Pasir Ris Secondary School 390 Tampines St 21 Singapore 529400
3 July 2008
Ministry of National Development Member of Tampines GRC
FEEDBACK ABOUT THE PLAYGROUNDS IN TAMPINES
I am Sherry, a student from Pasir Ris Secondary School. The purpose of writing this letter to you is to notify you feedbacks and suggestions about the playgrounds in the neighbourhood in Tampines to improve them. I strongly felt that the playgrounds in the Tampines district area should be equipped with enhanced and advanced facilities to cater to the residents’ requirements.
My SA1 literature project is about the designation of a 3D model playground and a blog, which each group has to make a choice on a group of children who require special attention, care and concern. My group members had decided on doing research about children that are emotionally abused. My group members’ researches have revealed that emotional abuse, which is 8% of substantiated cases of children abuse, is commonly defined as the systematic tearing down of another human being. It is considered a pattern of behaviour that can seriously interfere with a child's positive development, emotional abuse is probably the least understood of all child abuse, yet it is the most prevalent, & can be the cruelest and most destructive of all types of child abuse. These children needed to be cared for, so as to assist them to recover from their emotional scars.
The playground in Tampines, in my opinion, was actually quite original and plain, nothing impressive to attract the children’s attention. If our playground is designed for emotionally handicapped children, the playground should be colourful, fun-loving and attractive, this environment’s main objective should be making the children forget their sorrows and relax and enjoy themselves. This specially designed playground should be effective in healing their emotional scars and eventually aid them in many different ways. The playground should also consist of special facilities, such as unusual spiral slides or rides. Though it spends a lot of money on designation, it is all worth while when you see the smiles on the children’s’ faces. I hope that you will take my suggestions into consideration and I look forward to your reply. Thank You.
