School marks new era and building with time capsule

A time capsule has been lowered into the ground to mark the end of a ten-year campaign for a new special school.

Karin Heap, head of the new Chapel Green School at Old Buckenham, gets Danny Branson, site manager for Morgan Sindall, to sign the time capsule, with contents from Chapel Green, Old Buckenham Primary and High Schools, before it is buried at the new school's grounds. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY - Credit: Copyright: Archant 2018

The former Chapel Road (now Chapel Green) School in Attleborough has moved to a new building 3.5 miles away to the village of Old Buckenham.

The capsule contained a letter from the head and several mementos, including photographs, a data stick, school teddy, and messages from the pupils, who are aged three to 19 and have complex needs.

Pupils from Old Buckenham High and Primary Schools and Chapel Green School prepared the capsule's contents, which was placed in an air and water tight container outside the school entrance.

The capsule is to be re-opened on March 27, 2068.

The tube underground ready for the time capsule, with contents from the new Chapel Green School, and Old Buckenham Primary and High Schools, to be buried at the new school's grounds. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY - Credit: Copyright: Archant 2018

The event was shared with members of all schools, the local community, Morgan Sindall and county representatives.