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Who are we?

Names in the News Places in the News

Members of BCPS Tchoukball Team

War Memorial, Connaught Drive (pg2)

Beacon Primary School (8)Mount Everest (pg18)

Words in the News

(Pg2)Gazetted

MonumentCenotapherected

(Pg18)Summit

ArachnidsMicroscopicUltraviolet radiation

(Pg19)PotentialScaffoldCardiac

Cenotaph erected in 1920 to commemorate 124 soldiers who died in WW1 and WW2

Gazetted as a national monument in 2010

Security officer allegedly spray-painted “Democracy” on the Cenotaph last week

Charged with vandalism What do you think of his

actions and why do you feel this way?

Vandal suspect charged (pg2)

• Beacon Primary School won the annual SPH Foundation National Championships

• Tchoukball combines volleyball, basketball and handball

• Find out more about how it is played from your friends

Clean sweep (pg 8)

• Mount Everest is the tallest mountain on land

• Height of 8850 m (how tall is this?)

• Only 1/3 as much oxygen at 8000m (what happens when there is lesser oxygen?)

• Find out more about the flora and fauna found there

On top of the world (pg18)

• Millions of people need organ transplants

• Scientists are learning to “grow” organs using 3-D printers

• What else can 3-D printers be used for?

Printing organs

This week in History…Transcontinental Railroad completed (see what it looks like)

Go back to where it all began…