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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…
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