Whole School
2024 Term Dates
Please find below the term dates for the 2024 school year as approved by the Principal’s Committee on Thursday 23 February.
You will note that, once again, there will be a staggered start to the year with Years 11 and 12 and Year 7 (half day) commencing on Wednesday 31 January, and the rest of the students commencing the next day on Thursday 1 February.
Click & Collect Uniform Orders
Due to staffing shortages, the School Shop will be closed for in person sales from Monday 13 March to Tuesday 25 April (inclusive). However, during this period families are able to continue to access uniform items through a ‘click and collect’ system.
The process for these online orders is as follows:
1. Review the School’s Uniform Handbook & Price List to determine which item(s) of uniform you require.
2. Use your Operoo account to complete the online order form here. The form is also available directly in Operoo -> Form Library. As part of this process, you will be asked to agree to have the ordered items charged to your fees account and to specify a collection location (one of the school offices).
3. You will receive an email from the School advising you when your order has been processed and when it will be available for collection.
4. Any questions or enquires can be directed to the School Shop at shop@friends.tas.edu.au.
We hope that this process assists families to access uniform items during the short suspension of in person sales at the end of Term 1.
This information will be located on the School website.
Save the Date, E-12 Stories with Friends Event
Thursday 30 March
After school we are hosting a Stories & Reading event for all students and families, from Early Years to Clemes and everyone in between! You can bring your own book to read, borrow one from us, buy one at our second-hand book fair, listen to read-alouds, and listen to oral stories. Food and beverages will also be available. More information will follow, including start and finish times, but make sure you put the date in your calendar. It promises to be a wonderful community event!
Please email Sharon Ryan if you would like to participate in this way.
Stories with Friends event - Storytellers wanted
Thursday 30 March
Our community has a diverse range of cultures and histories, and we would love to include traditional tales and stories from a range of cultures in our event. We ask families to get in touch if they would be willing to read a short story from a book that they have, or tell an oral tale.
Please email Sharon Ryan if you would like to participate in this way.
Second-Hand Book Fair: Books Needed
Thursday 30 March
As part of the Stories with Friends event we are hosting a second-hand book fair to raise money for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. To ensure its success, we need lots of good quality, undamaged, sellable books (fiction and up to date non-fiction) and magazines suitable for young children, older children and adults.
We would be grateful if you could check your cupboards and shelves for books and magazines you no longer want.
Donations can be left at the Morris office, or the High School or Clemes libraries.
The Friends’ School Rowing Quiz Night
Come along for a fun Quiz Night and help support The Friends' School Rowing Program. There will be a silent auction and games.
Friday 24 March 2023
6.30pm for a 7pm start | The Farrall Centre
$25 per person (max 8 per table)
Drinks available for purchase. BYO food/snacks.
Book your own table or book on lucky table #7
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 call Ruth Raward 0431 887 354 or email roo.raward@gmail.com
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
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 our Wednesday morning sessions from 7.45 - 8.15am in The Farrall Centre. Mats provided. Please feel free to come at any time. If you want more information contact our school Yoga teacher, Julia Gibson jgibson@friends.tas.edu.au