Paganel Archives opened in 2012 and was the first (and still the only) ARCHON registered repository archive in a state primary school in the UK. It has unique and fascinating stories about our school and it’s community and is looked after by ‘Young Archivists’ from our After-school Archive Club which meets weekly at Paganel Primary School.
We’ve put together an exhibition to show you more about us, our school and it’s history. You can visit Paganel Primary School to see the original display and we’ve also created an online exhibition below. There is plenty more to see in Paganel Archives, and we hope you can visit us there soon!
Head Teacher’s Diary, with daily entries from before the school opened in 1938 into the 1970sXavier reads from 1940 entry in the Head teacher’s diary documenting all events through the eyes of the HeadteacherDeputy Headteacher Mr.Willis’s stick and the punishment book, listing names of everyone punished, what for, and how many strokes, from the start of the school into the 1970s.Mr. Shufflebottom dresses up for guests – former staff and pupils invited to Paganel’s 70th Anniversary 2008A letter of thanks from Sheila Swan following 70th Anniversary celebrationsArtwork documenting the 70th Anniversary partyThe Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations in 2012 are held in our archivesA newspaper article about our School following the opening ceremony in 1939Paganel Archive image illustrated in Birmingham Sunday Mercury 1 June 2008, wrongly labeled as from 1920s. It is recognisably Paganel Hall but from the late 1930sArial photo of Paganel Primary School in about 2000Phoenix finds her sister, Trinity, in the Archives. All House captains were photoed in 2015, houses then named after famous authors Donaldson, Dahl, Lewis and KiplingHouse captains photographed, including Amir, brother of one of our Young ArchivistsLibrary notice showing the new names of Houses at PaganelZainab finds an image of a wedding with 18 former pupils from Paganel in the photo.Paganel Archives hold the old staff photos – here is Miss Banner and Mrs Ralif‘Attendance Champions’ with their superhero masks from 2016 with a giant ‘Attendance Ted’ – Badges of different colours were given to pupils as rewards in UK schools depending on how often they attended school.Youth Council meeting from twenty years ago in the upstairs room@PenJones drew the young archivists of 2022, and they added comments about each other to the drawingsDenise and Natalie were responsible for rescuing some of most valuable photos and collection items from destruction in 2006Documenting the project working with the Rep Theatre to create the first Archives room 2012Finding out they’ve grown since last time they visited the Nursery playground.Our ‘Champion’ young archivists revisit the infants playground of their youth with the House Champion Cup. The Cup has not been used since before the Covid epidemic.
