Thursday, April 23, 2009
Maze!
see-saw
Basketball !
FLYING FOX!
Aerial view
Angle view
Materials that were recycled ( updated ) :
- Hamster wheel - Reused.
- Toilet roll of slide - Recycled
- String, ice cream sticks, toothpicks - Brought from home.
- Cardboard - Reused
- Sponge - Recycled
- Small container - Reused
Overall, all of our materials are reused/recycled, except for the styrfoam and the congregated board.
Friday, April 10, 2009
Materials
We've used Styrofoam for the base of the playground as our elements would be easily inserted in.
We've used toothpicks at the bottom of most of the elements as it is sharp enough to poke through the styrofoam. ( Reduced - Cut into half)
We've used ice-cream stick for some parts of the elements as it is colourful and easy to deal with. (Re-used)
We've used toilet roll for the slide as it originally have the shape of the slide. (Recycled)
Hamster wheel - Reused
Small container - Recycled
Cardboard - Reused
als
We've used toothpicks at the bottom of most of the elements as it is sharp enough to poke through the styrofoam. ( Reduced - Cut into half)
We've used ice-cream stick for some parts of the elements as it is colourful and easy to deal with. (Re-used)
We've used toilet roll for the slide as it originally have the shape of the slide. (Recycled)
Hamster wheel - Reused
Small container - Recycled
Cardboard - Reused
als
How our playground satifies children who have emotional trauma
Our elements have features that let them vent their anger (Flying fox), buildng up their confidence(Trampoline with basetball board), teaching them how to trust others (maze), teaching them that they cannot be easily hurt (slide with balls), colourful, which are what the emotional trauma children need the most, according to our research and knowledge.
Venting anger, would let them pour their thoughts and feelings out. Building their confidence can let them try new things, picking themselesup from where they fall. Trusting others can be another form of allowing them to pour their problems to others, making them feel better and they need trust to get on with life. Some of them are deeply hurt, telling them that they wont get hurt so easily can allow them to understand that their previous experience do not happen all the time.
From these features, they will feel better, brightening up their mood and changing their thought of life. This will help them largely.
Friday, April 3, 2009
Sketch of playground (*The See-Saw is changed to maze)
Main element. (flying fox)
Materials.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Elements for the playground
- Maze including blinfolds. ( one to lead the other out, trusting)
- Flying Fox with Punching Bag by the side, flying towards the Tree wallpaper ( Vent Anger)
- Trampoline with basketball board connected to it.
- Basketball is connected with a string, the ball would be shot in. ( Boost their confidence) - Slide with balls at the bottom, surrounding it, with a notice mentioning " You would not get hurt so easily"
- Hamster wheel
- Rocking "chair"
Our playground would actually focus on this few points of emotional trauma.
- No confidencein themselves
- Cannot control their emotions
- Unable to trust others
The main element, relevant to the novel
The main feature (element) of the playground is the flying fox. It depicts the children swinging to "Terabithia" , towards the trees., which is pictured by the tree wallpaper. There is a punching bag there to help them vent their anger, lightening up their mood. Just like how Leslie's and Jesse's mood are lightened up when they visit Terabithia.
Materials needed and who to bring what
- Paint for the shetler - Si Jing, Wei Teng
- String for the flying fox - Everyone ( Compare which is more suitable)
- Sponge for the seat for the flying fox -Si Jing
- Hamster Wheel - Si Jing
- Small little balls for the slide - Si Jing
- Balloons for the punching bag - Timothy
- Toothpick - Wei Teng
- Cardboard - Jordan, Benson
- Toilet Roll - Wei Teng
Facts about children who have emotional trauma & how to help them
- They have no confidence in themselves - Write encouraging words
- Normally Sad - Try to add some cheerful images to cheer them up, telling them its all okay
- Cannot control their feelings - Counsel them
- Scared to express their feelings - Talk to them nicely, telling them that we will help them
- Unable to trust others - Try to lead them while blindfolding them, telling them that they can trust us
- Confusion - Understand them, then clarify to them
- Shocked - Comfort them
- Mood swings - Let them say all their bad happenings all at one go, listening to them attentively, but not adding too much comments.
