From Toy Story, Brum and the Rugrats, to the 50th anniversary of VE Day, to a school computer policy for devices that comparatively now seem rudimentary – students at Hendra State School (HSS) have been given a snapshot of what life was like for kids two decades before they were born.
On November 20, 2025, the school unveiled the contents of a time capsule buried on the playground in 1995 with a community breakfast and special guests in attendance.
Handwritten letters from students at the time guessed at what the future may have in store.
Some optimistic students hoped for video games and horse stables at school, while a sombre-thinking Jehovah’s Witness believed man would destroy the world before the capsule was ever opened.
There were also fun photos of the students: having an egg and spoon race, planting trees, doing some maths, puppeteering, and dancing around a maypole.
HSS has now collected items for the new capsule which will be reinterred for the students of 2045 to discover, including student drawings with future predictions and a receipt showing the cost of a grocery shop in 2025 contributed by Councillor Julia Dixon.
The school’s “Adopt a Cop” Senior Constable Diana Kratochvil supplied a police badge and message about her partnership with the school and work fostering police puppies Xena, Drago and JoJo.
Brisbane Airport supplied a commemorative pin for its 2025 centenary and a jar of honey from the bees that live in the airport wetlands.
The new plaque will read: “History is not just a record of dates and events, it’s the story of people.”
