Key Stage 3

Key Stage 4

Key Stage 5

Subject content

• 7i. Energy
• 7j. Electricity
• 7k. Forces
• 7l. Solar System

• 8i. Heating and Cooling
• 8j. Electromagnetism
• 8k. Light
• 8l. Sound

• 9i. Energy and Electricity
• 9j. Gravity
• 9k. Speed
• 9l. Pressure and Moments
• 9m. Investigation (which permeates the whole ethos of the subject)

Extension work

At each Key Stage, students are taught beyond the confines of the syllabus and are encouraged to develop enthusiasm for the subject by extended projects. The whole subject is underpinned by an emphasis on Practical skills e.g. In KS3 there is a project on renewable and non-renewable fuels and in KS4 the students learn about the technical and social developments in the Music industry.

Enrichment days and trips

Visit to the Royal Observatory at Herstmonceux.

Visit to Port Lympne Zoo.

Visit to Science Museum