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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