Pasir Ris Secondary School
390 Tampines street 21
Singapore 529400
3rd July 2008
Mr Mah Bow Tan
Mister of national development
Members of Tampines GRC
Dear Mr Tan
Proposal Of Playground Suggestions
I am a student from Pasir Ris Secondary School and I live in the region of Tampines. I am writing this letter to you to give some feedbacks about the current playgrounds in the Tampines Avenue as well as suggestions on how to improve them.
The playgrounds in the district were very interesting and fun after doing my research. Most children would appreciate the curret playground because of the innovative structure. However, looking in to the modern society, more and more children are looking for better and more creative things. As the society changes, the playground should also change. In other words, the playground needs newer facilities. The playgrounds should have newer patterns and equipments. The playground should also be much bigger. I felt that building an indoor playground outdoor can be a good idea. Therefore, the playground would be up to modern standard.
The next way of improving a playground is to look at the differents kind of children. Basically, I felt that the playground does not meet much of the needs of the disabled children after doing much research of playground in the neighborhood. The playgrounds do not have much safety precautions and it has obstructions for disabled children. Many disabled children are unable to reach a certain height of the playground and they also could not play most of the playground equipment such as monkey bars, flying fox and other interesting things. Often, I will see disabled children who are unable to play in the normal playground because of their disability. I am deeply saddened by this. It made me felt taht something should be done. They would also miss out on the fun which other children would not. Therefore, the current playground should undergo a change to meet the needs of the disabled children. My schools have given my group a project to improve the current playground in order to reach the standard of the disabled children such as children suffering from visually impaired and Down syndrome. My project has taken up the role of creating a playground for children suffering from Down syndrome. The main purpose of the playground is to allow the down syndrome children to have fun and improving their social skills as well as balancing and learning skills. My playground consists of 3 levels that had met the needs of them such as their slowness and the mental disabilities. The playground would have new facilities such as safety features, music-playing buttons, colourful backgrounds to help the down syndrome kids to learn better as well as many safety precautions. My group and I had found out that the Down syndrome will need addition care and safety.
I felt that the playground would need a change for disabled children. The current playground could be improved by adding more safety and the special features. Therefore, the disabled children could be the same as normal children and they could see a better future. I would sincerely hope that you would look in to my suggestions and re-design the playground. I look foward to your reply.
Yours Sincerely
Aaron Mak Jun Wei
