Target Audience: students from Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset who stand out for their achievement in and/or enthusiasm for physics.
Format: five enrichment days held at EMS spread throughout the year.
Aim: to provide students, that might otherwise be isolated, with a community of like-minded peers to explore challenging and interesting physics.
How to get involved: nominations for the 2019-20 programme are now closed. Nominations for the 2020-21 programme will open in the summer term.
Capacity: 64 (16 per year)
The PSC is a rolling programme for students from Years 8-11. Students join us at the beginning of Year 8 and remain on the programme until Year 11.
Our aim is to bring together and inspire able physics students from across Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset, forming a community of learners who will work together, share ideas, attend masterclasses and receive mentoring; delivering a fascinating insight into the exciting field of physics!
Teachers frequently identify students within their settings who stand out from the crowd and who can find themselves working in isolation. Our aim is to bring these students together, to enable them to work with peers who are similarly able and motivated, to provide stimuli which will deepen and broaden their appreciation of physics and its related fields and to demonstrate how physics relates to their lives.
It is our intention to support students throughout their secondary school career, regardless of whether or not they decide to apply for a place in our 6th form.
Students joining the PSC-SW will attend a series of enrichment days at Exeter Mathematics School. Please see the dates below for the current academic year. Please note that EMS Christmas Lectures on 19th December form part of the PSC-SW programme. Unlike the other enrichment days, this event takes place at the University of Exeter and tickets MUST be booked in advance.
During the enrichment days students will take part in masterclasses and workshops. They will be introduced to Physics beyond the normal curriculum and will be encouraged to think about, debate and explore challenging concepts and ideas.
This programme is teacher nominated only; we cannot accept applications from students directly.
If you are part of the PSC for the academic year 2019-20 in Years 8-10, you will automatically be moved up into the next year group next year. Update paperwork will be sent out in the second half of the summer term.
| Date | Time | Event |
| Tuesday 1st October 2019 | 1045 – 1445 | Year 8 Launch Day |
| Friday 8th November 2019 | 1045 – 1445 | Enrichment Day |
| Thursday 19th December 2019 | 1230 – 1600 | EMS Christmas Lectures* |
| Tuesday 28th January 2020 | 1045 – 1445 | Enrichment Day |
| Friday 13th March 2020 | CANCELLED | Enrichment Day |
*booking required
| Date | Time | Event |
| Monday 16th September 2019 | 1045 – 1445 | Enrichment Day |
| Tuesday 5th November 2019 | 1045 – 1445 | Enrichment Day |
| Thursday 19th December 2019 | 1230 – 1600 | EMS Christmas Lectures* |
| Friday 7th February 2020 | 1045 – 1445 | Enrichment Day |
| Monday 23rd March 2020 | CANCELLED | Enrichment Day |
*booking required
| Date | Time | Event |
| Saturday 28th September 2019 | 1230 – 1600 | Enrichment Day |
| Saturday 16th November 2019 | 1230 – 1600 | Enrichment Day |
| Thursday 19th December 2019 | 1230 – 1600 | EMS Christmas Lectures* |
| Saturday 25th January 2020 | 1230 – 1600 | Enrichment Day |
| Saturday 21st March 2020 | CANCELLED | Enrichment Day |
*booking required
| Date | Time | Event |
| Saturday 28th September 2019 | 1230 – 1600 | Enrichment Day |
| Saturday 16th November 2019 | 1230 – 1600 | Enrichment Day |
| Thursday 19th December 2019 | 1230 – 1600 | EMS Christmas Lectures* |
| Saturday 25th January 2020 | 1230 – 1600 | Enrichment Day |
| Saturday 21st March 2020 | CANCELLED | Year 11 Celebration Event |
*booking required
Target Audience: students within reach of Exeter who are not yet working at the highest level (i.e. working at a 6/7, but capable of achieving an 8/9).
Format: 11 lessons per year at EMS from 1600 to 1730, approximately fortnightly throughout the autumn and spring terms of year 10 and 11.
Aim: to enable students to achieve better GCSE grades than initially predicted and to therefore have greater opportunities in Further and Higher education.
How to get involved: Please email events@exeterms.ac.uk if you would like to make a late application; places are currently available on this programme.
Capacity: 32 (16 per year group).
During a series of workshops and group sessions, students will have the opportunity to develop a deeper and more connected understanding of GCSE content.
Supported by EMS staff, students will be provided with the stimuli to broaden their application of Physics and its related fields, whilst supporting their development; thereby encouraging them towards further study of Physics beyond GCSE.
Students will attend for 11 sessions in total during the autumn and spring terms. Please see the dates below.
This programme is teacher nominated only; we cannot accept applications from students directly. Teachers are invited to nominate year 9 students towards the end of the summer term. We are still accepting late nominations; please email events@exeterms.ac.uk
If you have been part of our Year 10 Enhancement Programme you will automatically progress into next year’s Year 11 group.
All sessions run on Tuesday afternoons from 1600-1730 at Exeter Mathematics School:
| 1st October | 15th October | 5th November |
| 19th November | 3rd December | 17th December |
| 14th January | 28th January | 11th February |
| 3rd March | 17th March – CANCELLED |
All sessions run on Thursday afternoons from 1600-1730 at Exeter Mathematics School:
| 12th September | 26th September | 10th October |
| 31st October | 14th November | 28th November – cancelled |
| 12th December | 9th January | 23rd January |
| 6th February | 12th March |
Target Audience: Year 10 and 11 students in the Exeter & East-Devon area.
When: Friday 13th December 2019, 12pm – 4pm
Where: The Phoenix, Gandy Street, Exeter, EX4 3LS
Format: An afternoon with four rounds in a team-based inter-school competition.
Aim: to have fun, be challenged, enjoy Physics in a buzzy environment!
How to get involved: This event is now fully booked!
Capacity: 80 (20 teams)
The Phoenix, Gandy Street, Exeter
Teachers – please click here to sign up. Further info in the PDF below.
Target Audience: year 12 and 13 students in the Exeter & East-Devon area.
Format: An afternoon with four rounds in a team-based inter-school competition.
Aim: to have fun, be challenged, enjoy physics in a buzzy environment!
Capacity: 60 (15 teams)
