Communication

Our group will be focusing on the visually impaired children. This is our research finding on how the children communicate. They communicate using braille.

The Braille system is a method that is used by blind people to read and write.Each Braille character or cell is made up of six dot positions, arranged in a rectangle containing two columns of three dots each.The lines of horizontal Braille text are separated by a space, much like visible printed text, so that the dots of one line can be differentiated from the Braille text above and below. Punctuation is represented by its own unique set of characters.

The Braille Cell

Braille generally consists of cells of six indents arranged in a grid of two dots horizontally by three dots vertically. The dots are conventionally numbered 1, 2, and 3 from the top of the left column and 4, 5, and 6 from the top of the right column.

Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braille

Playground

Our group has taken photos of playgrounds located in Tampines. These are our comments about their structure:




Jasmine: In this playground, there is a very unique monkey bar which is more challenging for children, the design of the bridge is safe as there are railings at the side of it, one thing bad about the playground is that it's not attractive as the colours used are very dull.
Ardilla: In this playground , there are facilities such as the slide , the monkey bar and a small bridge for the children to walk through . Secondly , the flooring of the playground is soft and thus if the children fall , they will not get hurt .
Jai Yi: I like the bridge of the playground.
Qistina: What i like about this playground is that it is brightly coloured but it has no shelter. It does not protect the children from hot,sunny days.



Jasmine: This playground is very colourful, which will attract more children. It has a rock climbing wall which many playground do not have, making it really speacial. It is a big playground that has many pathways that leads to the top of the playground.
Ardilla:This playground will surely attract children by the bright colour combinations . There is also a rock climb wall that give children an opportunity to overcome their fear of height .
Jia Yi: I like the rock climbing wall. Children who loves to climb will love it.
Qistina: This playground is brightly coloured and thus it attracts the children easily. It isalso unique for its rock climb.



Jasmine: This is a small playground, but as compared to the other playgrounds, it has more shelters that blocks sunlight. There are little slides but the colours still attract children to play on it. It is not very unique either as more of the things in this playground is found in many other ordinary playgrounds
Ardilla:Compared to the playgrounds above , this is the smallest . There are limited facilities such as the slides , monkey bar and more that can be found in any playground around our neighbourhood . Overall , i think that there is no uniqueness in this playground .
Jia Yi: This playround does not have any thing special but it has a shelter that when the children are tired from playing it or when the sun is too hot, they can rest under it and have a chat.
Qistina:This playground consists of mainly primary colours and it has a few shelters. It is unique for its monkey bar. It allows children to test their uper body strength.