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Pupil picks up prize for design
By Lyndsay - 11 January 2011
An Optician's has teamed up with primary schools to teach children how to look after their eyes.
Optical advisors from Conlons Optician's in Shotton are visiting schools to talk to children about how eyes work, and how important it is to look after them.
Maijella Walsh, branch manager of the Chester Road West shop said: "Young children are taught many things at school, from internet safety to how to brush their teeth, but many don't know how important it is to look after their eyes and to have regular eye tests.
"If a child has trouble with their eyesight and it is not picked up quickly, it can have a real effect on their progress at school."
Children have the opportunity to answer questions on what they have learned about eyes, and can enter a colouring competition run by the optician's to win some designer sunglasses.
Bethan Martin, six, a year three pupil at Shotton Infant School, received a pair of the designer sunglasses prize after her class took part in the competition.
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