Ten Year Series for Physics: 2025/26 IP Revision Blueprint

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Q: What does Ten Year Series for Physics: 2025/26 IP Revision Blueprint cover?
A: How to squeeze maximum value out of Singapore's iconic Ten-Year Series (TYS) for IP Physics.

TL;DR
The Ten Year Series is not "just for O-Levels."
Past-paper micro-drills build exam-stamina, surface sign-slip patterns and preview A-Level graph & uncertainty skills two years early.
Follow the four-phase plan below to align TYS practice with Weighted Assessments (WAs), bridge IP conceptual leaps and free up bandwidth before CCAs spike.

1 What exactly is the Ten Year Series?

A set of official past papers (and fully-worked solutions) covering the last ten national examinations.
Published annually by SAP / EPB and sold only in Singapore bookstores such as Popular - the 2025 Physics volume lists 2015-2024 papers on its jacket; check the contents page before buying to confirm the included years.
Edition codes "6091" or "Pure Physics" mirror the current SEAB syllabus.

1.1 Why it still matters for IP Physics

Skill	TYS trigger	IP pay-off
Equation recognition	Spot $v^2 = u^2 + 2as$

Term window	IP topics now taught	Best TYS sets	Why this week
T1 Wk 6-8 (WA 1)	Kinematics, forces	6091 Paper 1 Q 1-10 (2022-24)	MCQs recycle vector sign traps
Mar holiday	Work-Energy-Power	2021 & 2019 Paper 2 Q 4	Inserts calculus before WA 2
T2 Wk 8 (WA 2)	Waves + Light	2024 Paper 2 Q 8 & 10	Same ray-diagram verbs
Jun break	Electricity (basic)	2020-22 Paper 1 Q 21-30	Matches Sec 3 circuit lab block
T3 Wk 9 (WA 3)	Magnetism, EMI	2018 & 2016 Paper 2 EMI long Q	Few guidebooks cover induction - TYS does
EOY / Promo	Full syllabus	Sit one full recent paper under 1 h 45	Best stamina rehearsal

Trap	Typical loss	Fix in ≤ 2 min
Forgetting vertical component $mg\sin\theta$ on slopes	-3 marks	Sketch triangle, dot-&-colour each component
Using half range for all data spreads	-2 ACE marks	Switch to LINEST SE when $n \ge 8$
Dropping the negative root of $v = \sqrt{u^2 + 2as}$	Wrong projectile sign	Write explicit "±" and tick correct direction

Phase	Duration	Goal	Daily action
1 Foundation	2 weeks	Recall core laws & units	20 MCQs / night
2 Build	4 weeks	Topic mastery & graph skills	1 structured Q + spreadsheet plot
3 Sprint	3 weeks	Exam pacing	1 full Paper 1 in 50 min alt days
4 Simulate	3 weeks pre-exam	Stamina + error-journals	Paper 1 + Paper 2 back-to-back every Sat

Ten Year Series for Physics: 2025/26 IP Revision Blueprint

1 What exactly is the Ten Year Series?

1.1 Why it still matters for IP Physics

2 Map TYS chapters to IP WA windows

3 How to wring maximum value from each paper

3.1 The 3-pass micro-drill

3.2 Structured Q dissections

3.3 Graph & uncertainty add-on

4 Common TYS traps and fast fixes

5 The Four-Phase TYS Master Plan

6 Link-outs for deeper dives

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