World Sight Day

by Orla O’Dwyer, Year 2 Teacher

On Thursday, October 13th, IBSB celebrated World Sight Day, with the students arriving to school wearing sunglasses of various shapes and colours to mark this significant day.

Throughout the day, the Secondary School CAS students ran workshops in the primary school, where each class learned about the fantastic work that Light Into Europe do on a daily basis, assisting people who suffer from severe visual impairment to gain mobility, freedom, and independence.

Each student also got to experience what if would feel like to live with a visual impairment by trying on dark glasses that blocked most of the light, promoting empathy and respect. We also had fun in class playing sensory games and learning about the braille alphabet.

As a part of the day, each child was able to make a voluntary 10 lei donation to Light into Europe to support them int eh work they to, including training the guide dogs and providing canes.

The message each child received on this day was that a visually impaired person has the right to go anywhere with a guide dog and that sensory impairment must not lead to exclusion.