Pictures

Taaadaaa (!) The final look of our very own playground (:

Group Reflection

Through this project, our group has learnt a lot, mainly about time management. As this project has to be completed during the period where there are many tests and also SYF's, we only manage to really meet up and do the project together during every Saturdays. Each meet up was very important, as certain task was assigned to each and every one of us. The completed task would then be brought, and combined on every Monday's literature lesson. Also, this project is one that many considerations had to be made as every playground is made for children with certain disabilities; therefore as our group has chosen to do a playground for the visually impaired children, we had to make sure that our playground was made solely to meet the children's need. Materials were one that we had a hard time deciding on. We must also make sure that our playground is safe, if it were to be one that is real. Thus, to make the playground realistic, we tried to add things that could be made in real life, not things that are impossible. While doing this project, we did not have many conflicts, which was a reason why our project was successful. We each had to come out with an idea and slowly combining them together to form one that we all had agreed on. In conclusion, this project had definitely brought us closer and we also had a better understanding of each other.

Materials

Over the weekends we have been planning on all our relevant matrials that we needed to buy but our main focus is to use materials from our home that can be recycled. here is our list of materials;

BUDGET: $10

• Corrugated board - $3.15

• Coloured foam(1o pieces) -$2.90

• Bendy foam - Recycled

• Coloured Corrugated paper(10 pieces) - $2.90

• Coloured bendy straws - Recycled and bought @ $0.90

• Fruit netting -Recycled
  


• Sponge -Recycled
  
• Cardboard , UHU glue , double-sided tape - Taken from home (recycled)
  

• Scrap Metals - Recycled

• Thread , Bells , Beads - Recycled

• Cloth - Recycled

• Container - Recycled
  

Overall we spent $14. Unfortunately we have gone over our desired budget as we needed more materials as our playground is big.

Inspiration and final sketch

We are now at stage 4-5 which is our planning and building stage. We have already made our final drawing of our maze. We were inspired by these playgrounds that we have found on the internet.

Inspired by these models, our final outcome is this;

Second Sketch + description

[ Second sketch ]

Obstacles would be included in our maze. Obstacles such as musical bridge, echo tunnel, chimes, roliing walls, trampoline, ball pool and flying fox.

Walking stick to aid them in the maze

Such of these signs will be placed at the entrance of the maze to indicate that this maze is only meant for the visually disabled .

At the entrance of the maze , there will be baskets full of the blind sticks provided for them . At the end of the maze , there will be another basket for them to return the sticks .When they are sliding down the slides or anywhere else that requires vigorous movement, the sticks will not be an obstruction as they are foldable .

Brainstorm + first sketch

[ Our first sketch ]

The basic features are:-

• Wall

The wall will be made out of netting and straws as it prevents these children from hurting themselves if they were to bump into the wall. Netting also allows parents to supervise thier children form the outside.

• Flooring

The flooring will be made out of soft materials such as styrofoam and etc. This prevents them from getting hurt if they were to fall down.

• Entrance and exit

At the entrance, there will be a map of the whole maze to give the children a brief idea of how the maze will be like. At the exit, the parents of the children will be there to congratulate their children's bravery. The children will have to complete the last obstacale which is the flying fox. As they slide down, their parents will be there to catch them.


Features in the maze:-

• Hill
• Musical Bridge
• Tunnel
• Trampoline
• Pool of balls
• Ringing flying fox

Since their disability is the loss of sight, we want to focus on their next best sense which is their sense of hearing. Hence, our theme for our maze revolves around sound including music.

[ Update on our work schedule ]