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.
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.
Students will participate in sessions during the spring-summer (Year 10 cohort) and autumn (Year 11 cohort) terms.
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 12 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 |
Target Audience: Year 10 and 11 students in the South West.
Date: Thursday 25 January 2024, 1230-1630.
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.
Target Audience: Year 12 and 13 students in the South West.
Date: Thursday 9 November 2023, 1230-1630.
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.
