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Teachers' Toolkit Magazine Issue 17 OUT NOW. You can view the complete magazine online now, or else see the printed copies in your school. Another feature-packed issue. Don’t trash the mailing sheet that came with your pack. On the reverse side of the sheet in the Environmental Calendar 2010, supported by Do Something. If you did miss it, then you can download a copy from this website at ‘Lesson Plans’.
Talking of the environment. Congratulations to the environmentalist, Jon Dee, who has been awarded NSW Australian of the Year and is on the ‘shortlist’ for the Australian of the Year’. Jon, who founded Planet Ark, is now working with Pat Cash on a new venture Do Something, creating positive, social & environmental change.
Social Inclusion Week. Music. Play for Life supporter, Jonathon Welch is launching Social Inclusion Week which runs from 23rd - 29th November. This inaugural event is all about encouraging community connections and social inclusion with community groups around the country hosting events large and small. The week culminates with the National Street Party. For more information please visit: Social Inclusion Week
Teachers' Toolkit Magazine Back Copy Issues. We have had requests for back copies. Remember that you can download every issue (since November 2005) of the magazine directly from this website. We do have limited back copy issues available. Issue 17 will arrive in schools by mid-November.
Our Little Earth - The Electronic Newspaper for Kids. Take a look at this useful current affairs resource and subscription is FREE. Visit: Our Little Earth.

Word of the Week [Supplied courtesy of Macquarie Dictionary: Australia's National Dictionary.]
asylum
noun (say uh'suyluhm)
1. an institution for the maintenance and care of the insane, the blind, orphans or the like. 2. an inviolable refuge, as formerly for criminals and debtors; a sanctuary. 3. International Law protection, usually right of residence, granted by the government of a country to one or more refugees who have left their own country because of war or because of political or other persecution: the Afghan refugees applied for asylum in New Zealand. 4. any secure retreat.
asylum seeker
noun (say uh'suyluhm seekuh)
a person who has applied for asylum in a country not their own and who is awaiting the determination of his or her status as a refugee.
refugee
noun (say refyooh'jee)
someone who flees for refuge or safety, especially to a foreign country, as in time of political upheaval, war, etc.
Other notes. Not every asylum seeker will ultimately be recognised as a refugee, but every refugee is initially an asylum seeker. In Australia, an asylum seeker is a Protection visa applicant until his or her application has been finally determined by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship or the Refugee Review Tribunal.

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Stephen Wilson & The Teachers' Toolkit Team