High School
Year 9/10 Subject Information Evening for 2024
Tuesday 1 August
The Year 9/10 Subject Information evening will take place next week on Tuesday 1 August to support families with the upcoming subject selection process. This is a combined event for both students and parents and is applicable to students currently in Years 8 and 9, for entry into Years 9 and 10 in 2024.The event runs from 7.00pm - 8:30pm and consists of both whole group presentations and the opportunity for individual discussions with pathway and subject-area experts. More information will be sent directly to families of students entering these year levels in 2024, shortly.
Year 7-12 House Aquatics Carnival
Friday 4 August - Hobart Aquatic Centre
The Year 7-12 Carnival will be held at the Hobart Aquatic Centre on Friday 4 August from 8.35am – 3.30pm. Students are to arrive no later than 8.35am and report to their House area – Unwin, Hodgkin, Mather or Ransome from the change room end of the centre. Students are to wear sports uniform to and from the pool. Parents are warmly invited to attend.
All High School students will be attending the carnival for the day. Should students be unable to swim they are encouraged to help out with service on the day. If a student is sick then parents will need to advise the school through the normal channels of a call or email through to the High School Office - 62102235.
At the conclusion of the carnival at 3.30pm, students will need to have made their own travel arrangements home. Please be aware that traffic around the Aquatic Centre can be quite congested at this time. Arrangements have been made for students travelling on country buses.
Further information can be viewed here.
Term 3 High School Aquatics Program
Week 1 - Week 6
In Term 3 all students in Years 7 - 9 will participate in an Aquatics program in Weeks 1 to 6 inclusive. This is a compulsory unit of our Years 7 - 9 Physical Education Curriculum. Students will access Friends Health & Fitness one lesson each week to use the swimming pool and facilities. The focus of these programs is to develop students’ swimming and water survival skills so they gain the confidence and fitness to be able to enjoy activities in aquatic environments in the future.
In Year 10 students self-select to complete competencies towards the Life-Saving Bronze Medallion Award run by certified staff and supported by Royal Life Saving Tasmania.
Students are encouraged to remember their swim gear for these sessions which includes: swimmers, goggles, swim cap and towel.
It is anticipated that all students will participate in this program unless parents have discussed this with the respective PE teacher.
For more information please contact Trish Menadue.
Australian Maths Competition
Thursday 3 August
As part of Maths Week we are running the Australian Maths Competition on Thursday 3 August. Students that have opted in to participate in the competition will be sitting quietly for 75 minutes answering as many tricky maths questions as they can. Participating students will receive an email with more details early next week. Note that for the Year 9 and Year 10 Maths Extended courses, participation in this competition is an expectation of the course enrolment.
For more information please contact Joe Boyer.
Wind, Brass and Percussion Concert
Wednesday 2 August, 6.30pm - The Farrall Centre, Argyle Street Campus
Music ensembles consisting of students from Morris, High School and Clemes will present a varied and entertaining program of music. The concert will also feature performances by visiting Professor of French Horn, Guli Manfredi from the West Texas University US. The evening will run for approximately 75 minutes. There is no cost to attend and no need to book. Please stay at home if you are unwell.
School ensembles participating in this event are:
- Intermediate Band
- Wind Ensemble
- Morris Horn Ensemble
- High School Wind Quintet
Marimba Concert
Wednesday 9 August, 6pm - The Farrall Centre, Argyle Street Campus
The Marimba Concert will feature performances by Year 3-10 marimba students in an engaging program of music. The ensembles have rehearsed weekly to prepare music in a range of styles. There is no cost to attend and no need to book. Please stay at home if you are unwell.
2023 Battle of the Bands
Thursday 31 August - 6pm - 9pm
The 2023 Friends’ School Amnesty Battle of the Bands is being held in The Farrall Centre on Thursday 31 August. The event will commence at 6.00pm and conclude at 9.00pm and will feature student bands from Years 7 – 12. Entry is gold coin donation and soft drinks will be available for purchase with all proceeds going to the schools Amnesty group.
Attending students are to be dropped off and collected from the venue.
This is an ‘in house’ event for school students and parents only. Any non-school student/adult arriving will be asked to leave as The Friends’ School cannot accept responsibility for non-Friends’ students. There will be no pass outs and there are to be no bags brought into the venue by students other than that required by the performers.
School parents are welcome to attend and will be seated upstairs of the The Farral Centre, students (grades 7 to 12 only) will be situated downstairs. We would love to see you come along and support the students at this evening of musical celebration.
For enquiries, please email David Wilson
2023 Term Dates
Term 3 Tuesday 25 July - 29 September
Term 4 Monday 16 October - Tuesday 12 December
High School – Years 7 to 10 Office
6210 2235 | hsoffice@friends.tas.edu.au
8am – 4pm Monday – Friday