--- title: "Year 5 - Science - Which Material is the Best Insulator?" url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-03-05-year-5-science-which-material-is-the-best-insulator" school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy" --- # Year 5 - Science - Which Material is the Best Insulator? ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/IMG_4289.jpeg) 5 March 2024 Today in our science lesson we were comparing everyday materials to see which was the best insulator. Year 5 were very surprised with the results! Which material would you say was the best insulator? Tonight ask your child what they thought would be the best and if you got the same answer as your child. Let's see if you are as surprised as we were. We tested: bamboo glass ceramic plastic paper [Year 5](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/year-5) [Science](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/science) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/IMG_4256.jpeg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-03-04-two-s-room-on-the-farm) Previous ### [Two’s Room - On the Farm](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-03-04-two-s-room-on-the-farm) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/IMG_4326.jpeg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-03-06-year-2-science-human-lifecycle) Next ### [Year 2 - Science - Human Lifecycle ](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-03-06-year-2-science-human-lifecycle) ### Academy Life - [News](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news) - [Events](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/events) - [Clubs](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/basc) - [School Council](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/school-council) - [Attendance](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/attendance) - [Charities and Fundrasing](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/charities-and-fundraising) - ![School Games Gold](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Gold_Logo_25-26(1).png) - ![Healthy school](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/healthy_school.png) - ![Picture News](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/6_Years_of_Picture_News.png) - ![AP smilestar](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Screenshot_2026-07-27_10.26.27.png) ##### Location St James Crescent Darwen Lancashire BB3 0EY ##### Contact Us 01254 703260 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Darwenstjames) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/darwenstjames/) © Copyright 2021–2026 Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)