A new drive is underway to prompt children to have proper check-ups for their eyes.

Eye Know Eye Care is aimed at children aged 11 and under and is targeting 150,000 school pupils in the UK.

The Eye Care Trust charity believes that as many as a million young children could be suffering from eyesight problems without realising it.

But youngsters have been reassured that an eye test is nothing to worry about.

Vanessa, ten, told BBC`s Newsround:

“It`s not really scary, just stay calm.”

She said that she had been frustrated about making mistakes at school until she learned that she needed glasses and corrected her sight.

The Eye Care Trust runs a number of awareness drives about sight. The Transitions Optical, Inc. have conducted the survey into children’s eye health and found that 21% of parents have never taken their child for an eye test.

Transitions Optical, Inc. are running the Eye Know Eye Care schools programme to educate children, parents, and teachers about the importance of eye health.

www.eyeknoweyecare.com