Mr Toogood's Physics
Mr Toogood's Physics
Everything on this site is written to support the AS and A level Physics lessons I teach, matched closely to the AQA specification.
You'll also find homework resources, revision materials, equation sheets and past papers below. I don't post answers to homework or class tests, but if there's anything else you'd like to see on the site, get in touch using the link above.
There are five topics taught in Year 12, shared between your two teachers. You will also complete six CAPs during this year. Here you will find notes covering these five topics, however, as I only teach the electricity and mechanics topics, you may have to wait for me to write the notes on the other sections, but they are on their way!
The AS exam at the end of Year 12 will consist of two papers. Paper 1 will be on the topics that you have studied, and paper 2 will be practical questions, applied questions and multiple choice questions on the topics.
There are four topics and one extra optional topic studied in Year 13. The optional topic taught at LCS is astrophysics (so not really an option!) You will also complete six more CAPs. You will of course be expected to be able to recall the Year 12 content and apply it to the Year 13 work.
The A level exam at the end of Year 13 will consist of three papers. Paper 1 is all the Year 12 work AND the periodic motion topic. Paper 2 consists of the other three topics (not the optional topic). These papers contain both long questions and multiple choice questions. Paper 3 has practical questions, and questions on the optional topic.
As part of the A level course you will carry out 12 CAPs, 6 in Year 12 and 6 in Year 13. These will either be practicals where you will follow a method and collect data before analysing it, or there will be methods that you will have planned yourself. You will collect data, make notes, write up, and analyse these practicals in a formal logbook that will be assessed at the end of the course, at which point you will (hopefully) gain a practical accreditation alongside your A level grade.
Oliver Toogood is Head of Physics and has taught the subject at Littleover Community School for over 15 years, seeing the department through new GCSE specifications and new A level courses. Before teaching, he trained as an electronic engineer and spent four years working as an audio engineer. He's enthusiastic about practical work, and tries to give students real opportunities to experiment, make discoveries, and understand the physics for themselves.
Outside the classroom, he runs the school's Duke of Edinburgh's Award and organises the British Physics Olympiad, encouraging students into enrichment projects and competitions. He's a keen mountaineer and cyclist, and has two children.