Physics

Physics GCSE Enhancement Programme

Target Audience: Year 10 and 11 students who are not yet working at the highest level (i.e. working at a 6/7, but capable of achieving an 8/9).

Format: Weekly hour-long lessons delivered by EMS teachers after school hours. These are all currently online lessons. The Year 11 group begins in the autumn term with the programme concluding at February half-term.   The Year 10 programme begins in the spring term.

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: Nominations for year 10 students in the 2023-24 academic year will open in the spring term 2024. If you are already enrolled on our Y10 GCSE Enhancement programme, you will automatically be moved up into the next year group in September.

Capacity: 200(ish).

During a series of online lectures, 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.

How it works

Students join the programme in Year 10 and will participate in weekly online after-school workshops, starting soon after the spring half term. Students remain on the programme in Year 11, attending weekly lessons during the autumn and early spring terms of their GCSE year.

Programme schedule for Year 11 students re-joining the programme in September 2023:

Session  Date  Time 
1  Tuesday 19 September  1630-1730 
2  Tuesday 26 September  1630-1730 
3  Tuesday 3 October   1630-1730 
4  Tuesday 10 October  1630-1730 
HALF TERM 
5  Tuesday 31 October  1630-1730 
6  Tuesday 7 November  1630-1730 
7  Tuesday 14 November  1630-1730 
8  Tuesday 21 November  1630-1730 
9  Tuesday 28 November  1630-1730 
10  Tuesday 5 December  1630-1730 
CHRISTMAS 
11  Tuesday 9 January  1630-1730 
12  Tuesday 16 January  1630-1730 
13  Tuesday 23 January  1630-1730 
14  Tuesday 30 January  1630-1730 
15  Tuesday 6 February  1630-1730 

 

Programme schedule for Year 10 students joining the programme in February 2024:

 

Session Date Time
1 Tuesday 27 February 1630-1730
2 Tuesday 5 March 1630-1730
3 Tuesday 19 March 1630-1730
4 Tuesday 26 March 1630-1730
EASTER BREAK
5 Tuesday 16 April 1630-1730
6 Tuesday 23 April 1630-1730
7 Tuesday 30 April 1630-1730
8 Tuesday 7 May 1630-1730
9 Tuesday 14 May 1630-1730
10 Tuesday 21 May 1630-1730

KS4 Physics Challenge

Target Audience: Year 10 and 11 students in the South West.

Date: Thursday 25 January 2024, 1200-1600.

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: Information is sent to all 11-18 schools in our catchment area in the spring term. Teachers can request to be added to our mailing list by emailing events@exeterms.ac.uk

Capacity: 80 (20 teams)

Details of the next challenge will be released in the autumn term.

KS5 Physics Challenge

Target Audience: Year 12 and 13 students in the South West.

Date: Thursday 9 November 2023, 1200-1600.

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: 80 (20 teams)

How to get involved: Information is sent to all 11-18 schools in our catchment area in the autumn term. Teachers can request to be added to our mailing list by emailing events@exeterms.ac.uk

Details of our next challenge will be released later in the summer term.

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