GCSE PHYSICS

Is your child in Year 10 or Year 11 and trying to improve their grade in Physics?

Is your child encountering challenges with GCSE Physics content? Are they losing confidence or showing signs of lack of motivation? Are there specific topics that have become stumbling blocks in their understanding of the subject? Has your child received poor examination mock results or are performing poorly in topic tests? Perhaps your child is in Year 11 and wants to review Year 10 content in anticipation of their final exams in the Summer?

Good performance in GCSE Physics examinations is essential to your child, particularly if they are considering applying to do an A-Level in physics. Many sixth-forms and colleges will have minimum GCSE requirements in place to ensure they select the correct pupils onto their courses.

At vision tuition, you can be sure that you are in good hands with outstanding physics tuition. You can be confident that your tutor can instil confidence and raise educational attainment by tailoring their teaching approaches to the needs of your child.

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Specific areas that vision tuition can help with

Sharing core knowledge

Improving substantive knowledge

Your tutor will ensure they share with your child the core essential knowledge from physics that they need to know in order to pass exams. This could include aspects like definitions, essential terminology, units, use and rearrangement of equations.

Improving substantive knowledge

The physics tutor will help your child develop a deeper understanding of the essential factual content of GCSE Physics , building upon the fundamental concepts (see below for key topics).

The tutor will have the experience to ensure that content is covered carefully in a logical sequence building upon prior knowledge to help build confidence.

Question Approach

Improving substantive knowledge

Review required practicals

Your child's tutor will model different approaches to solving different types of questions, including those tricky calculation type questions, examples are momentum and circuit calculations. The tutor will then allow your child to hone these skills by getting them to apply theoretical knowledge to these questions and feedback where necessary.

Review required practicals

The physics tutor will be able to review common required practicals that may or may not have been carried out by your child in school, reviewing the essential knowledge including apparatus set up, methods and essential questions that students should be able to answer. This will help ensure students able to tackle any practical related questions with improved confidence.

Link between topics

Review required practicals

Developing exam technique

There are several topics that are interrelated within physics and also with the other sciences; biology and chemistry. These connections help provide a more holistic understanding of physics, enabling them to develop a more integrated understanding of the scientific principles in particular topics.

Developing exam technique

Review required practicals

Developing exam technique

The physics tutor can help your child understand how to navigate the exam format, manage time effectively, and present answers clearly and concisely using essential and relevant terminology. They will also help students how best to tackle the 6-mark level response questions. The tutor will have access to a vast amount of past papers that they can share with your child to help them practise and develop their exam technique.

TOPICS IN GCSE PHYSICS

Energy

Particle model

Electricity

Changes in energy stores
Energy and heating
Energy demands
Work, power and efficiency

Electricity

Particle model

Electricity

Electric circuits
Mains electricity
Static electricity

Particle model

Atomic structure

Density of materials
Particles in gases
Temperature changes and energy

Atomic structure

Magnetism and electromagnetism

Atomic structure

Atoms, isotopes and ions
Models of the atom
Nuclear fission and fusion
Radioactive decay
Uses and dangers of radiation

Magnetism and electromagnetism

Electromagnetic induction
Electromagnets
Magnetic fields
Transformers

Astronomy

Magnetism and electromagnetism

The expanding Universe
The life cycle of a star
The Solar System

Forces

Scalars and Vectors
Types of force
Motion
Newton’s Laws
Forces and elasticity
Gravity
Moments, levers and gears
Momentum
Pressure in fluids

Waves

Forces

Types of wave
Properties of waves
Electromagnetic Spectrum
Sound and ultrasound
Waves Topics
Lenses

IMPORTANCE OF GCSE PHYSICS

Excelling in GCSE Physics goes beyond academic achievement. It can influence your future choices.

Excelling in GCSE Physics can open doors to higher-level studies, such as A-level Physics, which can further lead to university courses in physics and related fields. If your child is considering pursuing A-level Physics, higher education in physics, or a career in a science-related discipline, a strong foundation from GCSE is crucial.

Many careers, such as engineering, astronomy, data science, and healthcare technology, require a strong grasp of physics. Doing well in GCSE Physics can pave the way for pursuing these career paths.

Doing well in GCSE Physics will demonstrates your child’s ability to grasp complex concepts and succeed academically.

GCSE PHYSICS

Is your child in Year 10 or Year 11 and trying to improve their grade in Physics?

Specific areas that vision tuition can help with

Sharing core knowledge

Improving substantive knowledge

Improving substantive knowledge

Improving substantive knowledge

Improving substantive knowledge

Improving substantive knowledge

Question Approach

Improving substantive knowledge

Review required practicals

Review required practicals

Review required practicals

Review required practicals

Link between topics

Review required practicals

Developing exam technique

Developing exam technique

Review required practicals

Developing exam technique

TOPICS IN GCSE PHYSICS

Energy

Particle model

Electricity

Electricity

Particle model

Electricity

Particle model

Particle model

Atomic structure

Atomic structure

Magnetism and electromagnetism

Atomic structure

Magnetism and electromagnetism

Magnetism and electromagnetism

Magnetism and electromagnetism

Astronomy

Magnetism and electromagnetism

Magnetism and electromagnetism

Forces

Forces

Forces

Waves

Forces

Forces

IMPORTANCE OF GCSE PHYSICS

Excelling in GCSE Physics goes beyond academic achievement. It can influence your future choices.

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