Pupils from the school have created a digital record of world news including the Covid-19 pandemic, Black Lives Matter and the Australian bush fires. In addition they have selected a range of items to be sealed away including a school tie, a map of the school, coins and a face mask.
To accompany these, pupils in year 7 and 8 took part in a competition to write a letter to the future generation providing an insight into life in 2020. Winners Alice and Emily Mitchell in Year 7 and Laiba Hussain, Arnold Mazongo and Thomas Hunter in year 8 have had their letters included in the capsule to preserve for future generations.
The capsule is being buried on the site of the new facilities being developed by principal contractor William Birch & Sons Ltd. The £2.5m investment at the school is scheduled for completion in the early part of the New Year and will provide six new classrooms and a new sports and dance studio, recreational area as well as new central heating/air conditioning in the art and design technology area.
Gemma Shahjahan, Director of William Birch & Sons Ltd said “it is quite fitting that a time capsule is buried on the site of the new classroom expansion, particularly after the unprecedented events of 2020. I am sure that the items in the capsule will be of great interest to future generations on how we lived through the Covid-19 pandemic”.
Mr Tudor Griffiths, Head Teacher at Kettlethorpe High school said “This really is an exciting time for the school, whose staff and pupils cannot wait to get into the new building. It really is a first class resource and will certainly add to the high quality learning opportunities on offer to our pupils.
It is also a very appropriate time to bury a time capsule, and our pupils have responded to the invitation to so this with a wide range of recorded events and activities.
In years to come I am certain that the staff and pupils will read and learn with interest about what our pupils and staff were all about in the year 2020
