Cypriot team — October Heartbeats

By Sophia Papantoniou Zorpa - October 19, 2025

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Logo Contest • Heartbeats at School • European Code Week

🎨 Logo Contest

At first, the students recorded their ideas on Mentimeter so that everyone in the class could share and get inspired by each other’s thoughts. This process encouraged active participation and gave every student a voice, making the activity truly democratic.

Then, they began working on their logo designs. Some worked individually, others collaborated in pairs or small groups, while a few preferred to work digitally. Throughout this stage, the students showed great enthusiasm and creativity, enjoying the opportunity to express their ideas.

Our proposal

Once all the designs were completed, we held a class vote to select the logo that would represent our proposal. This final step reinforced the democratic process and allowed the children to feel proud and involved in the decision-making.

Mentimeter

💞 Heartbeats at School: Visualizing Our Feelings

Students discussed different situations they experience at school and how these moments make them feel. Through open conversation, they explored a range of emotions — from excitement and joy to frustration and anxiety — learning to recognize and express their feelings in healthy ways.

After that, students used AI tools such as Copilot and ChatGPT to visualize their emotions. By transforming feelings into creative visual representations, they combined emotional awareness with digital creativity.

💻 Code Week — Caesar Cipher

Students explored the Caesar Cipher, one of the oldest encryption techniques, and created their own coded messages with themes of kindness, empathy, and well-being. They enjoyed the challenge of encoding and decoding secret messages while developing logical thinking, problem-solving, and teamwork skills.