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COLLEGE NEWS YEAR 13 LEAVERS’ DAY

FRIDAY 10TH MAY 2019

The sun was shining and spirits were high for the Year 13 Leavers’ Mass
and Headmaster’s Drinks Reception. Ratcliffi an Association Manager
Alex Slack (née Gamble) (03) welcomed us, along with our parents, to
this fi nal service at Ratcliffe, before we left for study leave and then
went on to university, our fi rst jobs, or a gap year.

It was at this point that we became offi cial members of the Ratcliffi an
Association. We were welcomed in by President Emma Wright (94),
who presented the boys with an Old Ratcliffi an tie and the girls with
a sterling silver charm, to commemorate our time at the School. She
greeted us all in turn, starting with those who had attended Ratcliffe
since entering the Nursery at the age of 3!
Fr Philip Sainter (69) celebrated a wonderful Mass, with hymns
chosen by the Class of 2019, including fi rm favourites such as
‘Lord of the Dance’ and, of course, ‘Shine, Jesus, Shine’. Ratcliffi an
Ambassador Isobel Coombs (19) said: “I really enjoyed the assembly. It
made me so emotional to think that it would be the last time that the
whole year group was together!” Fellow Ambassador Mollie Page (19)
added: “I loved the refl ection that Miles Dunne (19) read. It perfectly
summed up our time at Ratcliffe.” Having our parents experience this
fi nal service at the College with us was so special, as we fi nally left the
Ratcliffe ‘bubble’. The superb catering staff provided us with delicious
canapés and champagne during the Headmaster’s Drinks Reception,
which was, perhaps unsurprisingly, very popular with Year 13!
I would like to thank the School for helping us to create a wonderful,
jam-packed last day of fun at Ratcliffe, which included sumo suits and
infl atables, before heading off to enjoy traditional farewell drinks at
The Woodies! Finally, Emi, Mollie, Isobel and I would like to thank Alex
Slack and Katherine Lang for giving us the opportunity and honour of
Slack and Katherine Lang for giving us the opportunity and honour of
being Ratcliffi an Association Ambassadors. They have been amazing
being Ratcliffi an Association Ambassadors. They have been amazing
mentors, and I’m looking forward to staying in touch and joining in
mentors, and I’m looking forward to staying in touch and joining in
with future OR events.
with future OR events.
Katie Honey (19)
Katie Honey (19)

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