Issue 5 - April 2011 - Ampleforth College

Year 1 Time
How do we know what the toys of the
past are like? What will children play with
in the future? Will the toys be the same as
our toys today? It was questions like these
that led to the children of Year 1 wanting
to bury their toys for children of the future.
We personally delivered a letter that Teddy
had written to Mr Higham asking
permission to dig a hole. Mr Higham then
came for a meeting and agreed this was a
good idea. The hardest task of all for the
children was choosing something to bury.
Clementine chose her sister’s toy! William
buried school lego. Imogen chose a battery
toy and Lydia a CD. Louis was very
generous, choosing his school uniform, his
Dad’s book, and a soft toy. The hardest
task for Mrs E was finding a suitable
container. Thanks to Ebay, an army
ammunition box satisfied the children. But
would everything fit in?
The class could not agree on a site. The
gardens were the preferred site but Teddy
was so worried about Mrs E getting down
the steps when she is 90 that it was
decided to dig a hole at the top of the steps
to the gardens. Mr Higham joined us,
donating a bottle of wine to the future head
teacher. Each item was placed in a plastic
bag or wrapped in clingfilm. In addition to
items put in by the children there were
photos of the class, the classroom, the
playground and school grounds, the daily
prayers and weekly timetable, letters,
poems and prayers written by the children,
a card with 3D glasses signed by the class,
local and national newspapers, information
about the school and the monks and the
bottle of wine. And it did all fit in! Everyone
then had a turn at digging soil on top. And
now we can look forward to the
excitement in 50 years time when we
open up the time capsule!
Capsule
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YEAR 1 TIME CAPSULE