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The Friends’ School Fair 2024

We are pleased to announce that The Friends’ School Fair will take place from 12pm to 3pm, Saturday 4 May on the Argyle Street Campus!

 

The School Fair is an opportunity for participation, service and enjoyment across our full school community. The Fair will also raise some funds for a worthy cause - details to be advised soon.

 

The Fair Organising Committee is looking for additional help with specific and vacant roles on the Committee.  If you can assist in one or more of the following roles, we’d love to hear from you: 

  • 2 x Coordinators to oversee 6 to 10  School Entertainment & Activities by students/parents (E.g. music, dance, sport, treasure hunt).
  • 1 x Coordinator to assist and oversee 6 to 10 School Non-Food Stallholders (E.g. Book stall, 2nd Hand Uniform, Adopt-a-bear).
  • 1 x Coordinator to assist and oversee 6 to 10 School Food & Beverage Stallholders (E.g. Deli, Cakes, Jams).
  • 1 x Sustainability Coordinator (to help ensure we have good environmental considerations and practises).
  • 1 x Finance Coordinator (to help manage and coordinate budgeting, payment processes and receipting).

Please advise our Events & Marketing Coordinator Emma Gilligan if you can assist with any of the above committee roles.

 

We will provide more details next week about registering to volunteer on specific stalls and activities at various times during the event or as part of set-up/packdown.

 

In the meantime, the Committee would like to invite people to start making some of the following items:

  • Jams, preserves or relishes.
  • Cakes, muffins, slices or cupcakes.

We look forward to our parents and students helping to create a fun event!

 

In the meantime for enquiries, please contact Emma Gilligan.

Board of Governors Update

The Board of Governors wishes to advise that David Edmiston has recently laid down his service as a member of the Board.  We thank David for his service to the School through his excellent contribution to the Board of Governors, including in his role as a Deputy Presiding Member.

 

Meanwhile, the Board of Governors has appointed Siobhan Harpur to fill the casual vacancy created by David’s departure.  Siobhan is a member of Tasmania Regional Meeting and a former Presiding Member of the Board of Governors.  Siobhan has extensive experience as a non-executive director and as a senior leader within the state service, and has particular expertise in governance, strategy and policy development.

The Board also wishes to advise that, at Tuesday’s Board meeting, Craig Stephens was reappointed as Presiding Member and Mary Beadle and Siobhan Harpur as Deputy Presiding Members for 2024.  

 

For more information on the Board of Governors - please click here

Subscribe to the School online Events Calendars

Parents/guardians can now subscribe to one or all of the Google calendars on this page: www.friends.tas.edu.au/events-calendar

 

Subscribe to the Primary, Middle, Senior and/or Whole School calendars to view all the activities and events across the School, integrated into your own calendars, on your desktop and/or mobile device.

Vocal and Instrumental Tuition

Individual music tuition has commenced. If you would like to register your child for music tuition, you will find information here. Once registered, tutors will contact students with the time and whereabouts of their lessons. 

 

Please email musicadmin@friends.tas.edu.au if you require additional information.

Music Ensembles

Co-curricular music ensembles have kicked off. If your child is interested in joining one of our many ensembles, please encourage them to talk to a member of the music staff who will be able to suggest an ensemble appropriate to their instrument and experience. You can find the ensemble rehearsal schedule here.

Quaker Meetings for Worship

All members of The Friends’ School community are welcome to attend our Meeting for Worship any Sunday from 10.00am, closing about 11.00am, with morning tea available afterwards.

 

Children are always welcome and there is a Children’s Meeting held concurrently with the Meeting for Worship. They learn about Quaker values through a range of interesting and fun activities. Around 10.50am the children join the Meeting for Worship, settling into the gathered Meeting for the last 10 minutes, usually sitting with their parents.

 

If you have any enquiries about the Children’s meeting please email rmtasclerk@quakersaustralia.info

Thursday Morning Meeting for Worship

Members of The Friends' School community are welcome to attend a short Meeting for Worship held each Thursday morning during term time, starting at 7.45am. Just come quietly in when you can and join us until 8.20am in the Hobart Quaker Meeting House, which is located just below the Clemes office on Boa Vista Road.

Community Yoga

Wednesdays 7.45am - 8.15am | Hodgkin Hall

 

An inspiring way to start your day with energising movement, focused breathing and a moment for relaxation and stillness.  All members of the school community are welcome to attend and no prior yoga experience is necessary. 

 

Julia will meet you outside the door on the Carr Street side of the Senior chool at 7.40am. If you would like more information contact our school Yoga teacher Julia Gibson.