Morris
Assembly
Next week we will be holding a Morris Assembly in The Farrall Centre. The assembly will commence at 2.15pm on Monday afternoon. We welcome families to attend.
The Friends’ School Term 3 Vacation Care bookings
Bookings close at 6.00pm, Friday 22 September 2023
A reminder that we are once again offering a Vacation Care program during the Term 3 holiday period for Kindergarten to Year 6 students. Please find our upcoming Vacation Care Program here, running from Monday 2 October to Friday 13 October 2023.
Click here to complete your Term 3, 2023 vacation care bookings.
Bookings close at 6.00pm, Friday 22 September 2023. If you do not have a Storypark Manage account with us or have any queries, please contact our Admin team via feladmin@friends.tas.edu.au or call 6210 2276 for assistance.
Morris Reading Event - Tasmanian Premier’s Reading Challenge
If your child completed the Premier’s Reading Challenge and you have not already done so, can you please let us know as soon as possible as we will be issuing certificates shortly. You can use this online form or return your completed record sheets to the library. If your record-keeping was patchy, we are happy for you to estimate the total number of Twenties (twenty minute reading sessions) that were completed over the 10 weeks of the challenge. You can also email us directly. Thank you for supporting this reading event at Morris.
Sharon Ryan and Catherine Duffett Morris Teacher-Librarians.
Kindergarten Earthcare Day - Lenah Valley
Monday 25 September
Our final Earthcare learning day this term is on Monday 25 September. We will be leaving school on the bus at 9.30am and will return after 2.00pm. In preparation for this, please make sure that your child has in their school bags:
- Rubbish-free lunch
- Water bottle
- Hat or beanie depending on the weather and UV forecast
- Spare clothes (including socks and underwear)
Please also ensure that your child arrives at school no later than 9.15am so that we can leave on time. Please contact Michelle or Heidi if you have any questions.
Year 6 Exhibition
Tuesday 26 to Thursday 28 September
Opening Tuesday 26 September, 5.30 - 7.00pm in The Farrall Centre.
The PYP Exhibition is a significant event in an IB school. As a culminating experience for Year 6 students, it is an opportunity for students to independently exhibit the attributes of the learner profile and identify, investigate and offer solutions to real-life issues and opportunities. It is also an opportunity to demonstrate the essential elements of the Primary Years Program: knowledge, concepts, skills, action and agency.
The big idea for 2023 is “Our Voices: Our Future.” The Exhibition is an opportunity for students to share their new knowledge, express their understanding and continue their inquiry by discussing concepts and ideas with members of our community. Each student has contributed to the curation of an area dedicated to one of the IB Primary Year Program's Transdisciplinary Themes. They have each created a work of art that is designed to provoke conversation. Visitors are invited to view the work and use it as a stimulus for deep and rich conversations with the students. Families and other community members are invited to attend Exhibition 2023 on Tuesday, 26 September from 5.30-7.00pm in The Farrall Centre.
Year 6 Exhibition Celebration - Legacy Park
Thursday 28 September
Year 6 students have shown such impressive commitment to their learning and passion for knowledge and ideas that we want to celebrate the completion of their Exhibition Inquiries with a walk to Legacy Park. After finalising the Exhibition on Thursday 28 September, we will walk to Legacy Park on Queens Domain. We will enjoy the play ground and ovals and participate in a range of activities and games. Students will eat lunch at school before we go. Please pack a snack for afternoon tea.
We will leave school at 11.40am and return by 2.45pm. Students are welcome to wear their Sports Uniform. Please pack a water bottle, hat and raincoat, as well as their afternoon snack. It would be helpful to have a couple of parents join us. If you are free and keen, please let Nic, Andy or Fiona know. Note that for all Friends’ School volunteer activities you will also need to complete a Volunteer Registration Form.
Guide Dogs Tasmania - Free Dress Day
Friday 29 September
The Morris Council have organised a free dress day on Friday 29 September (last day of term) to support Guide Dogs Tasmania. Students are invited to donate a gold coin. This money will go to raising and training Guide and Autism Assistance Dogs in Tasmania, working to bring independence, safety, and inclusion to people in our own community.
Grandparents and Older Friends’ Day
Tuesday 24 October
Grandparents and Older Friends’ Day will be held on Tuesday 24 October. The day will include outside learning displays, music performances and a light morning tea.
This year the event will be ticketed and will take place in the school grounds over separate sessions:
- Kindergarten family and friends will gather in the Kindergarten grounds from 9.00-9.45am.
- Prep - Year 2 family and friends will gather behind the Wells classrooms from 9.00-9.45am.
- Years 3 - 6 family and friends will meet outside the Walpole area between 9.45-11.00am.
- Morning tea for all visitors will be outside The Farrall Centre from 9.30-10.30am.
We will be offering a shuttle bus service from the Hobart Hockey Centre, Bell Street. Please make sure to book a separate ticket for this if you would like to book this service. If you have any queries or specific requirements please contact the Morris Office on 6210 2228.
Book your tickets here.
Absentees
If your child will be absent from school for the day please advise the Morris Office (phone: 6210 2228, or email: morrisadmin@friends.tas.edu.au ) and the classroom teacher before 9.00am. We appreciate your support in this process.
Important Dates
Term 3 Tuesday 25 July - Friday 29 September
Term 4 Monday 16 October - Wednesday 13 December
Thursday 19 October - Morris Athletics Carnival (Years 3-6)
Tuesday 24 October Grandparents and Older Friends’ Day
Thursday 26 - Friday 27 October - Show Day holiday
Monday 6 - Friday 10 November - Years 1 and 2 Swimming Program
Monday 13 - Friday 17 November - Kinder and Prep Swimming Program
Wednesday 15 – Friday 17 November – Year 4 Camp (one class per night)
Thursday 23 – Friday 24 November – Year 6 Camp
Friday 24 November – K-2 Sports Day
Friday 1 December - Year 2 Musical
Monday 4 December – Moving on Day and Year 7 Orientation
Wednesday 6 December - End of Year Gathering
Thursday 7 December - Friday 8 December - Year 3 Sleepover
Monday 11 December – Year 6 Assembly
Monday 11 December – Year 6 Social
Wednesday 13 December - Morris Community Day