Name: _Vivien Tan__ (13)

Class: ___2E5___

Fill in the following and use the content/research/findings in your final group proposal for your Playground Project Blog.

Individual Reflections for Literature Mid-Year Project 2008
Sec 2 Express

Eco-friendly features about my group’s 3D-model
Remarks (e.g. materials to be used, relevant research with links, photograph links etc)
The foundation of the building structure is made of newspaper dipped with PVA glue and water.
Different floors will be made up of different materials.
We dipped the strips of newspaper into the solution and paste around unwanted balloons.
Different floors will be made up of different materials.
Things that have a circular shape, we will use toilet rolls.
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Other stuff will be found around the house, we will be reusing stuff.
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Playground designs/concepts that are linked to the novel
Explanation of how the designs/concepts are linked to the novel
The third floor is very similar to terabithia because we are going to make that floor have a rich jungle-like environment.
When going to terabithia, Jess and Leslie needs to swing across a river to their place. So we made a long horizontal tilted swing.
In terabithia, the story tells us that after all that had happened, everything could still be fine. Our design shows that too.
When Leslie died, Jess had to move on. He can not stay there, his life has to go on. That what our design shows, after all that had happened , life has to go on.
In terabithia, Leslie and Jess treated terabithia as their own home. Comfortable and cozy. Our design will bring that out.
Jess did not feel the love at home, hence at terabithia is a place whereby love can be felt. Children of emotional scars also feel not much love from their families, hence our design will gif them that feeling.






Playground designs/concepts that meet the special needs of the children
Explanation of how the designs meet the special needs of the children
We have a floor that has many pillows and an arm chair. It will be painted with heart warming colours.
That place will be warm and cozy, letting the children the love. Let them feel their existence is there. Make them feel happy.
The second floor is full of music instruments. They are not there for jamming but there for the emotional scarred children to vent their anger.
By blowing into the brass instruments, strumming the guitar and hitting the drums and cymbals, it can help the children to feel better. It’s like venting their hatred on the instruments.
The third floor has a merry-go-round and the swing. They can forget their hatred and sadness when playing these two games.
When spinning the merry-go-round, everything will go dizzy. When we feel dizzy, we tend to forget everything. The swing will be very fun, on playing the swing, everything will not be remembered in that period of time.
The last floor has a pool of plastic toy balls and a very long spiral slide. At one point it’s to let the children to come down. The other point is that they can scream their hearts out.
Went jumping into the pool of toy balls, they will feel happy. The feeling is like being surrounded by many people. It will make them feel wanted and loved. When sliding down the slide, the feeling is thrilling. They can shout or scream anything they want, as long as they feel better.