This document provides a summary of current affairs from Beacon Current Affairs 2014. It discusses a specially designed dementia ward in Singapore that allows patients to roam freely. It also discusses Nicole Lim winning a national spelling championship and a ferry tragedy in South Korea that killed over 400 people. Finally, it discusses an outbreak of measles in Vietnam and how parts of planes like the transponder and black box help track aircraft locations and data.

1. T2W6
Beacon Current
Affairs 2014

2. Who am I?

3. Names in the news Places in the news
Nicole Lim (pg8-9)
South Korea (pg12)!
Vietnam (pg12)
Words in the News
(pg3)!
dementia!
geriatric ward!
frail!
(pg8-9)!
rallied!
clinch!
sparred
(pg12)!
capsized!
evacuating!
outbreak!
vaccine
(p20)!
cockpit!
tail (of plane)

4. Patients free to roam here (pg3)
❖ Before reading - research on
what dementia is!
❖ Khoo Tech Puat Hospital
(KTPH) has a specially designed
dementia ward!
❖ It looks cheerful and homely
and even the doors are painted
to look like bookshelves, so
patients do not try to leave!
❖ This helps prevent patients from
getting agitated and aggressive

5. Nimble Nicole nabs the gold (pg8)
❖ Singapore Chinese Girl’s
School (SCGS) Nicole Lim won
the Straits Times National
Spelling Championships!
❖ They had to spell words like
“infinitesimal”, “evanescence”
and “obstreperous”!
❖ Try testing yourself with the 5
words on page 9 to experience
what the finals was like

6. Ferry tragedy stuns Korea and other news… (pg12)
❖ A South Korean ferry carrying
476 passengers sank on April
16!
❖ Vietnam hit by outbreak of
killer measles, killing at least
112 people this year so far!
❖ Tens of thousands of Chinese
tourists are cancelling their
trips to South-east Asia as they
no longer feel safe after the
MH370 plane disappeared

7. Tracking a plane (pg20)
❖ Learn more about the parts of a
plane which let you track where
it is!
❖ The transponder is found in the
cockpit and helps pilots
communicate with air traffic
controllers via ground radar!
❖ The black box collects flight data
and cockpit voice recording!
❖ Read on to find out how they
work

8. -Mr Ng
Do look out for the up and coming Earth Day!