Pasir Ris Secondary School 390 Tampines St 21 Singapore 529400
3 July 2008
Mr Mah Bow Tan Ministry of National Development Member of Tampines GRC
Dear Mr Mah
FEEDBACK ABOUT THE PLAYGROUND IN TAMPINES
My name is Amirah from Pasir Ris Secondary School. I am in the class of 2E6. I am writing to you to provide some feedback about the playgrounds in Tampines. I hope you will consider my suggestions in improving in the playgrounds around the Tampines area.
The reason for me suggesting this is because I would like to see children of all backgrounds being able to play happily in these playgrounds. I have done a literature project that allows us to design a playground for children with special needs. Each group was given a specific type of special needs children to work on. My group was doing about children with emotional scars. We have design a playground that I feel, is very suitable for them. We had a cheery theme in the playground with colorful structures and features that will make them feel happier and more comfortable. We had in place some counselors to help the children get over with their past and move on to the future.
To me we have to treat children with emotional needs as I fear they will grow up to have low self-esteem, depression or may show aggressive behavior. Thus, I hope you will consider these suggestions. Playgrounds should be made with colorful rides and features. In my playground, we had a leaf of value that will hopefully teach the children about values. I feel that this should be implemented in every playground. It does not need to be as a tree. It can be as a fun game in the playground. The playgrounds in Tampines, I feel, have lacked these qualities. We need to create more fun rides and the playground should not be boring to have a few rides. Having more rides will not let the children to be bored with the existing rides as they will be able to have a variety of rides to choose from.
I feel that we should care about this issue of children with emotional scars. There are so many children who are suffering from this even though we do not see many. I hope the playgrounds in Tampines would be able facilitate the needs of these special children. I feel that these children should not be left out even though they have a disability or a terrible childhood. These children should be able to live a normal live as a child. For that please consider these suggestions and make changes if necessary. Thank you.
Yours Faithfully Amirah binte Ismail, student of Pasir Ris Secondary School
