This course offers year 11 students a programme of weekly GCSE Physics online classes, covering topics that students often find most challenging. Importantly, all of these topics are examined across all GCSE & IGCSE exam boards. Mastering these topics will be critical for students aiming for the highest grades, and as such these sessions are aimed at students who are aiming top grades at GCSE.
The course takes place on Tuesdays from 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm (UK Time) during term time throughout the academic year. We offer our courses at a rate of £24 per hour and £36 per session, each session lasting 1.5 hours.
This course runs on Tuesdays 4.30pm - 6pm (UK Time) during term time.
Term 1 - Sessions 1 to 12
(Tuesday 19th September - Tuesday 19th December 2023)
1. Forces and motion
2. Newton's laws
3. Graphing motion
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4. Energy stores
5. Work and Power
6. Series circuits
7. Parallel circuits
8. Electrical work
9. Mains electricity
10. Atomic model
11. Matter - including gaseous behaviour
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Term 2 - Sessions 13 to 22
(Tuesday 9th January - Tuesday 19th March 2024)
12. Nuclear Fission and Fusion
13. Radioactivity
14. Waves
15. Wave behaviour
16. Refraction and TIR
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17. Magnetism
18. Electromagnetism and Motor effect
19. EM induction
20. Transformers and the National Grid
21. Motion in the Universe
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Term 3 - Sessions 23 to 28
(Tuesday 16th April - Tuesday 28th May 2024)
22. Stellar Evolution
23. Cosmology
24. Static Elelctricity
25. Moments and Levers
26. Exam Technique
27. Exam Technique
28. Exam Technique
This course will be run by one of our professional tutors, Jon. Jon is a former Head of Science with over 20 years' teaching experience. With a specialised focus on GCSE and A-level Science, alongside his expertise in university admissions, Jon brings a wealth of knowledge to each lesson. He joined Keystone in 2012 and has helped 270 Keystone families over this period, teaching more than 10,400 hours.
- Target Student: Students in Year 11 with a predicted grade of an 8 or 9.
- Programme Structure: Every 4th session will be an assessment session allowing the course tutor to review each student’s understanding of the topics covered in the previous 3 sessions. During this session students will receive some 1-to-1 support and feedback from the course tutor.
- Session Length: Every lesson will be 1.5 hours long.
- Focus Areas: Topics typically covered in Year 10 that transcend the GCSE & IGCSE exam boards. Each session will be discreet and standalone allowing students to join the cohort at any point.
- Assessment: Course tutors will use a variety of different means to measure student progress throughout each session; assessment methods included group discussions, individual questioning, worked examples, peer review and past paper questions.
- Homework: After each session students will be set homework to complete on the focus area covered in the previous lesson. This will comprise of past paper questions and can be completed online.
- Platform: Lessons will take place on Zoom, which is free and straightforward for students to use. A link will be sent out ahead of the course start date.
- Maximum Class Size: We teach in groups of no more than 10 with the average class size being smaller.
- Contact Details: Should you have any questions, please feel free to reach out via email at courses@keystonetutors.com or call +44 (0)207 602 5310.
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