Morris
Assembly
Next week we will be holding both a Wells and a Walpole Assembly. The Wells assembly, for our Prep to Year 2 students will take place in The Farrall Centre. The Walpole Assembly for Years 3 - 6 will be held in the courtyard outside the Music Room, but is weather dependent. The assemblies will commence at 2.15pm on Monday afternoon. We welcome families to attend.
Clemes Exams
Monday 7 to Wednesday 16 August
Please note that Clemes students will be sitting their mid-year exams from Monday 7 August to Wednesday 16 August starting at 8.30am each day. Could all families please move quietly behind Wells during this time. Please drop off and collect students in Prep - Year 2 from the Argyle Street side of Wells.
Year 4 Excursions - Woodbridge Marine Discovery Centre
Friday 4 & Monday 7 August
On Friday 4 August, 4K will be visiting the Marine Discovery Centre in Woodbridge as part of their inquiry into Sharing the Planet. The following Monday, 7 August, 4OA will also be visiting the Centre. Both classes will be inquiring into marine ecosystems and the excursion will introduce students to the variety of marine organisms found in the D’Entrecasteaux Channel. We will travel by bus to Woodbridge, leaving school at 9.10am, returning by 3.00 pm. Students will need to wear their sports uniform. They should also bring morning tea and lunch, a water bottle and any required personal medication e.g. epipens or asthma puffers.
We welcome any Year 4 parent helpers from 10.00am, but the Marine Discovery Centre stipulates that visiting parents must hold a current ‘Working with Children/Vulnerable People’ card. Note that for all Friends’ School volunteer activities you will also need to complete a Volunteer Registration Form. Please contact Emily if you are able to join the 4K excursion on Friday 4 August ekeeling@friends.tas.edu.au. Please contact Katie or Denise if you are able to join the 4OA class on Monday 7 August: korourke@friends.tas.edu.au; darmstro@friends.tas.edu.au.
Year 5 Excursion - Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Tuesday 8 August
On Tuesday 8 August, Year 5 will be walking to the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) to explore how artefacts tell stories and to participate in the Introduction to ningina tunapri workshop guided by TMAG’s First Peoples Learning Facilitator. We will also visit the Our Land: parrawa! parrawa! Go Away in the Bond Store galleries, examining the conflict between the Tasmanian First Peoples and European invaders from multiple perspectives and some of the other museum galleries.
We will depart Morris at 9.00am and return via Soundy park for a play, before arriving at Morris by 2.45pm. Full sports uniform is to be worn for easy identification and comfort. All students will need to bring their own backpack, containing a raincoat and their morning tea, lunch and water bottle.
We require a couple of parents from each class to ensure we meet the TMAG ratio guidelines. If you are able to attend, please contact your child’s classroom teacher. Note that for all Friends’ School volunteer activities you will also need to complete a Volunteer Registration Form.
Kindergarten Excursion - Post Box
Wednesday 9 August
The Kindergarten post office and the children’s interest in writing letters has fuelled our How we organise ourselves and our Who We Are units of inquiry. The children have been taking action to write letters to people of their choosing. We plan to deliver the letters to a post box close by so please ensure that the school has your current postal address on file. We will be walking to the post box as a group with all the children at 1.00pm on Wednesday 9 August. Please keep an eye out for letters in the post after this date!
Year 3-6 Physical Education Excursions to Swisherr Hoops
14 - 17 August
Year levels will be travelling to Swisherr Hoops in Melville Street for a basketball session in Week 4. The following dates and times have been booked:
Year 3: Thursday 17 August (depart school 8.45am, return to school 10.30am)
Year 4: Thursday 17 August (depart school 11.45am, return to school 1.30pm)
Year 5: Monday 14 August (depart school 11.45am, return to school 1.30pm)
Year 6: Wednesday 16 August (depart school 11.45am, return to school 1.30pm)
If you have any enquiries please contact Lisa Di Venuto ldivenuto@friends.tas.edu.au.
