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Old Ratcliffian Louis Deacon (99) Opens Newly Refurbished
Boys’ Boarding Facilities
A recent refurbishment of the Boys’
Boarding facilities for pupils in Years
6 to 11 has taken place at Ratcliffe.
Two wings have been overhauled and
themed after local sporting clubs,
and they are now known as the
‘Tigers’ and ‘Foxes’ areas of boarding.
Corresponding colours have been used
to maintain the theme in communal
areas such as the common rooms,
halls and boys’ bedrooms. Each
room has state-of-the-art furnishings
that greatly exceed the ‘minimum
standards for boarding’ and the boys
have access to Wi-Fi, Sky TV and
a variety of gaming consoles. Each
boy also has access to a communal
kitchen for the preparation of snacks
and drinks. Old Ratcliffian Louis
Deacon (99), current Leicester Tigers
captain, who recalls boarding at
Ratcliffe College with great fondness,
returned to his alma mater to officially
open the new boarding area and
commented that he ‘would have loved Louis Deacon (99) (far right) pictured with Harry Jackson, 1st Team Rugby
to be a boarder again with these Captain & other members of the team
facilities!’
Ratcliffe’s Diverse Drama Programme in 2013
Life in the Drama Department
continues to be a very active and
varied one. This year, productions
have ranged from the dark and
dramatic Oliver Twist (Year 10) and
Opening a Can of Worms (Year 13),
to the hugely entertaining Rhymes and
Tales (Year 7), The Turbulent Term
of Tyke Tyler (Year 8) and colourful
pantomimes performed by Year 9.
The Year 12 students, who performed
Brecht’s Caucasian Chalk Circle, The Year 11 production of Sequence
should be commended; with only six Year 10 performs Oliver Twist of Events
students, they managed to tell the
adapted tale with five of them multi- students out of twenty achieving A Old Ratcliffian David Ricks (07),
rolling at least four parts! Particular grades. another of our talented ex-students,
mention must also go to the Year is soon to join the Technical Staff for
11 GCSE students, who represented Henry Thomas, who has been our the Theatre. He will work alongside
possibly the best group the Drama Lighting and Sound student for the Megan Stephens (01), who continues
Department has had for many years, past six years, is leaving us to go to produce an astonishing number
focusing on ‘plays that make you on work placement for the BBC. He of costumes for all the plays that are
think’. Scenes taken from Blood has proved to be one of our most performed.
Brothers, New Connections, The outstanding trainee technicians over
King’s New Clothes and Sequence the years and we wish him every Claudette Caven-Henrys
of Events were performed at an success for the future. Head of Drama
extremely high standard, with fourteen
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Old Ratcliffian Louis Deacon (99) Opens Newly Refurbished
Boys’ Boarding Facilities
A recent refurbishment of the Boys’
Boarding facilities for pupils in Years
6 to 11 has taken place at Ratcliffe.
Two wings have been overhauled and
themed after local sporting clubs,
and they are now known as the
‘Tigers’ and ‘Foxes’ areas of boarding.
Corresponding colours have been used
to maintain the theme in communal
areas such as the common rooms,
halls and boys’ bedrooms. Each
room has state-of-the-art furnishings
that greatly exceed the ‘minimum
standards for boarding’ and the boys
have access to Wi-Fi, Sky TV and
a variety of gaming consoles. Each
boy also has access to a communal
kitchen for the preparation of snacks
and drinks. Old Ratcliffian Louis
Deacon (99), current Leicester Tigers
captain, who recalls boarding at
Ratcliffe College with great fondness,
returned to his alma mater to officially
open the new boarding area and
commented that he ‘would have loved Louis Deacon (99) (far right) pictured with Harry Jackson, 1st Team Rugby
to be a boarder again with these Captain & other members of the team
facilities!’
Ratcliffe’s Diverse Drama Programme in 2013
Life in the Drama Department
continues to be a very active and
varied one. This year, productions
have ranged from the dark and
dramatic Oliver Twist (Year 10) and
Opening a Can of Worms (Year 13),
to the hugely entertaining Rhymes and
Tales (Year 7), The Turbulent Term
of Tyke Tyler (Year 8) and colourful
pantomimes performed by Year 9.
The Year 12 students, who performed
Brecht’s Caucasian Chalk Circle, The Year 11 production of Sequence
should be commended; with only six Year 10 performs Oliver Twist of Events
students, they managed to tell the
adapted tale with five of them multi- students out of twenty achieving A Old Ratcliffian David Ricks (07),
rolling at least four parts! Particular grades. another of our talented ex-students,
mention must also go to the Year is soon to join the Technical Staff for
11 GCSE students, who represented Henry Thomas, who has been our the Theatre. He will work alongside
possibly the best group the Drama Lighting and Sound student for the Megan Stephens (01), who continues
Department has had for many years, past six years, is leaving us to go to produce an astonishing number
focusing on ‘plays that make you on work placement for the BBC. He of costumes for all the plays that are
think’. Scenes taken from Blood has proved to be one of our most performed.
Brothers, New Connections, The outstanding trainee technicians over
King’s New Clothes and Sequence the years and we wish him every Claudette Caven-Henrys
of Events were performed at an success for the future. Head of Drama
extremely high standard, with fourteen
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