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Section 2a - Pastoral Care Arrangements
School Assemblies, Religious Services & Charity
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Nursery
Hymn
Practice
Class Time
Swans
Assembly
Class Time
Achievement
Assembly
Preparatory School Class Time Church
Assembly
Hymn Practice
Preparatory
School
Assembly
Achievement
Assembly
Senior School
Headmaster’s
Assembly
Tutor Time
Year/House
Assembly
Tutor Time
Chaplaincy
Assembly
Religious Services
Mass is celebrated during the week in the Church. Throughout the academic year, the whole School
community celebrates important Liturgical Feast Days, which all pupils are required to attend. Night
Prayers take place each evening for boarders. Boarders who are in School at the weekend to attend
Sunday Mass at 10.30am; all pupils and their families are welcome to attend.
Twice a year (during Advent and Lent), there are days of Prayer and Reconciliation, which all pupils are
encouraged to attend. Any member of the Chaplaincy Team may be approached at any time for
guidance, or a chat. Pupils are encouraged to use the Peace Garden during break time and lunchtime as
an area for quiet meditation. During the course of the year, each Religious Studies teaching group will
celebrate a ‘Class Mass’ during one of their Religious Studies lessons. There are special ‘Year Masses’
for pupils at the end of Year 11 and at the end of Year 13.
Parents wishing their son/daughter to be Baptised, and/or make their First Holy Communion or
Confirmation, should contact the School Priest via main School Reception.
All students are encouraged to assist in the liturgical life of the School.
Charity
Ratcliffe College, through its foundation, Mission Statement and ethos, is committed to acts of charity
through service to others and fundraising for appropriate causes. There will therefore be occasions during
the year when pupils are asked to contribute time and/or money to help others less fortunate than
themselves. We ask that parents support their children as best they can if charitable requests are made,
for example: Casuals Days, where pupils pay to wear their own clothes; supplying a shoe box of small
items at Christmas for children overseas who would not otherwise receive gifts; cake sales and coffee
mornings; the Chaplaincy Group’s Fair Trade stall and the Parents’ Association Spring Fair. Details of
all such events are sent to parents either in the half-termly mailings or in separate letters as appropriate.
Section 2a - School Assemblies, Religious Services & Charity