in July/August 2025). Details of all the changes can be found on the site page here.
Wishing you and your students all the best for the busy month ahead!
Paul Hoang
