Some pictures taken

Materials used..

Cotton wool, sponge, ice-cream sticks, masking tape, glue, blue tack Playground model...

The see-saw

The monkey bar

The front view

What has been done on 30 April 2009

Things we have done:

• Final touch up the playground
• Add the roof of the playground
• Added more cranes to the playground
• Added some motivational phrases

Done by: Saradevi, Jia Yin, Valerie, Yu Shan

An alternative for using masking tape

Instead of using masking tape to stick pieces together then paint over it, we could use blue tack so that we do not need to paint over it again.

By: Yu Shan

A suggestion:

We can place some paper cranes on the roof

• In China, Korea, Japan and Vietnam a crane is considered auspicious.
• It is one of the symbols of longevity and is often represented with other symbols of long life, such as pine, bamboo, and the tortoise.
• Vietnamese people consider crane and dragon to be symbols of their culture.
• According to tradition in Japan, if one folds 1000 origami cranes one's wish for health will be granted

Information from: Wikipedia

What has been done today (24/4)

Things we have completed:
-Painted the inside of the playground and base
-Discussed next meeting date (27/4)

Things left to do:
-Complete the playground by pasting it on the base
-Slides for presentation

By: Saradevi, Jia Yin, Yu Shan, Valerie, Alvita

What has been done today (23/4)

Things we have completed:

• Designed the base of the playground (painted halfway)
• Painted the inside of the playground walls (some)
• Discussed the next meeting date (Tomorrow, 24/4 )

Things left to do:

• Finish painting the inside of playgrounds and the base
• Assembling of all the models
• To complete the playgroung by pasting it onto the base

By: Saradevi, Jia Yin, Alvita

What has been done

• Changed a bit of the playground's layout
• Made a see-saw
• Plan to make a monkey bar
• Planned to use masking tape to stick pieces together & later paint over masking tape
• Place pop-up stickers on walls to give texture
• Discuss the next meeting time

By: All

What we have done so far. . .

1. Discussed what materials are used for which part of the playground & it's dimension



2. Research



3. Organisation and planning



4. Visual and Sketches

5. Discussed mext meeting date(20/4/09)

Visual & Sketches








The front (3D) view



The plan view

Organisation and Planning: Days That We Are Free

Yu Shan: Monday, Wednesday, Friday
Alvita: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
Jia Yin: Monday-Thursday
Valerie: Monday,Wednesday, Friday
Saradevi: Monday-Thursday (Yay~)

Research: Some Other Ideas... ... ...

Here are some points I thought up during the good friday holidays.

1. We can put some motivational banners(in braille and english) in the playground to encourage the visually impaired children to believe in themselves. this idea came from the part where Miss Edmunds encouraged Jess to draw more. And in the playground where Leslie asked Jess to draw a picture of the castle but Jess said he haven't got the feel of the place yet although he was itching to draw the castle out, and when Leslie was telling her stories. Some phrases we can put up is:

'Climb every mountain, ford every stream, follow every rainbow, till you find your dream ...'


By: Valerie

Organisation and Planning: Buying of Materials for the Construction of the Playground

The following people, please buy the respective materials under your name. Also, bring the materials you bought on Wednesday. Thanks.

Saradevi:

• Cardboard
• Paper

Jia Yin:

• Ice-Cream Sticks
• Sponge
• UHU Glue
• Paper Cranes

Valerie:

• Plywood (size: classroom table)
• Cardboard
• White Glue
• Scrap Corrugated board

Yu Shan:

• Chopsticks
• Cardboard
• Paint
• Paint Brush

Alvita:

• Cotton
• Pop-up Stickers

Done by: Valerie

Organisation and planning: Materials We Are Using For The Playground

These are the materials we are using for the playground:

In The Model

Base:
Plywood

Flooring:
Sponge

Railing:
Ice-Cream Sticks

Doors:
Cotton

Filling For Soft Toys:
Cotton


Radio:
Cardboard and Masking Tape

See-Saw:
Ice-Cream Sticks and Chopsticks

Monkey Bar:
Aluminium Foil and Masking Tape

Slides:
Corrugated Board

Bookshelf:
Ice-Cream Sticks

Texture:
Pop-up Stickers

In Real Life

Base:
Cement

Floor:
Rubber

Railings:
Plastic

Door:
Artificial fur curtain

Filling:
Cotton/Bead Fillings

Braille Letters:
Metal

Roof:
Plastic

Radio:
Metal and Plastic

Support:
Metal

See-Saw: Metal

Monkey Bar: Metal

Slides: Plastic

Bookshelf: Wood

Windows: Netting

By: All