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	<title>Red Space Rocket</title>
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	<description>Learning @ Western Heights College</description>
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		<title>Super Wednesday</title>
		<link>http://redspacerocket.com/2013/05/08/super-wednesday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 21:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mr O'Meara</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[eLearning]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here are some reasons that you might find useful in your learning tasks. You can add other great links to the list, too.]]></description>
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<p>You can add other great links to the list, too.</p>
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		<title>WHC Podcast: ANZAC Day Special Edition</title>
		<link>http://redspacerocket.com/2013/04/26/whc-podcast-anzac-day-special-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://redspacerocket.com/2013/04/26/whc-podcast-anzac-day-special-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 05:34:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mr O'Meara</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Listen]]></description>
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		<title>Year 7: Vocabulary Moment</title>
		<link>http://redspacerocket.com/2013/04/24/year-7-vocabulary-moment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mr O'Meara</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Year 7]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Quickly take this quiz]]></description>
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		<title>Year 7 Literacy: Alliteration Workshop</title>
		<link>http://redspacerocket.com/2013/04/21/year-7-literacy-alliteration-workshop/</link>
		<comments>http://redspacerocket.com/2013/04/21/year-7-literacy-alliteration-workshop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 03:12:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mr O'Meara</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Year 7]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Watch this video, and then follow the link below to the workshop. Alliteration workshop and quiz]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Watch this video, and then follow the link below to the workshop.<br />
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<p><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1t8Rg7GOPz9ogfYl0trN1k2JJRuNt-Qf5vDkb07Xs8zs/viewform">Alliteration workshop and quiz</a></p>
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		<title>Setting Up Your OneNotes</title>
		<link>http://redspacerocket.com/2013/04/19/setting-up-your-onenotes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mr O'Meara</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[eLearning]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For those students who have their slate devices, you need to setup your OneNote workbooks. We will be setting up many learning activities for you in OneNote notebooks, and you will be doing and submitting a lot of your work in notebooks of your own, which will be stored both on your slate and on [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For those students who have their slate devices, you need to setup your OneNote workbooks. We will be setting up many learning activities for you in OneNote notebooks, and you will be doing and submitting a lot of your work in notebooks of your own, which will be stored both on your slate and on our school server.</p>
<p>The first step is to watch each video carefully from start to finish. Once you&#8217;ve seen it through, watch it again and follow the instructions, pausing the video as you do.<br />
Video 1: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6TS6bMynA8">How is OneNote like a ring binder?</a><br />
Video 2: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIAi2QdN7zw">Setting up your own OneNote notebook</a><br />
Video e: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaWaZ87IW8s">Copying content into your OneNote notebook</a></p>
<p>If you run into trouble, check the video carefully, then ask another student who has completed the task successfully.</p>
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		<title>Check Your Domain Name</title>
		<link>http://redspacerocket.com/2013/04/19/check-your-domain-name/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 03:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mr O'Meara</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s good to see that students have come up with so many good ideas with domain names. 1. Watch this video. 2. Come up with a brilliant domain name that follows these rules. 3. Check it at Network Solutions. 4. If you find a great name that is free, leave a comment here on this [...]]]></description>
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<p>It&#8217;s good to see that students have come up with so many good ideas with domain names.</p>
<p>1. Watch this video.<br />
2. Come up with a brilliant domain name that follows these rules.<br />
3. Check it at <a href="http://www.networksolutions.com/">Network Solutions</a>.<br />
4. If you find a great name that is free, leave a comment here on this entry at Red Space Rocket.</p>
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		<title>Year 7 &#8211; Deep Reading: Vocabulary Builder</title>
		<link>http://redspacerocket.com/2013/04/19/year-7-deep-reading-vocabulary-builder/</link>
		<comments>http://redspacerocket.com/2013/04/19/year-7-deep-reading-vocabulary-builder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mr O'Meara</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Year 7]]></category>

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		<title>Year 7 &#8211; Deep Reading: Overview</title>
		<link>http://redspacerocket.com/2013/04/19/year-7-deep-reading-overview/</link>
		<comments>http://redspacerocket.com/2013/04/19/year-7-deep-reading-overview/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mr O'Meara</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Year 7]]></category>

