Whole School
National Reconciliation Week (NRW)
Monday 27 May - Sunday 3 June
National Reconciliation Week invites all Australians to delve into our collective pasts, cultures, and achievement, fostering understanding and unity. It's an opportunity for our community to reflect on our role in advancing reconciliation across Australia.
Here at The Friends’ School, we are marking this occasion with special events occurring in all sections of the school. NRW also marks the launch of The Friends’ School Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP). We are extremely proud as a School to embark on this journey towards reconciliation as an organisation.
Primary School
Students in Kinder, Prep, and Year 1 will be learning concepts connected to reconciliation conversation in their literacy lessons. Teachers of these students have chosen some wonderful picture storybooks that explore concepts of togetherness, inclusion, reconciliation and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives.
Students in the Primary School will be exploring the concept of ‘reconciliation’ and what the word means so that they can engage in meaningful conversations. Students will have the opportunity during class time to develop their understanding of the concept of reconciliation.
Middle School and Senior School
Both the Middle School and Senior School will be marking NRW with assemblies. The focus of these occasions will be on imagining a better future for Australia as our nation moves towards reconciling events from the past. The Senior School will welcome Tim McCormack to take part in a Q&A session on the topic of reconciliation and truth-telling in the context of Tasmania's colonial history. Tim is a UTAS Law School Professor and he was appointed by former Premier Peter Gutwein in 2011 to assist former Governor Professor Kate Warner in consulting Tasmania’s Aboriginal People and recommending a pathway to Truth-Telling and Treaty. He emphasises the significance of this issue for Tasmania’s future.
We look forward to coming together as a learning community to reflect on what reconciliation means to us.
For more information please contact Peter Gibson.
Disney's Aladdin JR.
The Friends' School's Production of Disney’s Aladdin JR. is playing at The Playhouse Theatre from 20-22 June 2024. The spectacular 70-minute musical, designed for senior school-aged performers, is based on the 1992 Disney film and the 2014 Broadway adaptation. The talented Year 9-12 cast includes 23 students led by experienced staff members and members of our school community.
Performance times:
Thursday 20 June - 7pm
Friday 21 June - 7pm
Saturday 22 June - 12pm, 2.30pm & 7pm
The Playhouse Theatre | 106 Bathurst Street, Hobart
Please note: we recommend securing your tickets early to avoid missing out.
For more information or to purchase tickets please visit The Playhouse Theatre website or call the Theatre on 6234 1536.
Family/Sibling Photos
Tuesday 28 May | Hodgkin Hall
MSP Photography will be running family/sibling photos in Hodgkin Hall (Commercial Road Campus) on Tuesday 28 May from 3.15pm-5pm. If you would like to have a family/sibling photo you will need to complete this form by 4pm, Friday 24 May and allocate your family a timeslot.
Please view a copy of the packs and prices here prior to having your photo taken.
Please email our Communications and Marketing Specialist, Holly Chilman if you have any queries.
Middle School House Pantomime
Friday 31 May | 6pm
The Middle School House Pantomime will be the night of nights for House spirit and frivolity! Traditionally based on a fairytale, a Pantomime is a comedic show, featuring song, dance, audience participation and slapstick humour. Written with a Friends’ School twist, the Middle School House Pantomime promises to be a school event not to be missed! Set to lift the roof of The Farrall Centre on Friday 31 May, we ask that audiences are seated at 5.45pm for a 6pm start. Who will our guest judges crown as the winners of the 2024 Middle School House Panto? Be there to find out!
Performances are as follows:
Hodgkin: Cinderella
Ransome: Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
Unwin: Jack and the Beanstalk
Mather: Hansel and Gretel
We cannot wait to show the School community all of the students’ hard work! Tickets for the 6pm performance are available through Try Booking. Proceeds from this event will be proudly donated to The Humour Foundation who promote wellbeing, lift spirits and improve health through joyful humour, insightful connection, and creative play in hospitals around Australia.
Need more information? Email Essie Hoggart, House and Student Leadership Coordinator, Middle School.
Coats for Kids - Donations
Thursday 9 - Friday 31 May | Middle School Library
The Middle School Student Voice Council has just launched an initiative to help keep Tasmanian children in need, warm this winter by donating coats to the Tassie Mum's 'Coats for Kids' campaign. It's time to clean out the wardrobe!
Coats must be cleaned, free of any holes, stains or broken zips and the size must be clearly labeled.
Donations of childrens' coats can be placed in the House tubs in the Middle School library until Friday 31 May. Which House will collect the most coats for Tassie kids in need?!
With over 1200 books donated to Library Aid International in Term 1 (and Unwin taking out top honours for the most donations), the Student Voice Council looks forward to seeing how many coats we can collect to help Tassie Mums' aim to collect 1000 coats in May!
Any questions, contact Essie Hoggart, House and Student Leadership Coordinator.
Music Ensembles
If your child is interested in joining one of our many ensembles, please encourage them to talk to a member of the music staff; they will be able to suggest an ensemble appropriate to their instrument and experience. The ensemble rehearsal schedule is available here.
Quaker Meetings for Worship
All members of The Friends’ School community are welcome to attend our Meeting for Worship any Sunday from 10am, closing about 11am, 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 Middle School 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 School at 7.40am. If you would like more information contact our school Yoga teacher Julia Gibson.