SCHOOLS should be allowed to teach children in temporary buildings, readers have said.

The Leader reported last week on the concerns of Buckley Mountain ward councillor Carol Ellis that portable buildings are not suitable for teaching children, particularly during the summer.

Her comment came after a number of planning applications to renew permission for the siting of school 'classroom units' were lodged with Flintshire Council, two of which are for rooms at Southdown CP School and Drury Primary School.

A poll on the issue conducted by the Leader received 70 votes - with 54 per cent of people stating schools should be allowed to use the temporary classrooms and the remaining 46 per cent saying they should not.

Readers also took to Facebook to share their views, with Jacqueline Edwards stating: "Children have been taught in 'temporary' buildings for years without coming to any harm."

Glyn Chaplin posted: "Good grief I spent half of my school life in huts including the summer of 76!" and Helen McCarthy said: "As long as they are not too hot I can't see why not."

Mandy Neal stated: "We were taught in them in the 70s and 80s in hot and freezing weather." with Christina Lowe replying: "Agreed. Stop all the mollycoddling please. It’s ridiculous."

Speaking during a meeting of Buckley Town Council, cllr Ellis said she opposed the idea of children being educated in portable buildings, explaining: "It is about time we had some Welsh Government money to improve all schools, especially where we have children being taught in inappropriate schoolrooms - imagine the heat."

Following a debate it was agreed that Martin Wright, clerk to the town council, be asked to write to Flintshire Council raising the point about the suitability of temporary classrooms 'in this day and age'.

The Leader has approached Flintshire Council for a comment on the matter.