Whole School
School Office Closures
The School Main Reception will be closed in the first week of term break (Monday 10 - Friday 14 July). The School will be operational and working with contractors, however, families, guests and visitors are welcome to visit the School from Monday 17 July 2023.
Term 3 Start Date - Tuesday 25 July
A reminder that all students will start Term 3 on Tuesday 25 July, as the previous day is a Staff Professional Learning Day. Details of all term dates are listed further in this What's On edition.
Festival of Voices & Special Offer
The Friends’ School is pleased to partner with the Festival of Voices (FoV) in 2023. A number of students, staff, and families are participating in this year’s festival. We look forward to sharing more about our Corporate Choir Group next week!
In the meantime, please visit http://festivalofvoices.com and support this fantastic event.
FoV would like to offer Friends’ community members a 'Buy One get One Free' offer for one of its major choral concerts: Rossini Petite Messe solennelle on 2 July. This wonderful event featuring Graham Abbott conducting the FOV Classical Choral Workshop Choir, soloists Sharon Prero, Cassandra Seidemann, Nick Seidenman and Samuel Dundas with Jennifer Marten-Smith and Michael Power on piano, and Gabrielle Cayoun on harmonium.
Tickets are from only $22.
Please use the code Ross1n1 on checkout.
*Please note discounts only apply to full price tickets. Customers must buy a minimum of 2 tickets. If purchasing more than two, the code will only apply to two tickets. This offer does not work in retrospect. This code is valid for in-person concert attendance only, not Australian Digital Concert Hall tickets.
Notification of Amendments to Policy and Guidelines
On 27 June the Board of Governors approved minor changes to four documents that are associated with the Enrolment Contract, namely, Directions for Students to Stay at Home Suspension or Termination of Enrolment Policy; Learning Partnership Understanding; Fees Charges Guidelines, and Conditional Place Acknowledgement.
The amendments provide consistent terminology across the four documents and updated references in anticipation of the campus changes in 2024.
Careers and Pathways
The latest edition of the Friends’ School Careers and Pathways Newsletter is available to view.
This issue includes:
- UTAS Applications Open Now
- Uni in QLD - residential college
- UTAS School leavers Expo
- Considering University in the UK?
- Working On Water Program
- Work Experience Ideas
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 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 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