Science: staying warm

Friday 23 January 2026

King Charles of all people wrote an impassioned letter to the children of Scholes asking them which material would keep his tea warm the longest.

Pupils in 5/6 investigated three materials:

They considered the independent, dependent and control variables before conducting the experiment.

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