A DEESIDE school remained busy during the coronavirus lockdown when it was temporarily re-branded as a hub.

When the coronavirus lockdown hit in March, Connah’s Quay High School provided care for the children of key workers and vulnerable learners.

But is also became a distribution centre providing free school meals for hundreds of local children and produced face shields which were used as PPE.

A team of staff volunteers manufactured 1,200 face shields.

An initial batch of 100 were used by staff in a local care home whilst the others were taken by the school’s Chair of Governors to the Deeside distribution centre.

The face shields were made over a period of seven days in a five-week period. The parts were manufactured using the school’s laser cutter and assembled by a team of staff volunteers.

Assistant head teacher Amanda Creevy told the Leader: “Rebranding the school as a Hub during the lockdown saw the staff at CQHS come together to ensure the learners who attended were cared for in a safe and secure environment.

“The Hub was staffed on a rota basis and all staff were involved in providing a timetable of activities with a balance between health and wellbeing and academic subjects.”

In addition, to ensure eligible learners in the area received their meals, 18 taxis arrived at school on a daily basis to collect lunch bags which had been prepared at school and dropped them off on doorsteps.

The school caretaker Barry Evans was heavily involved in supporting this operation.