STAFF and students from the Omega Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) joined forces to bury a time capsule at Great Sankey High School.

Youngsters from Burtonwood Community Primary, Park Road Community Primary, Westbrook Old Hall Primary, Chapelford Village Primary and the high school on Barrow Hall Lane collected a series of keepsakes to put inside the capsule, which will be opened in 100 years’ time.

The contents included memorabilia from each school in the trust such as uniform items, newsletters and magazines, letters from students and each head teacher, and a copy of the Warrington Guardian.

Paul Masher, deputy head teacher of Great Sankey High School, said: “We brought all of the student councils together from each school as an executive student council to discuss our plans and celebrate our opening.

“One idea from their meetings was this time capsule and the high school was the chosen site for the burial to mark the students coming together, as it is where they will transfer after their primary education.”

Jon Wright, chief executive of the Omega MAT, added: “It was an important day for us.

“The time capsule marks the coming together formally of five schools as one organisation and is a statement in time of where we are at the start of this exciting and new journey.”