Ravine

RAVINE HOUSE - Be kind

Ravine score is best viewed from the impressive Victorian footbridge that connects Bellevue Park with North Parade. The footbridge was presented in commemoration of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887 by William Youngman - the first Mayor of Lowestoft. William Youngman paid for the bridge entirely on his own, rather than using public funds for the project. For Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee, Youngman decided to gift a Children’s Wing to the Lowestoft Hospital, which opened in May 1898. This had 6 cots, and two additional beds which could be used for isolation. The facility was advanced for the time, and provided necessary local care for the children of Lowestoft.

At East Point Academy we value the kindness and generosity demonstrated by Lowestoft’s first mayor and encourage everyone to embody this in the way they conduct themselves. To ‘be kind’ costs nothing and makes people feel good whether you are the person being kind or receiving kindness.

Celebrating our local heroes is an important part of how we advocate for the community of Lowestoft so, who better to represent Ravine Score than William Youngman. Youngman was a well-educated man and the first Mayor of Lowestoft. He knew that for others to enjoy Lowestoft there needed to be a plan.

To represent our passion for STEM, pupils and staff of Ravine House voted for their inspirational STEM focus figure and chose the courageous Rachel Carson. Carson was a woman who has inspired generations to be kind to the environment. She wrote several books, the most famous was ‘Silent Spring’. Her research and writing shone a light on the damage that pesticides were doing to the environment. Major industrial companies at the time tried to bully her into silence but she remained steadfast, whilst also fighting cancer at the time. She died two years after her book was published but she sparked an environmental movement that continues to this day including the creation of the United States Environmental Protection Agency.