Beacon Current Affairs 2015

Term 3 Week 1

Who am I?

Names in the news Places in the news

Major Lee Mei Yi (pg4)The various athletes of the SEA Games

Padang (pg4)South Korea / Saudi Arabia (pg6)

Words in the News

(Pg10-11)athletes

haulinstances

memorable

(Pg4)anniversaryspectatorsproximity

(Pg4)customised

jubileeconstituencies

incorporate

(Pg6)respiratory

quarantinedtemporarily

vaccine

Female fighter pilot to make history at National Day Parade (pg 4)

Major Lee Mei Yi will be the first woman to fly in the fighter jet formation at the National Day Parade

She will pilot one of 20 F-16 fighter jets

It takes months of hard work and preparation

Be sure to look out for it!

SG funpacks to have extra goodies from constituencies (pg 4)

Every household in Singapore will receive a customised SG Funpack from next month

Look out for more details in a letter to be sent by July 15

Keeping virus outbreak in check (pg 6)

An outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) has infected 179 people and killed 24 people as of June 24

What is MERS and how does it work? Research on this online and share your findings with your class!

Best of the SEA Games (Pg 10-11)

Singapore Boxer Mohamed Hanurdeen refused to withdraw despite a black eye.

At this year’s 28th SEA Games, Team Singapore athletes brought back a record-breaking 259 medals

Read on to view the highlights of this 19-day event

Welcome back to school and a new term, Beacons!

–Mr Ng