High School
Lost Property
We have a significant number of items in our Lost Property at the moment including school shoes and shell jackets. If you have misplaced an item please come and check in at the High School office before the end of the term.
Visit by Youth Choirs
As part of this year’s Festival of Voices, acclaimed youth choir Exaudi will be coming to Hobart. We have been fortunate to be offered a workshop with the members of Exaudi and their conductor, Mark O’Leary alongside a capella group Burgundy Blue.
Exaudi and Burgundy Blue will visit Friends’ on Tuesday 29 June and workshop with members of Bella Voce and Man Choir in The Farrall Centre from 3.00pm until 5.00pm, followed by a shared pizza dinner in the Clemes Undercroft until 5.30pm.
Members of the Year 7/8 Choir are welcome to join this workshop and dinner, however, due to their involvement in the Festival of Voices’ “Tasmania Sings” event the same week, participation will be optional for these students.
Please complete this form to indicate involvement in the workshop and dinner by Monday 28 June.
This is a very rare opportunity and one that we are sure will be enjoyable and beneficial for our singers. For further information, please contact Paul Radford or Kerry Bennett.
Year 8 Outdoor Education
Students are currently indicating their camp preferences for the program scheduled for 18-20 October 2021. The focus of the program is to explore environments using Outdoor Education activities as the travel medium. Each program option has an aquatic and land-based element.
Year 10 Outdoor Education - Wednesday 30 June
The classes will take part in a Climbing and Tunneling excursion to Rockit Climbing Centre. The Key outcomes include teamwork and operating safety systems. Students will be dismissed from Rockit at the end of the lesson.
The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon by Don Zolidos
Last chance tonight to see the Year 11 performance of The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon. The production is a modern adaptation of famous fairytales collected by the Grimm brothers, including Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves and Cinderella. It is a fast-paced, exciting performance suitable for all ages.
Dates: Thursday 24 June
Time: Doors open at 6.45pm for a 7pm start (no late entry available as all external doors will be locked at 7pm)
Cost: Free entry
Running Time: 7.00 - 7.45pm
House Dance Drama 2021
This Friday’s High School Assembly will be a House competition. Previously we have alternated the House Drama and House Dance competitions, but in light of no event in 2020, this year we have asked the House teams to tell us a story in five songs. We are looking forward to an entertaining combination of acting and dancing from over 90 students. Our three specially invited judges will award the trophy to Best on the Day and the Heads of High School will be looking for Best Story, Best Costuming, Funniest Moment and New Unearthed Talent! May the best house win!
Hobart City Mission - fundraising, warm clothing and blanket drive
With an average of 744 individuals homeless each year, and more than 40% of Tasmanians being under the national average income, the support Hobart City Mission provides to families and those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness is vital.
More than 120,000 Tasmanians live below the poverty line. As housing costs rise, it is more difficult for Tasmanians earning low and moderate incomes to find affordable housing. The chronic shortage of affordable rental housing in Tasmania is a major cause of homelessness and a barrier to pathways out of homelessness.
From now until the end of the Term the High School Council and Stewardship Committee encourage donations of warm clothing, i.e. good quality warm jackets, jumpers, polar fleece tops, blankets, scarves, socks, beanies, and blankets to the High School Library. We will have a couch in the HS Library as a collection point; representing those people who often have to ‘couch surf’ through periods of housing crisis. Please bring these items to school from now onwards.
Or if you would prefer to donate money for the Winter Appeal you can bring money to our collection bucket located in the High School Office.
There will also be a casual dress day and Bake Sale on Tuesday 29 June. Students can make a donation of a gold coin or warm, clean items in good condition on the day, and may contribute to the Bake Sale by baking and/or purchasing an item on the day.
Let’s do what we can to make a difference for those experiencing hardship.
Bell Shakespeare visit
On Thursday 1 July the Bell Shakespeare Players will be visiting the high school to conduct an in-school performance of ‘Macbeth: The Rehearsal’ for all year 10 students. This incursion is designed to prepare students for their study of Shakespearean text in Term 3.
Student Absences
Parents, guardians or carers are requested to contact the appropriate School Office for planned or unplanned absentee:
High School – Years 7 to 10 Office
6210 2235 | hsoffice@friends.tas.edu.au
8am – 4pm Monday – Friday