--- title: "Year 5 - Insulator or Conductor?" url: "https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2025-11-17-09-20-year-5-insulator-or-conductor" school: "Brookside Primary School" --- # Year 5 - Insulator or Conductor? ![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/images/blog/IMG_8112.jpeg) 17 November 2025 [Mr Griffiths](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/author/LukeGriffiths) [Year 5](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/category/year-5) Today, Year 5 have been exploring insulators and conductors through hands-on circuit work. After recapping how a simple circuit works, the children tested a range of classroom materials by placing them into a gap in the circuit to see whether the bulb lit up. They made sure the setup stayed the same each time so the test was fair, then recorded which materials allowed electricity to flow (conductors) and which ones didn’t (insulators). The class loved predicting, testing and discovering which everyday objects electricity can travel through! ### Y5 Insulator or Conductor [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/y5-insulator-or-conductor/IMG_8114.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/images/gallery/y5-insulator-or-conductor/IMG_8114.jpeg) [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/y5-insulator-or-conductor/IMG_8113.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/images/gallery/y5-insulator-or-conductor/IMG_8113.jpeg) [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/y5-insulator-or-conductor/IMG_8112.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/images/gallery/y5-insulator-or-conductor/IMG_8112.jpeg) [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/y5-insulator-or-conductor/IMG_8110.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/images/gallery/y5-insulator-or-conductor/IMG_8110.jpeg) [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/y5-insulator-or-conductor/IMG_8111.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/images/gallery/y5-insulator-or-conductor/IMG_8111.jpeg) [Year 5](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/tag/year-5) [Science](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/tag/science) [Science](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/citag/science) [KS2](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/citag/ks2) [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/100x100c/blog/IMG_8042.jpeg)](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2025-11-17-09-18-investigating-evaporation-in-year-5) Previous ### [Investigating Evaporation in Year 5!](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2025-11-17-09-18-investigating-evaporation-in-year-5) [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/100x100c/blog/20251119_105502.jpg)](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2025-11-19-04-56-y6-big-maths) Next ### [Y6 BIG MATHS](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2025-11-19-04-56-y6-big-maths) ### School Life - [Brookside Blog ](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog) - [News](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/news) - [Events](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/events) - [Photograph Galleries ](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/photo-galleries) - [School Council](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/school-life/school-council) - [After-School Clubs ](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/school-life/after-school-clubs) - [KIDZ Club](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/school-life/kidz-club) - [Calendar](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/calendar) - [Newsletters](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/information-for-parents/newsletters-2026-2027) - [Mental Health ](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/school-life/mental-health) ##### Location Rostherne Avenue Great Sutton Cheshire CH66 2EE ##### Contact Us 0151 558 1123 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/groups/brooksideprimary/) © Copyright 2014–2026 Brookside Primary School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)