Email Project ‘07: 3^rd4th Class

‘Hand in Hand’ Project with

Schools from around the World.

The face is the image of the heart and the eyes are the mirror of the soul. The palm of the hand, a place where we feel safe and secure…The aim of this project is to build an international Schools communit ywho work ‘hand in hand’.Schools all over the world, Canada, Japan, Austria, Slovenia etc. sent their hands to Lieven at Sint Amandusschool, Meulebeke, Belgium and he put them up for all to see on his school website http://www.sip.be/stamand/feelings/kidshandinhand.htm .

First of all we created a hand-shaped signature by making a handprint on paper of one of our hands. Therefore we painted it in a colourful way. Then we composed a little face on the printed palm of the hand that shows our feelings by using the 'wiggly' eyes that Lieven sent to us when we joined the project.

We used these handprints in our card game: 'Express your feelings, don't be cool!'

We also joined two other activities:

Ø We made a 'freehand' drawing with Lieven’s online program.( click on ‘Draw online’)

Ø We drew hands in a very simple (but fantastic) free drawing and painting program for children: 'Tux Paint'.You can download the program on this website. http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint/ (For 'Windows' you need 2 files: 'tuxpaint windows-installer' and 'tuxpaint-stamps windows-installer'.) Why not have a go!!!!

Hugh and Klaudia make their handprints	Painted hands ready to print.
Ruby, Saoirse, Bradley,Caleb and Gavin add detail to their hand print.	Neil and Ruby draw using Tuxpaint.

Jack’s Hand	Klaudia’s Hand	James’s Hand
Our friends in Medicine Hat, Canada	Finishtein Junior High School, Petach Tikva, Israel	Solongo Tuv (Rainbow Center), Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, China