Portsmouth Pupils Capture Time

Youngsters at Portsmouth Grammar School joined Kier Southern and local historian Bob Hind to celebrate the start of work on the school’s cutting edge new science facility.

The Year 7 pupils created a unique record of life in 2009 by participating in a ‘Fill the Time Capsule’ competition which was organised by the school’s history department. The competition asked the students a to compile a list of items that reflect the school, the city and the school’s particular affiliation with science to be placed in a time capsule which would be buried on the site of the new science centre.


The new multi-million pound facility, which is due to be completed in August next year, will replace the existing 1950's block and provide over 3,000sq m of teaching space across three floors. In addition to modern science laboratories and prep rooms, the new centre will include an open plan atrium, exhibition space and a science theatre, further strengthening the Portsmouth Grammar School’s reputation as one of the south’s premier science teaching facilities.

A total of 27 items including coins, stamps, newspapers, a Harry Potter novel, a credit card and a mobile phone were chosen from the lists.

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