Greetings from Inside Class 5AR
Posted onJuly 5, 2008
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Inside5AR welcomes all visitors.
This is a school site which provides links to educational sites, topics and student blogs. Our aim is to provide an inside view of what our students in grade 5 do. We invite you to comment by clicking the comments link associated with each of the post.
Let’s get the collaboration going. We’d like to hear from you and set up some educational forums for discussion. Perhaps you have some helpful suggestions to offer or you have some students that may want to exchange information and discussions with our students.
Please scroll down/up to located posts, page links and the Blogroll. Click on the Banner Title ‘Inside5AR’ when you want to get back to the front page.
- To begin you could try our new maths link ‘That Quiz’. It’s an enjoyable maths site which challenges all levels.
- Vietnam. Read ‘My Page from Vietnam: Saigon to Hanoi’. The page will build and images will be added as I continue my travels through this wonderful country. Find the page link and read on. Or, scroll down further to reveal more of our topics of interest for and from Inside Class5AR.

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MathsQuizzer
Posted onJuly 3, 2008
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Are you a Maths Quiz expert? Do you want to try your skills? Click below to have a go…
That Math Quiz
Class5AR In A Nutshell
Posted onJune 25, 2008
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W E L C O M E
While Inside5AR you’ll find general classroom topics and samples of pupil work. You’ll find links to our preferred sites and interesting links to supportive sites for on-line parents and children. Scroll through our sidebars and follow our page links. Additionally, you’ll find links to our students’ own blogs. We’d like to hear from your so please, visit our pages and links and leave a comment.
Hoping you enjoy Inside5AR, A Real-time Perspective from Melbourne Primary School Students. Regards,
Altan
Puzzle Madness and Stopmotion
Posted onMay 22, 2008
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Puzzle Madness. Please follow the page link in the sidebar called Puzzle Madness for some crazy, puzzling puzzles to build. Try our puzzle which is based on our Space Inquiry ‘Why Earth’. Then, try some more Have fun.
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S T O P M O T I O N:
Follow our ACMI ScreenIT Animation page link for information about our animation projects using stopmotion techniques. Leave a comment if you’re seeking more information and try to head down to Melbourne’s Federation Square for a viewing of the ACMI projects. Click Eco’s Lounge: Power Play to view our animation. Eco was awarded runners-up in the Australia wide ScreenIT competition for 2007.
Eco\’s Lounge: Power Play.
Requires Quicktime Due to file size, load times may take a short while. If you like this video please send us a comment. We’ll post more video works based on feedback. Thank you.
Anglesea Camp
Posted onMay 19, 2008
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Anglesea Recreational C A M P features Victorian coastal environments, conservation, local history, community and outdoor R E C R E A T I O N.
Yahoo… (as in excited not Yahoo as in search engine). Yahoo! Yippee, come a cow-cow yicky, come a cow-cow yicky, yick yea, Anglesea Camp is on it’s way. Check the web site here> Anglesea Recreational Camp. For a brief of our camp follow our page link above.
*Visual Art*
Posted onMay 17, 2008
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Snap-shots of the Visual Art Classroom.
Check this site through our links above and in the left sidebar or simply click here to jump into it now: The Visual Art Classroom.
Our dedicated page presents a brief rational behind Visual Arts and the connection to thinking. See this via our links.
FYI
Posted onApril 25, 2008
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Please have a close look at our Page Links, Places For Parents Links and Del.icio.us for some interesting sites and insights.
HOMEWORK…Students and Parents can get your Inside Class5AR homework update from the link or by going to the ~Homework~ page.
PREMIERS READING CHALLENGE
Click here to jump to the Victorian Premier’s Reading Challenge Site. Students can log in and update their progress. Good luck and happy reading. Reading Challenge Link is also located in our Page section of the Sidebar.
L O O K ~ LOOK ~ LoOk ~ lOOK ~ LOok ~ loOK and S e e
Check out our B R A I N models collage , G E O M E T R Y and B O D Y S Y S T E M S J I G S A W project pages for some nice ‘eye-candy’ and insight into the works produced by Inside Class5AR. The explicit projects were: a) Human Body Inquiry b) Descriptive Geometry (mathematics aspect; Space and Measurement). More ‘stuff’ will be added including a classroom account and projects derived from our Jigsaw learning module, so come back soon.
Oh, before you scroll down have a look at our short glimpse into term 1’s major class inquiries… click below> If you like this video please send us a comment.
Bodyworks and Crystal Design
C l a s s 5AR S t u d e n t s
Posted onMarch 28, 2008
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Welcome Back to Term III, Inside Class5AR.
Topics for this term… Conclude Earth and Beyond and commence Australian History. Students; check our page links for updated info. Check for homework in the H o m e w o r k page for weekly task updates.
Animation: See our Chalk ‘n’ Talk page for some background into our animation projects linked to the Australian Centre for the Moving Image: ACMI ScreenIt Schools Competition
Please check the links in the banner above and among the ‘Look in’ listed below.
Look in the Bulletin for recent messages
and homework for Homework updates
Look in the What’s News for special notes, announcements and information
Look in the Chalk ‘n’ Talk for general discussion.
International and Inter/Intrastate Visitors
Posted onMarch 26, 2008
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Welcome to our classroom blog, Class5AR. We invite our guests to view our sites and leave comments. As we travel through this year, we will post information about our journey in the grade 5 classroom (6th year of primary school). Please view our blogroll for student blogs.
Regards to you all,
Class5AR
What To Look For
Posted onMarch 16, 2008
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Hello Readers,
Class5AR has a list of links under ‘Places For Parents’ that may be of some use to parents with school aged children who use the web. So, have a quick look. Try the link to the Del.icio.us site. This has our ‘best choice’ sites and will be added to as we discover more useful sites linked to education.
We would like you to realize that this blog is in a constant state of change, with new ’stuff’ being included in an almost dynamic sense. Each time you tune-in, look for any changes or additions. Enjoy the the browse please drop in a comment.