Morris
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.
JSSATIS Cross Country - Thursday 1 July - new date
The JSSATIS Cross Country will be held on Thursday 1 July at Rokeby Police Academy. Selected students from Year 3-6 will travel by bus leaving school at 10.30am and returning by 3.00pm. Any enquiries please contact Lisa Di Venuto ldivenuto@friends.tas.edu.au or call 6210 2228.
Interschool Debating tournament - Thursday 1 July
On Thursday 1 July Friends’ will be hosting the inter-school debating tournament in the 4O’R, 4A, 5S and 5M classrooms. A number of students from Year 5 and 6 will greet and direct debaters upon arrival at all entry points to Morris. Prior to the debates, a light snack will be provided for debaters and their attending siblings, as well as tea and coffee for parents on the Walpole deck. The first round of debates will run from 4.00 - 4.30pm and the second round from 4.30 - 5.00pm.
Years 5 and 6 - ‘Safe, Smart Kids’ - Parent Information Session - Tuesday 20 July
In Term 3 the Sexual Assault Support Service (SASS) will be facilitating harm prevention and respectful relationships education amongst young people by presenting their ‘Safe, Smart Kids’ educational program to students in Years 5 and 6. The aim of the program is to address the underlying causes of sexual violence, thereby reducing its incidence and impacts, through promoting respectful behaviours.
Student, staff and community workshops are aimed at enhancing the capacity of school communities to respond to incidents of sexual assault.
Age-appropriate student sessions will include:
- Intimacy and consent
- Ethical decision making
- Bystander behaviour and social change
- Technology use and online behaviours
- Protective behaviours for harm minimisation
The workshops align with elements of the Health and Physical Education curriculum and also within National Curriculum general capabilities: of Personal & Social Understanding/ Ethical Understanding.
The Parent Information Session for the ‘Safe, Smart Kids’ program will be conducted by SASS from 6.00pm - 7.30pm on Tuesday 20 July 2021 in The Farrall Centre. Please book through this Trybooking link to confirm your attendance.
Important Dates
Term 2 - Wednesday 21 April to Friday 2 July
Term 3 - Tuesday 20 July to Friday 24 September
Student Absences
Parents, guardians or carers are requested to contact the appropriate School Office for planned or unplanned absentee:
Morris – Friends’ Primary Years Office
6210 2228 | morrisadmin@friends.tas.edu.au
8am – 4pm Monday – Friday