On Monday 10th June the children in Year 1 and Year 2 had a Visual Impairment awareness day.
The focus for the day was to give our fully sighted pupils a little understanding and empathy for their peers with a visual impairment.
The day was organised by the Oasis team in conjunction with Open Sight, a charity that works with the visually impaired.
The children had a braille workshop where they learnt about the system of raised dots that enable the blind to read and write without sight.
The children had a go at writing their names using braille code.
The iPad's were used to show the children simulations of the different effects of certain eye conditions as well as 'Sim-spec's'.
The children were asked to complete a number of tactile tasks while blindfolded.
They had to construct a 3D model of an insect...
...draw a picture with no vision...
...and complete tactile shape puzzles.
The children also had a special assembly presented by Open Sight who talked about 'eye health' and how we can protect our eyes.