Special Events
2019 Charity Quiz Night
You are invited to attend The Friends' School 2019
Charity Quiz Night on Saturday 29 June.
The night will include a special guest quizmaster, a selection of food throughout the evening, drinks to purchase, captivating questions, high-class entertainment and an assortment of irresistible items to win or bid for.
All proceeds will be donated to the Phoenix Centre run by the Migrant Resource Centre.
The Phoenix Centre is a support service for adults and children from any country who have fled persecution, torture and war-related trauma to find safety in Australia.
Services are available in the south and north of the state.
So why not come and make a difference, all while enjoying a spectacular night?
TICKETS
Tables are limited so please book as soon as possible. There are 10 seats per table.
Upon booking please select which table you would like to be seated on, then the number of tickets you wish to purchase. If you would like to book a whole table you are welcome to purchase 10 tickets.
‘2019 Backhouse Lecture’
The Backhouse Lectures are public lectures on contemporary issues delivered annually at the national gathering of Quakers in Australia.
The Friends’ community is warmly invited to attend The 2019 Backhouse Lecture by Jason MacLeod, which will be presented on 8 July in The Farrall Centre at The Friends' School in Hobart Tasmania. Entitled Animating Freedom: accompanying the West Papuan struggle, Jason will share what he has learnt about accompanying West Papuans – and to a lesser extent Aboriginal people, Bougainvillians and East Timorese – in their struggle for self- determination. Through personal stories –enlivened by poetry, art, music, and video – he tries to make sense of this experience in ways that might speak more broadly to Quaker concerns. More information can be found here.
Festival of Voices
Friends’ has had students involved in Tasmania Sings annually since the Festival of Voices initiated the massed choir event in 2012. This year, our Year 7/8 Choir and Morris Maestros will once again form part of the 250+ voice choir comprised of students from around Tasmania on Wednesday 3 July, under the guidance of guest conductor Christie Anderson from Adelaide. In addition to our massed choir participants this year our Year 9-12 female voices choir, Bella Voce, will perform as a guest choir. Approximately 60 choristers from Year 5 to 12 are currently learning and polishing songs for this event, including soloists chosen from multi-school auditions.
Tickets are currently on sale for Tasmania Sings from the Festival of Voices website.
Term Dates
Friday 5 July – Last day Term 2
Term 3, 2019
Monday 22 July – Staff Professional Learning Day
Tuesday 23 July – Term 3 commences
Friday 27 September – Last day Term 3
Term 4, 2019
Monday 14 October – Term 4 commences
Thursday 24 to Friday 25 October – Royal Hobart Show
Thursday 12 December – Last day Term 4
Friday 13 December – Last day for teaching staff