Facts about them are copied from :www.helpguide.org/mental/emotional_psychological_trauma.htm
Current state of playground, how to improve and inspiration from novel
- The first point is that they do not have anything to improve on their feelings. Its just for general children. The playground can actually have some friendly images to cheer them up. This is inspired by Leslie's and Jesse's imagination of Terabithia, their happy place. We shall add fun elements to cheer them up.
- There are only dull or little colours. It can be improved if they have livelier colours. This can cheer them up. This is inspired when Jesse added colourful paints into the river. Therefore, we'll add many colours to our playground.
- The elements do not make them feel that they are good enough . We can set up elements that boost their confidence. This is inspired by Jesse and Leslie imagined defeating the Dark Master. We shall let them know that everything that can be defeated.
- Some of them have dangerous elements, not caring whether they get hurt (again). This can be helped most basically by having soft grounds, this is inspired by the grassy grounds of Terabithia.
- All are plain and normal items, nothing for them to vent their feelings on. We can let them vent their feelings on certain elements, just like the Dark Masters in the novel.
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Sunday, March 22, 2009
During sunny days, the playground would be hot because it is mostly made of metal and only some parts are sheltered. There are some rock climbing walls which is quite dangerous for kids. Because they may fall off from the top, of lose their grip while climbing it, thought the floor is made of soft material, they bound to get some injuries. In the third picture, there is not any handle to hold on to climb the curved ladder, making it more dangerous for them to climb up. Also in the third picture, there is a swing located there. Some childrens love to swing very high an hard while kicking their legs in the air. They could accidentally kick anybody who is walking around there. In the first picture, there is a bridge. Children tend to jump on it while others are making their way through This could lead to serious injury if they fall off it.
Despite all these bad points, there are some good things about them. The playgrounds have soft material for their flooring, minimising the injuries of the children. There are tall slides catered for older children and small little slides catered fo younger children. This is very considerate of the developer. Different types of ladder are also available. This can enable those who cannot climb up certain stairs to have an alternative way. The playgrounds also provide sufficient space for childrens to run about, enabling them not to bump into any of the equipments.
These proves that a playground can have many pros and cons.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Appendix 1.7a
Differences in plot between the movie and the novel
- Movie : There is not any Miss Bessie
Novel : There is Miss Bessie - Movie : Jesse and Leslie first met at school
Novel : Jesse and Leslie first met at fence of Jesse's - Movie : Janice Avery stopped Leslie from going to the toilet
Novel : Janice Avery did not stop Leslie from going to the toilet - Movie : They sat on chairs during Miss Edmund's Lesson
Novel : They sat ont the floor during Miss Edmud's Lesson - Movie : Leslie read her own composition
Novel : Ms Meyers read Leslie's composition - Movie : Found a treehouse to settle at
Novel : Picked a random spot - Movie : The racing car & Paint for birthday present
Novel : The racing car & Paint for Christmas present - Movie : May Belle mentioned about Twinkies in school
Novel : May Belle mentioned about Twinkies in the bus - Movie : Jesse asked May Belle to shut up when she complained about
Janice Avery snatching her Twinkies
Novel : Jesse did not ask May Belle to shut up when she complained
about Janice Avery snatching her Twinkies - Movie : An animal destroyed the garden
Novel : The garden was not destroyed - Movie : The keys were lost
Novel : The keys were not mentioned. - Movie : Jesse coloured his sister's shoes as his was torn and had to
wear hers.
Novel : The shoes was not mentioned - Movie : Miss Edmunds realised that Jesse can draw in the middle
of the story
Novel : Miss Edmunds knew that Jesse can draw at the starting of
the story - Movie : There were heats for the run
Novel : There is no heats for the run - Movie : Brenda was not fat
Novel : Brenda is fat - Movie : they swang the rope alot of times
Novel : they only swang it once - Movie : Jesse did not ask if Leslie could tag along when they went
to the church
Novel : Jesse asked his mother if Leslie could tag along when they
went to the church - Movie : Janice Avery threw a bread at Jesse
Novel : This was not mentioned
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
1) The overall mood for this chapter is depressing, due to the wet weather and Jesse's thoughts and feelings. Even though they were at Teribithia, which normally lifted both of their moods up, Jesse felt uneasy. He somehow sensed that something would go wrong, but was afraid to admit as he was scared that Leslie would laugh at him. Jess felt hesitant about his feelings and chose to keep mum about it.
