The Lions Eye Health Program is offering Free Vision Screening for Boat Harbour Primary School. The screening will be conducted by The Lions Club of Rocky Cape on Tuesday, 22nd and Wednesday, 23rd June 2021. Permisson forms were sent home Monday 31st May, can you please fill in and send back to school by Tuesday, 15th June.

Over 80% of what children learn is processed through their eyes. Untreated eye conditions can affect a child's development. It is estimated 1 in 5 children in Australia have undetected vision problems. Screening assessments can help identify children who may require futher eye review/testing.

Members of the Lions Club have been specifically trained to perform 4 vision screening assessments including:

1.    Visual Acuity - using a Lea 3m -15 Line Symbol Book
2.    Colour Vision - using a Quick 6 - Basic Colour screening Book
3.    Depth Perception - using a Stero Fly Screening Tool
4.   Spot Vision Screener - State of the art portable machine designed to screen for Myopia (nearsightedness), Hyperopia  (far sightedness), Astigmatism (blurred vision), Anisometropia (unequal refractive power), Strabismus (eye misalignment) and anisocoria (unequal pupil size).

The individual screening takes a few minutes to perform. There is no physical contact made with the child and no eye drops are administered. Individual reports will be distributed. If a vision problem is detected, this will be written on the child's result sheet and you will be encouraged to seek a further eye assessment with an eye health professional.