Besides preparing students for the GCE A-Level Physics at H1, H2 and H3 Level, the Physics programme in RJC aims to stimulate students’ interest in Physics through hands-on activities, field visits and IT-based learning. Creative thinking, team-work and problem-solving skills are encouraged through projects such as building models of bridges, towers, catapults and boats. 

In lectures, demonstrations, java applets and other visual aids are employed to guide students through the concepts and worked examples are used to show how these concepts are applied. For tutorials, students are expected to prepare assigned questions for discussion and to participate in class discussions. The practical sessions will take the students through a series of skills (namely, SPA Skill A, B, C and D) that will impress upon them how an experiment cycle should be. At the same time, theory taught in lectures are reinforced and further explored through well-designed experiments, hands-on activities and computer aided modules.

The H2 Physics curriculum is implemented through lectures, tutorials and practical sessions. The H1 Physics syllabus has no practical component but students will be given opportunities to do some supervised laboratory work. The H3 Physics “Essentials of Modern Physics” module begins in JC1 Term 3 and is taught through lectures, with a tutorial at the end of each topic.