Middle School
The 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 Campus.
The Friends' School Fair
Saturday 4 May | 12pm to 3pm on the Argyle Street Campus
For information on the upcoming School Fair and how you can volunteer please see the Whole School section.
TMAG Excursions Year 7
Year 7 students will be heading to TMAG during school hours to visit several exhibitions to connect with our current English and Humanities units. In English, students are exploring First Nations cultures through a range of print and visual texts. In Humanities, students have been undertaking their Deep Time unit. Students are learning how First Nations peoples have been on the continent for a long time, as well as understanding how their culture, knowledge and traditions have evolved and been refined over these immense time scales.
Penn and Fry: Friday May 10 - depart 1.30pm; TMAG 1.45 - 3.15pm; return to School 3.30pm
Backhouse and Mott: Wednesday May 15 - depart 12pm; TMAG 12.15 - 1pm; Lunch at TMAG 1-1.30pm (bring own lunch and drink); TMAG 1.30 - 2.15pm; return to School 2.30pm
Oats and Walker: Thursday May 16 - depart 1.30pm; TMAG 1.45 - 3.15pm; return to School 3.30pm
All students will be given a clipboard for the excursion and are required to have their own pen or pencil.
Years 7-12 Cross Country Carnival
Wednesday 1 May - Bell Street Sports Grounds
The Years 7-12 Cross Country Carnival will be held on Wednesday 1 May.
Middle School Information
Periods 1 to 3 are normal classes with a recess break at 10.30am. Students will leave the Middle School at 12.00pm to walk to the Bell Street sports grounds. Students must follow the correct paths and instructions from staff when walking to the event.
Students are to make their own arrangements to travel home at the conclusion of the cross-country presentation at 3.30pm.
Students needing to link up with buses to outlying areas can either catch our commuter buses back to school at 3.20pm or make their own arrangements. Students need to advise the Middle School if they need to travel on the School commuter by Tuesday 30 April. Metro services will not be operating. Students will need to walk to the bus stop on New Town Road to catch city buses.
Further information can viewed using the following link
Year 8 Coastal Camps | Bay Of Fires or Freycinet
Tuesday 7 - Friday 10 May: 8A, 8B and 8C
Tuesday 14 - Friday 17 May: 8D, 8E and 8F
At the beginning of Term 2 (Weeks 2 and 3), our Year 8 students will participate in a camping experience at the Bay of Fires or Freycinet, where students will explore the coastline through a variety of means - from invigorating walks and captivating mountain biking to serene sea kayaking, snorkelling, and exhilarating coasteering. While challenges await, we aim to foster resilience, forge strong bonds with peers, and deepen connections with the natural world.
As a prelude to their four day camp, students will have a full school day on the Monday of their camp week to prepare alongside our dedicated staff at Bell Street from 8.30am - 3.30pm.
Operoo information was sent recently to all families, to peruse and confirm attendance and it is imperative that parents and students discuss this information together. The Outdoor Education Website, linked through Operoo, is always available for more detailed information.
Please contact Thomas van Sant if clarification is necessary.
Middle School Office
Phone: 6210 2235
Email: middleschooloffice@friends.tas.edu.au
Important Dates
Term 1 Thursday 1 February to Friday 12 April
Term 2 Monday 29 April to Friday 5 July