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Rushmoor schoolchildren made history when their creations were chosen to go in a time capsule to be sealed in a secret location at the Aldershot Centre for Health and opened in 30 years.
When the capsule is opened a new generation of children will be able to see how their parents – the primary school students of 2007 – interpreted the concept of ‘Keeping healthy in Aldershot’.
Among the items chosen were a poster featuring a graph depicting a class’s favourite fruits, a diary of healthy activities in photos and text, recordings of songs, jokes, paintings, a nutritious school menu, a hand-decorated t-shirt and a 3D design. They were made by students from South Farnborough, Talavera and Marlborough Infant Schools and Beaumont and Park Primary Schools. The project was run by The Wilky Group, which is developing the new health centre for Hampshire Primary Care Trust (PCT) and the Ministry of Defence.
Three items from each school were chosen by a panel including Professor Jonathan Montgomery, chairman of Hampshire PCT, Helen Fletcher Davies, head teacher of South Farnborough Infant School, Rob Kremis, regional director of Alfred McAlpine plc, Major Alli Benton Jones, matron at Aldershot Garrison Medical Centre, Jan Gouveia, healthy schools co-ordinator for Hampshire and Colin Moore, director, The Wilky Group. Professor Montgomery said: “The children have shown great creativity and the project has generated interest in the topic of health generally and in the new centre, which will be such a vital resource for the local community.”
Students from the schools were invited to an open evening at South Farnborough School to see the time capsule and displays of the items they created. The capsule will be buried with its exact whereabouts recorded and instructions left for it to be opened in 30 years time, when ownership of the building reverts to the PCT and MoD for a nominal sum. It will also be registered with the International Time Capsule Society in Atlanta, USA.
The time capsule initiative was co-ordinated by teacher Ros Bolton at South Farnborough Infant School. She said: “The children were very enthusiastic about the project and it shows in the work they produced. It fitted in well with the curriculum and really got them thinking about keeping healthy and the concept of creating their own piece of history.”
The Aldershot Centre for Health, expected to be complete by spring
2008, will be the UK’s largest ‘one stop’ primary health care centre. It will provide front line healthcare for about 45,000 local people and specialist services for around 250,000 others.
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From left: Colin Moore, Major Alli Benton Jones, Jan Gouveia, Jonathan Montgomery and Rob Kremis, with pupils from participating schools.
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