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Beacon Current Affairs 2014

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Names in the news Places in the news

Mr Chia Wee Kiak (pg3)!Gerard Meehan (pg6)

Thomson (pg2)!Benjamin Sheares Bridge (pg3)!

Korea (pg 12)

Words in the News

(pg2)!motor skills!

health benefits!

(pg3)!maiden ride!

avid!apparent!abreast

(pg4)!endangered!

smidgen!nocturnal!crustacean

(p6)!cheesecake!

pestered!frequents

It’s playtime! (pg2)❖ Pre-school operator Etonhouse

will have a space of 15,000 sq meters. !

❖ That’s an outdoor play area of 2 football fields!

❖ They believe the bigger outdoor area has many benefits!

❖ You can try drawing a picture of what you think the pre-school will look like, and post it on your class blog. :)

NSF dies after accident during cycling event (pg3)

❖ 24-year old Mr Chia Wee Kiak died during the OCBC Cycle Singapore!

❖ He fell on his own head barely 20 minutes into the ride!

❖ To put things in context, more than 11,500 riders took part and this is the first death in 6 years!

❖ Do you play any outdoor sports? What safety precautions do you take to protect yourself from injury?

Saving rare crabs (4)

❖ The River Safari is planning a breeding programme to help several Singaporean crabs reproduce!

❖ Have you heard of rare crabs like the Johora Singaporeis crab, swamp forest crab and Johnson’s freshwater crab?!

❖ Google them up to find out more about them!

❖ Why do you think it is important to prevent animals from becoming extinct?

A piece of cake for Gerard (pg6)❖ 9-year-old Gerard Meehan from Maris

Stella High School was inspired by a cloze passage about cheesecakes!

❖ He was so excited that he got his mom to help him with the recipe!

❖ He then gave the recipe to Hatter Street, a cafe in in Kovan!

❖ The cheesecake is named “Gerard Says” and retails for $5.50 a slice!

❖ Have you ever eaten cheesecake before? How do you think “cheesecake” got its name? Look it up and share your finds in the comments

-Mr Ng

IFD may be over, but don’t forget to check out the articles if you haven’t already done so!