Imagine if you were able to send emotions flying through the mail to people on the other side of the world.
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For a Scotch Oakburn Junior School class, that’s the aim of their latest project.
‘Art Fly’ will send their “art emotions” to a South African orphanage in the form of soft toys.
Year two teacher Nellie Gibson said the whole project started when the students began an art inquiry about what art is and where it started.
The link was soon made between emotions and art, and “art emotions”, Ms Gibson said.
“One of the children thought that if they could fly their emotions in paper aeroplanes, they could make an art work.”
It sparked the ‘Art Fly’ project to fly the soft art toys to an orphanage in South Africa, which is run by one of the student’s families.
“They’ve loved it. They got to design their art toy right from the beginning, paint in it and been involved in it,” Ms Gibson said.
Sam Allen,7, said he made his teddy so he could fly it and happiness to the orphans.
The toys will be sent to the Jinda Home of Safety , which is a registered non-government organisation.
Renee Bakker, whose parents run the orphanage, said 18 children were currently living at the home which started unofficially about 14 years ago.
The toys would make a difference in the lives of the orphans, Mrs Bakker said.
“It means having a connection with somone on the other side of the world and knowing someone else who cares about them.”
The orphanage aimed to alleviate the suffering of the orphans by providing a loving and safe home, she said.