Superhero Grimsby teacher is once again putting on his backpack to deliver free school meals.
In one day he delivered 138 meals to his students and walked 6 miles.
Last updated 6th Jan 2021
A Grimsby assistant head teacher is once again walking the streets, delivering free school meals to his students, while the gates remain closed.
On Monday night (4th January) Boris Johnson announced that all schools would close, as part of the third national lockdown.
After hearing the announcement, Zane Powles, from Western Primary school, went straight to the shops to buy food, and starting delivering free school meals to his students first thing in the morning (Tuesday 5th).
By the end of the next day (5th January) he had given out 138 free school meals to his pupils and walked 6 miles.
Zane said:
"I've got my map already done, because I delivered Christmas hampers, so I know where all our free school meal children live, most of them are the same as last year.
So, I'll be out again, this time not in the sunshine, I might be getting wet, but never mind!"
It's not the first time Zane has set out to help his students.
At the start of the first lockdown, he walked the streets of Grimsby and delivered 7 thousand 5 hundred free school meals and additional resources to his students, all on foot.
His hard work during the pandemic also led him to receive an MBE as part of the Queen's Birthday Honours.
Following the news of Monday's announcement that primary schools would be closing, Zane said:
"For children who have a difficult home life, this is going to be quite a difficult time for them.
Most of those children come to school and see it as a secure place for them, they feel safe at school, they enjoy it at school, because it takes them away from the trauma and the difficulties at home.
Now they're having to stay at home all that time, who knows what's happening at home, who knows what they are going to be witness to?"