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.
Thank You Open Sight for your support and to all the Oasis staff for planning such an interesting day for all the children.
For more information and pictures please look to the Year 1 and Year 2 blogs.
What a great way for the children to learn and understand more about visual impairment. It looks lots of fun too! Thomas' Mum (YR)
ReplyDeleteI had a really interesting day learning braille, catching a ball with a blindfold on and using the ipad to see how different people see. I learnt lots! Thank you. Isobel Year 1
ReplyDeletewe've heard lots about this day, the activities were great and taught Logan a lot. he's been sharing the information he's learnt all week. Logan's mum
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