A PRIMARY school is asking for help to locate a time capsule buried when it moved to its current home 20 years ago.
Blackhorse Primary School will celebrate 20 years on its current site in Blackhorse Lane in February.
Executive head teacher Simon Botten says that during its opening ceremony in 2005, a time capsule was buried to be opened by a future generation.
Staff hope to unearth the capsule as part of the new school’s 20th anniversary celebrations on February 25.
However the exact location of the spot where the capsule was buried has been lost, and the school is asking for help from past pupils, staff and the local community to help uncover its location.
Mr Botten said: “Until we started discussing the 20th anniversary, we had no idea that there was a time capsule buried somewhere on the school site.
“We’d love to be able to find it in time for the birthday celebrations, so please let us know if you can help solve the mystery.”
The capsule was buried during a ceremony on February 25, 2005, when the school was officially opened by the then Kingswood MP Roger Berry and head teacher Debbie Fraser.
Head of school Neil Fry said: “Let’s come together as a community to rediscover this piece of history, and honour Blackhorse Primary’s rich past, while looking forward to its bright future.”
The original Blackhorse County Primary School opened its doors in April 1958, on Beaufort Road in Downend, where the Badminton Garden Care Home now stands.
It was set up to accommodate children transferring from nearby Downend Primary School, which was closing.
In 1964, it increased from 210 to 310 pupils, new classrooms were built and the school split into separate infant and junior schools.
The two schools were reunited under their original name, Blackhorse Primary School, in 1982.
By the Millennium, it was decided that the original 1950s building was no longer capable of meeting the needs of a modern school and in 2002, South Gloucestershire Council announced plans for a new school on Blackhorse Lane in Emersons Green, with work starting the following year.
Mr Botten and Mr Fry joined as head and deputy head respectively in 2011, with Mr Botten becoming executive head when the school joined the Leaf Multi-Academy Trust in 2023.
Anyone who was a pupil, teacher, or staff member at Blackhorse Primary in 2005 and remembers any details about the burial of the time capsule is being asked to email the school office at office@blackhorsepri.org.uk.