2015 current affairs term 4 week 3

1. Beacon Current Affairs
2015
Term 4 Week 3

2. From last week…
PSI stands for
a) Please stay indoors
b) Pollutant Standards index
c) Pollution Safety Index

3. From last week…
PSI stands for
b) Pollutant Standards index

4. From last week…
One of the main reasons for the haze is the
___________ in Indonesia.
a) large-scale production of palm oil and paper
b) big factories printing newspapers
c) vehicles emitting carbon monoxide

5. From last week…
One of the main reasons for the haze is the
___________ in Indonesia.
a) large-scale production of palm oil and paper

6. From last week…
One way we can fight the haze as individuals
would be to ________.
a) support companies that do not use
sustainable methods to make their products
b) reduce, reuse and recycle any products
containing palm oil
c) increase the use of paper products

7. From last week…
One way we can fight the haze as individuals
would be to ________.
b) reduce, reuse and recycle any products
containing palm oil

8. Please put our hands together
for …
Chong Jing (Class 3/6)
Dillon Kwee (Class 3/6)

9. Who are we?

10. Names in the news Places in the news
PM’s new Cabinet (ST1) Amazon River (pg 18)
Words in the News
(ST1)
Cabinet
Responsibility
Oversee
infrastructure
(Pg2)
volunteers
deter
continuous
deterrent
(Pg13)
over the moon
many moons ago
once in a blue
moon
Ask for the moon
(Pg18)
tributaries
carbon dioxide
oxygen
deforestation

11. PM’s new cabinet (ST 1)
Prime Minister Lee
Hsien Loong
announced a new
cabinet yesterday
This is aimed at
readying a team to lead
Singapore after the
next general elections
Read to find out who
the new ministers are

13. In-car cameras at work here
(pg 2)
52 volunteers in CCK have
signed up to use their in-car
cameras to deter crime in their
estates
Their in-car cameras will
record continuous footage of
their surroundings
Suspicious footage will be
submitted to the police
This is another way how
residents can play an active
role in looking out for one
another

14. Lunar language (pg13)
How much do you
know about idioms
that use the word
“moon”?
Have you heard of
phrases such as “over
the moon” and “once in
a blue moon”?
Read on to learn more
moon-related lingo.

15. Amazing Amazon (pg18)
The Amazon River Basin covers
9 territories in South America
It is home to 1 in 10 species of
animals
It also soaks up a lot of carbon
dioxide and produces oxygen
for us to breathe
Dangers faced include
deforestation and river damage
Read up to find out more about
this amazing place

16. Do take care and drink more water, Beacons!
–Mr Ng