Year 6 Excursion - Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Tuesday 15 August
On Tuesday 15 August, Year 6 will visit TMAG as a provocation for our upcoming PYP Year 6 Exhibition. The intention of the excursion is to explore how galleries curate artworks and artefacts to tell stories. We will have a guided tour of the new temporary exhibit “Twist”, as well as speaking with local artist Lucienne Rickard about her ongoing work “Extinction Studies”. Students will travel by bus, departing school at 9.30 a, returning by 12.30pm. Students will only require a snack and drink bottle for the excursion and will wear formal uniform.
Year 5 Excursion - Port Arthur
Friday 18 August
On Friday 18 August, Year 5 will be travelling to the Port Arthur Historic Site for a full day’s excursion as part of their ‘Where we are in place and time’ inquiry into how “Recognising bias helps form a balanced understanding of history”. Students will travel in two large coaches with seatbelts, departing school at 7.50am and returning to school at approx 4.30pm. The extended day is necessary to ensure students get to make the most of their day. Students need to meet in the driveway at the drive through by 7.45am to allow for a prompt departure. Students must be signed out by parents with their class teacher at the end of the day, unless alternative arrangements have been made prior to the day.
Full sports uniform is to be worn for easy identification and comfort. All students will need to bring their own backpack, containing a raincoat and their morning tea, lunch, afternoon snack and water bottle. Students are to carry their own asthma medication in their backpacks and other medications should be held by the classroom teacher.
Students will be spending a long time on the bus, please provide any travel sickness medication that your child requires to their teacher before departure.
As the excursion is outside the Greater Hobart area approval is required for your child to attend. Please respond to the Operoo form by Tuesday 15 August.
Kindergarten Earthcare Days - Lenah Valley
Mondays from Weeks 2 - 6 Term 3
The Kindergarten children will be visiting a site near the Lenah Valley Linear Park for their Earthcare Days in Term 3. We will be going in the afternoon on Mondays from Weeks 2 - 6 and will be leaving school on a bus at 11.45am and will return by 2.45pm. We are aiming to develop responsibility and resilience in a natural environment. Please ensure that your child has a rubbish free lunch at Kindergarten, especially on Mondays to help practise Earthcare and awareness about the impacts of soft plastic on our natural environment. Your child will need appropriate warm clothing for the forecasted weather and spare clothing packed for the excursions as we will be playing outdoors even when it is raining. The school has wet weather jackets and overpants that the children will wear if necessary, depending on the weather. You can also support them by encouraging them to carry their own bags to and from school since they will be doing this on our Earthcare days. Please contact the Kindergarten team if you have any questions.
Morris Reading Event - Tasmanian Premier’s Reading Challenge
We are over halfway through the Premier's Reading Challenge! It is fantastic to see how our students are choosing to challenge themselves, whether it's the number of twenties they will complete, the type of books they are choosing, or where and how they are reading. We know that books are an enjoyable and powerful way to bring people together and enhance wellbeing, and we love hearing our students tell us about the different people that are reading to them, and the people they are reading to and with.
We would love to see some photos of our students engaging in the PRC! If you have some that you are happy to share, please email them to us. We would also love more responses to our weekly themes: this week's is "What is a favourite book of yours?". If your child has something they would like to share on any of the themes, or something else, they can bring it to the library, or send it to us. Please feel free to get in touch with us at any time, Sharon Ryan and Catherine Duffett Morris Teacher-Librarians.
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.
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.
2023 Term Dates
Term 3 Tuesday 25 July - Friday 29 September
Monday 4 September – Wellbeing Day, as part of Wellbeing Weekend (no K-12 classes)
Term 4 Monday 16 October - Wednesday 13 December
Morris – Friends’ Primary Years Office
6210 2228 | morrisadmin@friends.tas.edu.au
8am – 4pm Monday – Friday