Year 5 have been enjoying testing out their Science skills in their first Science topic of the year, 'Properties and Changes of Materials'. To investigate which materials would be the best insulators and keep food fresh in a packed lunch box, children wrapped different materials such as fabric around containers and then placed ice cubes in them. Over a 20 minute period, children then took the temperature inside the containers. This was also a great first opportunity for children to find out about independent, dependent and controlled variables. We can already see that we have many budding scientists of the future in Year 5!