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		<title>Year 7 South: PREP</title>
		<link>http://redspacerocket.com/2013/04/17/year-7-south-prep/</link>
		<comments>http://redspacerocket.com/2013/04/17/year-7-south-prep/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 06:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mr O'Meara</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here are the times that should have been noted in your study planner. Maths Mate: 7 and 8 – complete by next Friday – 26th April Personal reflection (7E only) – Thursday next week Literacy – task 1 or 2 – next Monday]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here are the times that should have been noted in your study planner.</p>
<p>Maths Mate: 7 and 8 – complete by next Friday – 26th April<br />
Personal reflection (7E only) – Thursday next week<br />
Literacy – task 1 or 2 – next Monday</p>
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		<title>WHC Learning Podcast: Hufflepuff and Study Skills Edition</title>
		<link>http://redspacerocket.com/2013/04/16/whc-learning-podcast-hufflepuff-and-study-skills-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://redspacerocket.com/2013/04/16/whc-learning-podcast-hufflepuff-and-study-skills-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 02:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mr O'Meara</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In this episode, Mark O&#8217;Meara is joined by Dean Greenhalgh &#8211; Year 9 Learning Community Leader &#8211; and two year 9 students, Jess and Bailey. In our first topic, we talk about the house system that we have reintroduced here at our school. Jess and Bailey are both house captains for their Year level. In [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In this episode, Mark O&#8217;Meara is joined by Dean Greenhalgh &#8211; Year 9 Learning Community Leader &#8211; and two year 9 students, Jess and Bailey.</p>
<p>In our first topic, we talk about the house system that we have reintroduced here at our school. Jess and Bailey are both house captains for their Year level.</p>
<p>In our second topic, we talk about our Year 9 program here at Western Heights College, and what it offers students.<br />
Finally, we talk about things that are making us smarter, including study skills and getting better results using feedback.</p>
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		<title>The Last Days of Red Space Rocket</title>
		<link>http://redspacerocket.com/2013/04/14/the-last-days-of-red-space-rocket/</link>
		<comments>http://redspacerocket.com/2013/04/14/the-last-days-of-red-space-rocket/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 05:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mr O'Meara</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Year 7]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hello again, Year 7 students and parents. I hope you&#8217;ve all had a good rest, because we are coming into a busy term, as you&#8217;ve probably heard from Mr Sachse&#8217;s email. In Literacy, we are doing a lot of learning around reading sustained texts, for both information and enjoyment. Early in the week, we&#8217;ll be [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello again, Year 7 students and parents.</p>
<p>I hope you&#8217;ve all had a good rest, because we are coming into a busy term, as you&#8217;ve probably heard from Mr Sachse&#8217;s email.</p>
<p>In Literacy, we are doing a lot of learning around reading sustained texts, for both information and enjoyment. Early in the week, we&#8217;ll be taking you all to the library to choose a novel to read.</p>
<p>Also, at long last, the slate computers have arrived, so most of you will have a device of your own. We certainly expect that this will change what we can do for your learning and how quickly we&#8217;ll all be able to work. As you get used to your slate, we&#8217;ll be choosing a name for the replacement for Red Space Rocket. The new site will be for you as you progress through your years at Western Heights, so it is important that it has the best possible name. If all goes well &#8211; and I am sure it will &#8211; we should have the new site operating my next week.</p>
<p>Finally, we are still looking for our computer gurus in Year 7. If you want to be recognised for your skills &#8211; and we know that many of you have terrific skills &#8211; see me this week and show me what you can do.</p>
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		<title>Replacement Domain Name</title>
		<link>http://redspacerocket.com/2013/04/13/replacement-domain-name/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 05:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mr O'Meara</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Year 7]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There time has come, Year 7s, to choose a domain name for our new learning portal. This site will be for you as a cohort of students, and it will be yours when you are Year 8 and on through your time at Western Heights. Given that it is your site, we&#8217;d like you to [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There time has come, Year 7s, to choose a domain name for our new learning portal. This site will be for you as a cohort of students, and it will be yours when you are Year 8 and on through your time at Western Heights.</p>
<p>Given that it is your site, we&#8217;d like you to come up with the same for it. Here are the guidelines.</p>
<ul>
<li>The name must be be unambiguous. The is not true for Red Space Rocket. &#8220;Space&#8221; could mean the word space or a press of the space-bar. Also, avoid words that have multiple spelling. People should be able to hear this name and type it in to a browser without making a mistake.
<li>The name should connect to a strong image. Using this name &#8220;red banana&#8221; is a better name than &#8220;anthropomorphic discourse&#8221;.
<li>The name should be unoffensive
<li>The name should not use names that are the intellectual property of other people. &#8220;Coke Zero Learning&#8221; might be catchy but we are not the Cola Cola Corporation.
<li>The name should be as short as possible. The more letters in the name, the longer it takes to type, and the more chance there is for error.
<li>The name should end in .com. These are still the first-class domain names and the easiest to remember.
<li>The name should be available. Make up some names that meet all these criteria  and then <a href="http://www.networksolutions.com/">check at Network Solution to see if it is available</a>.
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		<title>Putting Together for Literacy Learning Your Conference</title>
		<link>http://redspacerocket.com/2013/03/22/putting-together-for-literacy-learning-your-conference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 04:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mr O'Meara</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Year 7]]></category>

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		<title>Persuasive writing checklist for student-led conference</title>
		<link>http://redspacerocket.com/2013/03/22/persuasive-writing-checklist-for-student-led-conference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 01:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mr O'Meara</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Year 7]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Persuasion Map: the document you used early in the term to lay out your ideas. Handwritten first draft, even if it is not complete. This might be in your writer’s notebook. Two printed copies of your typed draft: one will be marked up to show the structure, and one is a clean copy (unmarked). The [...]]]></description>
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<li>Persuasion Map: the document you used early in the term to lay out your ideas.</li>
<li>Handwritten first draft, even if it is not complete. This might be in your writer’s notebook.</li>
<li>Two printed copies of your typed draft: one will be marked up to show the structure, and one is a clean copy (unmarked).</li>
<li>The three pages of feedback from other students: this is what you gained from the speed-dating activity.</li>
<li>The completed Reflection on Reading and Writing a Persuasive Piece. This is based on the feedback you in #4.</li>
<li>Latin mark-up task</li>
<li>Teacher feedback document</li>
<li>Final printed copy of your essay (completed using information from the teacher feedback)</li>
<li>Persuasive writing rubric, which will show your assessment of your own learning.</li>
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		<title>Reading Persuasive Writing Test</title>
		<link>http://redspacerocket.com/2013/03/19/reading-persuasive-writing-test/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:23:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mr O'Meara</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Year 7]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Students, please follow this link and complete the test. Please read the essay and the questions carefully before you answer the questions.]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Students, please <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/182i0lvqBO9lker_XPoAeeir8gprm4HGwPDJfsv6knr0/viewform">follow this link and complete the test</a>. Please read the essay and the questions carefully before you answer the questions.</p>
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