Welcome to the Physics Department.

• Mr Owain Williams

• Mr Aled Rees
• Mrs Rhian Roberts

The Science faculty follows the newly reformed KS3 curriculum, which places an emphasis on the independent learner and developing the pupil’s skills.

The department follows the WJEC syllabus, and on average 82% of the pupils following the course have achieved an A*-C grade during the past 3 years. The course consists of 3 modules:

• The social and environmental factors affecting the production of electricity

• The transfer of energy

• The properties of waves

• The use of electro-magnetic waves and their potential harmful effects on people

• The Solar system and the history of the Universe

• Electricity and electrical safety

• Forces and how scientific theory is applied in the production of cars

• The use and potential hazards involved with radioactive sources

• The safe disposal of radioactive waste, and its effects on future generations

• Electro-magnetic induction

• The application of Newton’s laws of motion

• Atomic structure

• Nuclear fission and fusion

• The use of ultra-sonic waves

• The implications of seismic waves

The department follows the WJEC syllabus, where 96% of the pupils have achieved an A level (grade A-E) during the past 3 years. The course is of a modular nature, and modules consist of:

• Basic Physics

• Kinematics

• Energy concepts

• Conduction of electricity and resistance in DC circuits

• Waves and the refraction of light

• Photons and LASERs

• Matter, forces and the Universe

• Using radiation to investigate the stars

• Vibrations

• Concepts of momentum

• Thermal Physics

• Electrostatic and gravitational fields of force

• Orbits in the solar system and the wider Universe

• Capacitance

• Magnetic force fields

• Electromagnetic induction

• Radioactivity and Radioisotopes

• Nuclear energy

• Energy in the future / Medical Physics / Properties of materials

Many of the pupils that have studied Physics within the department have continued with their studies in University, in order to gain a good honours degree in Physics.