Term Dates
| Autumn 1
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Thursday 2 September
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Friday 15 October
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7 weeks
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| Autumn 2
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Monday 1 November
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Thursday 16 December
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6.5 weeks
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| Spring 1
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Monday 10 January
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Friday 18 February
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6 weeks
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| Spring 2
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Monday 28 February
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Friday 1 April
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5 weeks
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| Summer 1
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Tuesday 26 April
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Friday 27 May
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5 Weeks
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| Summer 2
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Monday 6 June
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Wednesday 13th July
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5.5 weeks
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Third Form
Timings are approximate at the moment and will be firmed up as the year goes on. The idea is to give sufficient time to each topic and to extend where appropriate with activities we might not normally have time for.
| Autumn 1
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Thursday 2 September
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Friday 15 October
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7 weeks
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- Speed Equation
- Rearranging equations and the perfect calculation answer
- Distance time graphs
- Acceleration
- Projectile motion (extension)
- Velocity time graphs
| Autumn 2
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Monday 1 November
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Thursday 16 December
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6.5 weeks
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- Standard form
- Vectors vs. scalars
- Adding force vectors & Friction
- Types of forces
- Newton's second law
- Weight
- Parachutes (investigation)
| Spring 1
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Monday 10 January
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Friday 18 February
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6 weeks
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- Prefixes (mega, kilo, centi and milli)
- Falling and terminal velocity
- Stopping distances
- Astronomy
- Impact craters (investigation)
| Spring 2
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Monday 28 February
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Friday 1 April
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5 weeks
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- Prefixes (pico to tera)
- Momentum
- Conservation of momentum
- Force, change in momentum, time
- Newton's third law
| Summer 1
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Tuesday 26 April
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Friday 27 May
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5 Weeks
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- Hooke's Law
- Moments
- Principle of moments
- Bridges
- Prepare for Summer Exam
| Summer 2
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Monday 6 June
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Wednesday 13th July
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5.5 weeks
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- Summer Exam
- Keep clear week
- (investigations)
- Bottle rocket challenge
Fourth Form
| Autumn 1
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Thursday 2 September
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Friday 15 October
|
7 weeks
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- Forces and Density Lessons
- Revision, test and review
| Autumn 2
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Monday 1 November
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Thursday 16 December
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6.5 weeks
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- Waves lessons
- Revision, test and review
| Spring 1
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Monday 10 January
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Friday 18 February
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6 weeks
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- Electrical circuits lessons – major revision of last year’s lessons on current and voltage
- Revision, test and review
| Spring 2
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Monday 28 February
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Friday 1 April
|
5 weeks
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- Continue electrical circuits
- 1st half of electromagnetism lessons
| Summer 1
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Tuesday 26 April
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Friday 27 May
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5 Weeks
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- 2nd half of electromagnetism lessons
- Revision, test, review
- 1st half of energy lessons
- Prepare for Summer Exam
| Summer 2
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Monday 6 June
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Wednesday 13th July
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5.5 weeks
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- Summer Exam
- Keep clear week
- 2nd half of energy lessons
Fifth Form
| Autumn 1
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Thursday 2 September
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Friday 15 October
|
7 weeks
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Specification references refer to separate award codes
- 1.2, 1.3, 1.33 - Distance-time graphs, average speed and orbital speed
- 1.14, 1.4 - F=ma and a=(v-u/)t
- 1.5, 1.6, 1.7 - velocity time graphs
- 1.16, 1.17 - terminal velocity and stopping distances
- 1.19, 1.20, 1.21, 1.22 - momentum and Newton's third
- Test
| Autumn 2
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Monday 1 November
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Thursday 16 December
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6.5 weeks
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- Revisit 3.14, 3.15, 3.16 - reflection, refraction, diffraction, image in a plane mirror
- 3.17, 3.18, 3.19 - refraction experiment and refractive index
- 3.20, 3.21, 3.22 - total internal reflection and critical angle
- 3.23, 3.24, 3.25, 3.26 - analogue vs. digital and sound waves revision
- Mock revision
- Mock revision
| Spring 1
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Monday 10 January
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Friday 18 February
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6 weeks
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- Mocks (2 weeks)
- Go through mock exam
- 5.5, 5.6 - Pressure in fluids
- 5.11, 5.12, 5.13, 5.14, 5.15, 5.16, 5.17 Brownian motion Kelvin scale, pressure vs. temperature
- 5.18, 5.19, Pressure vs. temperature and pressure vs. volume
| Spring 2
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Monday 28 February
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Friday 1 April
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5 weeks
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- 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, revisit 7.15, 7.16 - properties of radiation and Rutherford's model
- 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9 - Balancing nuclear equations
- 7.10, 7.11, 7.12 - Half life
- 7.13, 7.14 - Uses for radioactivity
- 7.17, 7.18, 7.19, 7.20 - Fission
| Summer 1
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Tuesday 26 April
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Friday 27 May
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5 Weeks
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Sixth Form
| Autumn 1
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Thursday 2 September
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Friday 15 October
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7 weeks
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| Autumn 2
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Monday 1 November
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Thursday 16 December
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6.5 weeks
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- finish 1.2
- finish 1.5
- 1.3
- 1.6
- PH1 test
| Spring 1
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Monday 10 January
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Friday 18 February
|
6 weeks
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| Spring 2
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Monday 28 February
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Friday 1 April
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5 weeks
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- final preparations for PH3
- finish 2.2
- finish 2.5
- 2.3
| Summer 1
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Tuesday 26 April
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Friday 27 May
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5 Weeks
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- 4.1
- 4.3
- Prepare for Summer Exams
| Summer 2
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Monday 6 June
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Wednesday 13th July
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5.5 weeks
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- Internal Exams (2 weeks)
- Keep clear week
- finish 4.1
- finish 4.3
- 4.2
Seventh Form
| Autumn 1
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Thursday 2 September
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Friday 15 October
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7 weeks
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| Autumn 2
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Monday 1 November
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Thursday 16 December
|
6.5 weeks
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| Spring 1
|
Monday 10 January
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Friday 18 February
|
6 weeks
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| Spring 2
|
Monday 28 February
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Friday 1 April
|
5 weeks
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| Summer 1
|
Tuesday 26 April
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Friday 27 May
|
5 Weeks
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