3. Names in the news Places in the news
The YOG athletes (pg8-9)
Nanjing, China (pg7)!
West Africa (pg19)
Words in the News
(pg4)!
attrition rate!
commensurate!
intermediate!
recognition
(Pg7)!
fiesta!
contingent!
brainchild!
spruced
(Pg18)!
herbivorous!
continent!
gut!
rudimentary
(pg19)!
symptoms!
remote!
vaccine!
fatality rate
4. Step forward to care for the sick (pg4)
❖ Nurses in the public sector will
be given pay rises and better
career progression!
❖ This is to attract more people to
work as nurses!
❖ We need 1400 extra nurses
every year!
❖ We are hiring only 1100 nurses
annually!
❖ Would you become a nurse?
Why or why not?
5. What is the YOG? (pg7)
❖ The Summer Youth Olympic
Games is held this year from 16 -
28 August !
❖ Held in Nanjing, China!
❖ Singapore has sent 18 youths to
take part in events like diving and
gymnastics!
❖ The third Summer YOG will be
held in Argentina!
❖ Read pg 8-9 to find out more about
the youths representing Singapore
in the YOG
6. Dino-titans (pg18)
❖ Sauropods are large, four-legged
and herbivorous animals!
❖ They lived during the Cretaceous
period - about 140 million years ago!
❖ Can grow up to 18m high and 34 m
long!
❖ Weighs up to 100 tonnes (10 times of
an elephant)!
❖ Long neck, small brain, long tail!
❖ Find out some more facts about this
curious dinosaur and share them in
the comments section below!
7. Learn the facts about Ebola (p10)
❖ A rare disease that can lead to
death (90% fatality rate)!
❖ Spread by close contact with an
infected human or animal!
❖ No known cure or vaccine for
the disease!
❖ Read on to find out how
Singapore’s Ministry of Health
is doing as precautions
8. -Mr Ng
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