1. Beacon Current Affairs
Term3 Week7

2. Who are we?

3. Names in the News Places in the News
Anne-Sophie Cazaubon
Jessie Meng
New Zealand (pg19)
Words in the News
(Pg4)
Credit rating
Default (from
payment)
Interest rate
Principal amount
(Pg13)
Diplomacy
Negotiate
(Pg19)
Taxidermist
Perseverance
Patience

4. Borrowing from the bank
(pg4)
 People take a loan (borrow
money) from the bank to buy
things they cannot pay at one
go
 Principal amount is the
amount borrowed
 Borrowers have to pay back
extra (known as interest)
 People get into financial
trouble when they cannot pay
back the amounts they owe

5. Young Talents, Big Heart

6. • Childaid performers are gearing up for a charity
concert on Dec 6 & 7 at Marina Bay Sands’ Sands
Theatre
• Set up to raise funds for Straits Times Pocket
Fund and The Business Times Budding Artists
Fund
• Organisers hope to raise at least $2.01 million
this year
• Meet the 2 youngest performers - 6- year old
Anne-Sophie Cazaubon and Jessie Meng

7. Throw away trash habits
(pg12)
• Singapore is always
on the lookout for
ways to reduce waste
and increase recycling
• Read on to find out
the many ways you
can help to reduce,
resue and recycle
• What do you do to
help cut down on
waste?

8. Building bridges of
diplomacy (pg13)
• Diplomats are people
who represent their
countries abroad
• They maintain friendly
relations with other
countries
• In Singapore, the
Ministry of Foreign
Affairs is responsible for
this
• Why is it important to
maintain good relations
with other countries?

9. Love for stuffed animals (pg
19)
• A taxidermist stuffs
and prepares the
skins of dead
animals for display
• Read on to find out
how Mr Mar trained
to become one
• Also search online
for videos on how
the process is carried
out

10. This day in history,
12th
August 1990
T-Rex Skeleton
discovered
www.history.com