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title: "Y5 - Fire Needs Oxygen"
url: "https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2024-09-12-15-37-00-y5-fire-needs-oxygen"
school: "Brookside Primary School"
---

# Y5 - Fire Needs Oxygen

  ![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/images/blog/DSCF0715.JPG)   12 September 2024   [Mr Griffiths](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/author/LukeGriffiths)   [Year 5](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/category/year-5)

This afternoon Year 5 learnt the ingredients needed for a fire and then explored how the volume of a glass determines the length of time the flame will burn for when in a closed space.

Well done!

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