Oct. 21

We had a really exciting morning today!  We started on the Empathize phase of the Design Thinking Process for our playground design project. We welcomed three experts into our class that we had the chance to learn about and interview.  We welcomed Margie, who is one of our school council members that helps with the fundraising of our playground, Tanya, who is the representative for Blue Imp Playground Manufacturing, and Mr. Dyck, who is our school principal. Each expert provided us with a different perspective on the process of planning and building our playground.

Margie provided us with the money perspective and some questions we had for her were:

• Can we help raise money?
• Can we raise money by doing something like a Terry Fox Run? 
• Can we sell cards at Christmas?

With Tanya, we were interested in finding out more about the design process and materials of our future playground. Some questions we had were:

• What type of materials are best for playgrounds in Canada?
• How much space would we need for a playground?
• Are the pieces of equipment different in a city park than a CBE school. 

Our focus with Mr. Dyck was on the safety of our school and students when designing a playground. Some of our questions were:

• Is there someone who checks the equipment and what do they check?
• What equipment is too dangerous?
• How will you help us keep safe?

Our next phase will be starting to design and plan the parts of our playground that we want at Ken Taylor School. Stay tuned...

Coming Up:

• Mrs. Jordan away Tuesday morning at a Learning Leader meeting. 
• Photo Day Tuesday (ours will be in the afternoon when I am back)