2) The overall mood was happy till Jesse learnt that Leslie is dead. .Jess was spending the time of his like with Miss Edmunds, oblivious to the reason that explains why the expresssion of worried and concern on the faces awaited for him at home.
Reason for the title "The Evil Spell"
Terabithia was so called "cursed" by the heavy downpour which affected the whole mood of the chapter. It caused Jesse's mood to change, as he did not expect himself to be afraid of something Leslie is not any afraid of. The rain had also somehow caused Leslie's death on the following chapter.
Foreshadowing :
The evil spell hinted that something bad will happen at the later part of the story. The setting and the mood of the character caused the whole chapter to be very still and scary.
The description of the setting like the icy mud sending thrills of pain up their legs and "The hungry waters leaping the bank, daring them to try to confine it". The last sentence saying that no matter how high the creek came, Leslie would not be afraid, still wanting to cross it, suggests that something will happen. A high creek can cause her to lose her life but she was not afraid.
These descriptions add to the feeling the readers experience before the tragedy strikes.
Reason for the title "The Perfect Day"
The most literal reason is that Jesse spends the entire day at the art museum with the teacher he has a crush on, Miss Edmunds. But the"perfect day" ultimately becomes the worst day of his life.
Foreshadowing :
It is impossible for the author to write about a chapter of the book too perfect. Thus something bad is bound to happen towards the end of the chapter, which is in this chapter, Leslie's death.
The expression of his family members when he walked into the room hinted that something bad happened.
The starting of the chapter mentioned that Jesse was thinking about his fear and wanted Leslie to teach him how to swim, fearing that he would fall into the river on the way to Terabithia. This sort of foreshadows what would happen to Leslie and how did it happen.
Phrases that create the mood for "The Evil Spell"
2) The overall mood was happy till Jesse learnt that Leslie is dead. .Jess was spending the time of his like with Miss Edmunds, oblivious to the reason that explains why the expresssion of worried and concern on the faces awaited for him at home.
Reason for the title "The Evil Spell"
Terabithia was so called "cursed" by the heavy downpour which affected the whole mood of the chapter. It caused Jesse's mood to change, as he did not expect himself to be afraid of something Leslie is not any afraid of. The rain had also somehow caused Leslie's death on the following chapter.
Foreshadowing :
The evil spell hinted that something bad will happen at the later part of the story. The setting and the mood of the character caused the whole chapter to be very still and scary.
The description of the setting like the icy mud sending thrills of pain up their legs and "The hungry waters leaping the bank, daring them to try to confine it". The last sentence saying that no matter how high the creek came, Leslie would not be afraid, still wanting to cross it, suggests that something will happen. A high creek can cause her to lose her life but she was not afraid.
These descriptions add to the feeling the readers experience before the tragedy strikes.
Reason for the title "The Perfect Day"
The most literal reason is that Jesse spends the entire day at the art museum with the teacher he has a crush on, Miss Edmunds. But the"perfect day" ultimately becomes the worst day of his life.
Foreshadowing :
It is impossible for the author to write about a chapter of the book too perfect. Thus something bad is bound to happen towards the end of the chapter, which is in this chapter, Leslie's death.
The expression of his family members when he walked into the room hinted that something bad happened.
The starting of the chapter mentioned that Jesse was thinking about his fear and wanted Leslie to teach him how to swim, fearing that he would fall into the river on the way to Terabithia. This sort of foreshadows what would happen to Leslie and how did it happen.
Phrases that create the mood for "The Evil Spell"
- Mournfully (Pg 100)
- Ruin their short week of freedom (Pg 100)
- Icy mud sent thrills of pain(Pg 102)
- Miserable (Pg 105)
- Icy Steams (Pg 104)
- Curse (Pg 105)
- Dread (Pg 105)
- Evil (Pg 106)
- giggling(pg 109)
- Secret Pleasure (pg 112)
- secret pleasure(pg 112)
- happily(pg 113)
- western sun dance(pg 115)
- great shuddering sob(pg 116)
- dead(pg 117)
- awkwardly(pg 116)
~THE END~