Reading for RNIB Day is 19th October but as that falls during the holidays we decided to have our RNIB day today. Children from nursery to Primary 7 in Lochnell and visitors from Achaleven Primary were involved in creating a huge range of story recordings which will be made into CDs and form a story bank for sighted children and those with visual impairments.  Stories for Early Years children will also have brailed books made to match the CDs and be kept in a story bag with items from the story for children to handle so they can understand more about each story.

The children who took part in the recordings were also invited to make a donation and over £80 was raised which will go to create even more talking books for children all over Scotland.

Some of the children were not too sure about their voices being recorded but soon got used to it. Older children have enjoyed the experience so much they plan to record more stories next term to add to the collection.  We also hope we have raised awareness about Reading for RNIB day in our community.