Whole School
Planned Network Outage - Access to SEQTA
The School’s Information Services team has planned a network outage for Friday 24 March from 6pm. This will mean SEQTA Learn and Engage will not be accessible for some period that evening and intermittently on Saturday 25 March. High School and Clemes Learning Conference bookings will still be able to be made during the outage.
Please contact Duncan for more information
L@F24+ Survey
As we progress the L@F24+ Program, a number of working groups and the Program team are keen to obtain parent and student (Years 5 to 12) feedback on a few areas including; Student Leadership, House System/Student Culture, Communication and Program Sentiment. Your feedback will provide valuable information for the various working groups in formulating plans and discussion.The survey links were emailed separately to parents and students last week and the links are located in SEQTA Learn (students) and SEQTA Engage (parents).
The survey is anonymous and if you have any queries or would like more information, you are welcome to contact Deputy Principal Shaun O'Rourke, our L@F24+ Program Coordinator Lyn Tunbridge or Director of Community Engagement Bill Avery.
If you could complete the survey by Monday 27 March 2023, that would be much appreciated.
Student Absences
A reminder that student absences must be reported directly to the section office prior to the start of classes. Contact information is located within What's On and at the top of the SEQTA Engage home page.
REMINDER: Click & Collect Uniform Orders
A reminder that due to staffing shortages, the School Shop is closed for in person sales until Tuesday 25 April 2023. However, during this period families are able to continue to access uniform items through a ‘click and collect’ system. As an update, please allow a minimum of 3 business days for orders to be processed and be ready for pick up.
The process for these online orders is as follows:
1. Review the School’s Uniform Handbook & Price List to determine which item(s) of uniform you require.
2. Use your Operoo account to complete the online order form here. The form is also available directly in Operoo -> Form Library. As part of this process, you will be asked to agree to have the ordered items charged to your fees account and to specify a collection location (one of the school offices). Please allow a minimum of 3 business days for orders to be processed and be ready for pick up.
3. You will receive an email from the School advising you when your order has been processed and when it will be available for collection.
4. Any questions or enquires can be directed to the School Shop at shop@friends.tas.edu.au.
We hope that this process assists families to access uniform items during the short suspension of in person sales at the end of Term 1.
Information is located on the School website
Stories with Friends Event
Our Stories with Friends event is on at Morris on Thursday 30 March from 3.30pm - 6.00pm. It is a chance for our community to come together to sit and read and tell and listen to stories.
All students and families are welcome, from Early Years to Clemes, and everyone in between!
You can bring your own book to read; borrow one from us (the High School and Clemes libraries will be open until 4.15pm, the Morris Library until 6.00pm); buy one at our second-hand book fair in The Farrall Centre (3.30 - 6.00pm); and listen to read-alouds and oral stories.
Food and beverages will also be available (hot and cold drinks from 3.30pm and a sausage sizzle from 4.45pm). It is an outdoors-based event so BYO camp chairs and blankets to make sure it is a comfy reading experience. Please note, as this is an out of school hours event, families are responsible for the supervision of their children.
For catering purposes, please RSVP at this link https://www.trybooking.com/CGUXT
The Friends’ School Rowing Quiz Night
Come along for a fun Quiz Night and help support The Friends' School Rowing Program. There will be a silent auction and games.
Friday 24 March 2023
6.30pm for a 7pm start | The Farrall Centre
$25 per person (max 8 per table)
Drinks available for purchase. BYO food/snacks.
Book your own table or book on lucky table #7
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 call Ruth Raward 0431 887 354 or email roo.raward@gmail.com
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