VB.Net Forms

Hi i am a complete beginnign trying to create an application for uni. I have created a form called mainmenu and a lot of buttons on that form , when i click these buttons i want to open a form called email, paint etc or whatever button was chose - below i have the code for my email form - i have a form created on the right hand side below the main menu on the explorer and put some stuff into it but this is not working for me at all. COuld anyone help me - ??

Private Sub Email_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Email.Click
Dim newForm As New Email
newForm.Show()


End Sub

Do i need to make a public class for this email form ? I just want to basically use the email.show() method like VB 6 but its not working

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
neuralSea