Beacon Current Affairs 2015

Term 1 Week 8

Who am I?

Names in the news Places in the news

Lim Xiangyun, Samantha Quek, Ernest Tan, Rachel and Samantha (pg3) Taiwan (page12)

Words in the News

(pg3)Refurbishing

SqualorFumigatedRippling

(Pg6)initiative

EncouragePolled

Incentive

(Pg7)ultraviolet light

ExposureIgnorant

Dermatologist

(pg12)Stalled

ClippedHailed

Death toll

Social Media’s wave of kindness (pg3)

A new 2-month campaign called “For a Golden Home” has been started

24 young adults will each organise an event

All proceeds will be donated to charity

If you were to start a charity drive, who would you like to help and why?

How would you go about it?

Eat together to bond together (pg6)

“Meals With My Parents” initiative aims to encourage young people to spend more time with their families

If you eat with your parents and grandparents and post a photo to Instagram, you can get a 10% discount

What activities do your family enjoy together?

Why do you think it is important to spend more time with the family?

Here comes the sun (pg7)

The sun emits invisible rays called ultra-violet (UV) light

Too much exposure to UV light can be bad for you (research on its impact)

There is a special type of bracelet which changes colour when exposed to UV light

How can we protect ourselves better from UV rays?

Taiwan plane crash

On Feb 4, a plane crashed into the Kaelung River in Taiwan

The plane clipped a taxi before crashing into a shallow river

The pilot steered the plane away from the building as it fell and probably save a lot of people

He was hailed as a hero

“Look forward to hearing from all of you on the current affairs blog”

–Mr Ng