Pupils find time to bury piece of history for future
PUPILS left a legacy for future generations when they buried a time capsule in front of their new school.
Youngsters in year seven at the King’s School, in Prestbury, submitted a letter or picture of what life is currently like and detailing their hopes for the future.
These were put in the ground at the school to be dug up in 2100 – when the 12-year-olds will be 91.
Student Megan Wood, who won the art competition linked to the project, said: “Maybe they can unfreeze me from my living stasis just for the day and then put me back into deep sleep to be woken back up when everything is a whole lot better.”
Also buried were a pen, facemask, lateral flow test, a school tie, list of the top five songs in the UK chart and a newspaper article covering England’s Euros football win over Germany.
English and drama teacher Olivia Soutter organised the capsule.
She said: “We hope it becomes a tradition and that our objects, letters and drawings will be displayed by pupils in 79 years’ time and they in turn will bury their own time capsule.
“I think there is very good chance these children will be around to witness the opening of the time capsule as medicine is improving all the time and life expectancy will extend, though sadly, not quickly enough for me.”
One of the youngsters involved, Raph Sherry, 12, from Macclesfield, said: “Hopefully some of our traditions like our sporting life will still be around but it will a very different place, though I think we will manage to overcome the problems of climate change and plastic pollution.”