My literature mid year project is about the novel, "Bridge to Terabithia." The playground is actually made for special groups of children. My group chose to do about abused children and children with emotional scras. The project was quite tiring as we had to build a model and do a blog. I hope we will get high marks for it...
I believe that our model is very eco-friendly as we recycled most things. It could be the most eco-friendly model in the whole class. We used cardboards that were thrown away from shops. We also used plastic bottles as plastic bottles cannot be used for too long. Thus, we reused it to represent plastic in our model. We resused white sponge as the grass of the playground. It actually came from me as my mother wanted to throw it away. So, i reused it. My group also used unwanted paper rolls for the buildings.
There were a few things from the 3-D model that were linked to the novel. The bridge in the model is linked to the bridge in the model that connects the land of Terabithia and reality. There is also a tree with a rope just like the one that Jesse and Leslie used to go to the magical kingdom in the novel. The castle in the playground is also inspired by the castle in the novel. The goldish colour used in the playground was also inspired from the golden colour that was painted in Leslie in the novel. The monsters in the novel are also linked to the rides in the playground.
Since we are doing this for the children with special needs, the playground must be spacially designed for them. We used attractive colours to make them feel happy and welcomed. There is also a tree of value to teach the children about values. We have conuselors on duty to help them be able to trust people again and to make sure the children are safe. There will also be a fence to make them have a sense of security in the playground.
I hope that my group does well in this project as I feel we have put in a lot of effort in doing this project, especially making the model.
