Halima Elyas, head girl, Emily Littlejohn, 1st year pupil and Fiona Littlejohn, former pupil president.
Picture by Jim Irvine.
Pupils at an Aberdeen school have buried a time capsule as part of its 170th anniversary celebrations.
St Margaret’s School for Girls first opened in 1846, and is the country’s oldest continuously operating girls’ school.
To mark the milestone, pupils were asked to pick items they felt represented what being a St Margaret’s girl in 2016 meant to them to put in the capsule, which ranged from informative to artistic pieces.
The capsule was filled with finger paintings from the nursery, artwork from the after school club, as well as newspaper cuttings and pieces of homework.
The head girl team also wrote a letter to the St Margaret’s School of 2046.
The capsule was then buried within the back playground, and a plaque unveiled with instructions for the school of the future on exactly when to open it.
School head Anna Tomlinson said: “We look forward to welcoming back pupils and staff in 2046, on the school’s 200th anniversary, to open the capsule and celebrate all that St Margaret’s girls have achieved around the world.”
St Margaret’s celebrate 170 years with a gift to the future
