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Fahan School Hobart Australia

Locality: Sandy Bay, Tasmania, Australia

Phone: +61 3 6225 1064

Address: Fisher Ave 7005 Sandy Bay, TAS, Australia

Website: http://www.fahan.tas.edu.au

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25.01.2022 Wishing all our girls in Years 11 and 12 the best of luck with their mid-year exams starting Friday. Our Deputy Principal, Mr Jack Machin, shared this beautiful message of support from our Kindergarten to Year 10 students during yesterdays live-streamed School assembly. We are so proud of you, girls!

24.01.2022 Today our Years 7-12 students enjoyed participating in Fahans annual Winter Sports Day. It was wonderful to see the girls enthusiasm, spirit and friendly rivalry throughout the day, where the sporting line up included AFL, netball, dodgeball, volleyball, flags and tug of war. The hotly contested Staff v Students soccer and tug of war competitions saw the students take home the win in both events! Thank you and congratulations to all involved.

24.01.2022 As the weekend draws to a close, we are delighted to celebrate the 2020 Fahan Alumni Reunion. Over two days, more than 120 alumni from selected year groups reunited with former classmates at our popular cocktail party in the TM Hall. A delicious high tea was held the following day and included an amusing Q&A session with Fahan alumni. A lively rendition of the School song rounded out a fantastic weekend of laughter and memories for all involved!

23.01.2022 As part of their Music elective in Semester 1, our Years 9 and 10 students further developed and extended their practical music-making skills through performing works in an ensemble. The girls have applied their knowledge and understanding of the style, structure and conventions for refining their musical performance and it came together beautifully in the last week of Term Two. Enjoy this wonderful rendition of Titanium to take you into the weekend!

22.01.2022 Our Nateby Club members enjoyed a relaxed lunch last week at Driftwood Restaurant in Lauderdale. Hosted by Principal, Mrs Penny Curran-Peters and Nateby Club President, Mrs Robbie Poynter, the group shared stories together and enjoyed reconnecting with friends and former classmates. During lunch, the Fahan School song, 'Light Come Visit Me', was sung in chorus by the delighted crowd.

21.01.2022 Our Year 7 girls have enjoyed a busy term studying Physics, culminating in the construction of their very own model roller coasters! During the term they have learnt about different types of forces and how they can be measured. They also compared the difference between energy transfer and transformation, learnt how they could maximise the potential energy and the effects of friction on braking distance. The girls discussed the Law of Energy Conservation at various points of their design with all of this theory rolling up nicely into how a roller coaster works.

21.01.2022 Yesterday, our Years 9-10 Outdoor Adventure Skills (OAS) and Years 9-10 Sport Science class travelled together to kunanyi / Mount Wellington, enjoying near perfect conditions. The OAS class had a snow walk scheduled and the Sport Science class were participating in an outdoor pursuits unit. The road to the mountain had just opened so both classes were able to travel to the summit. From there, they walked down the Ice House track and cut across to the ZigZag track before heading back to School. The girls loved the experience and were very grateful to be out and about in such amazing conditions!

21.01.2022 Congratulations to the Fahan Sailing teams who competed in blustery conditions in the Tasmanian Schools Team Racing Championships 2020 this past weekend at Sandy Bay Sailing Club. The Fahan Navy team won the All Girls trophy and Fahan Orange sailed exceptionally well with new skippers finishing 3rd in the All Girls teams. Special thanks to Fahan Alumni, Lily Zeeman, who coached and supported our teams. Well done, girls!

21.01.2022 Our Years 3-6 girls delighted in the opportunity to compete in the House Athletics Carnival on the Fahan Oval today. Our clever IT team organised a live stream of the event for parents who were unable to spectate due to COVID-19 restrictions and a number of races took place, with some field events organised during PE lessons in recent weeks. The weather was fantastic and the girls displayed the true Fahan spirit cheering for their friends as they all put in their best efforts. Well done girls!

20.01.2022 Our Year 6 girls have been working hard over the past couple of months to organise a wonderful Thank You Luncheon to celebrate the end of their time in the Junior School. The girls expertly hosted staff from across the School, ensuring they were very well looked after and spoke about many fond memories together. We are incredibly proud of the girls for all their efforts in delivering a very successful event and for their leadership of the Junior School this year well done girls!

20.01.2022 We are excited to share this incredible short film ‘Departure’ created by Year 10 media student, Nadia Dawson-Damer, which has been entered into the 2020 MyState Student Film Festival You can vote for Nadia’s film in the ‘People’s Choice Awards’ by watching, liking and sharing the film. Nadia has a long-standing interest and talent in filmmaking and we wish her all the best in the Festival! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZotycHf-Xw

20.01.2022 Weve had a fantastic start to the week at Fahan beginning with a celebration of long-serving staff members yesterday afternoon. Mrs Emily Hogan and Mrs Kathy Foster were recognised for 20 years of service and Mr Nic Goodwolf for 10 years of service to the School. Our Maintenance and Grounds team have been busy during the holiday break and proudly unveiled one of their many projects today, a refresh of the Canteen! Our girls took advantage of our beautiful School grounds on the first day back for Term Three and laughter, chatter and excitement filled the campus. It was wonderful to welcome the students back!

19.01.2022 Our staff enjoyed some well-deserved coffee and chocolates at lunchtime today, courtesy of the Fahan School P&F Association. The P&F wanted to say thank you to all staff for the amazing work and care they have provided and continue to provide to all of our students. It was a wonderful surprise at lunchtime today!

18.01.2022 After weeks of rehearsals, the TM Hall came alive this afternoon with the annual House Music competition. Our girls in Years 7-12 selected songs to the theme of ‘Iconic Australian’. All the girls performed beautifully with Franklin taking out the House Choir competition and Freycinet winning the Ensemble. Congratulations to all our Senior School girls for their incredible efforts today!

18.01.2022 We were delighted to hear that over 50 people participated in our June Fitness Challenge and either ran or walked a half, full or ultra marathon in the month of June. Collectively the participants tallied up almost 2000km! The winners of The Running Edge $50 vouchers go to Year 10 student, Chloe and Fahan staff member, Miss Bird. Well done to everyone who participated and we look forward to sharing the next fitness challenge in Term Three.

18.01.2022 Congratulations to Year 12 Arts Chair, Tegan Stimson, who was cast as the lead character Jas in the SBS drama series, The Tailings, which has been filming on-location on the West Coast of Tasmania. Tegan has been acting at the Cooper Screen Academy in Hobart since she was 13 and auditioned for this role back in January. Tegan loves acting and is excited to have the opportunity to be involved in The Tailings, collaborating with a talented and experienced cast. The Tailings will premiere on SBS On Demand in 2021. We can’t wait to watch it!

18.01.2022 Artistic skill and the results of a year of creative effort were celebrated at the opening of TCE Art Exhibition last night in the TM Hall. The artwork on display was diverse, with many mediums utilised including painting, drawing, tapestry, woodblock printing, drypoint etching, lino cuts, digital photography and animation. The opening was enjoyed by close family members of our Years 11 and 12 Art Production and Studio Practice students who were so proud of their hard work this year!

17.01.2022 Thank you to everyone who purchased tickets to the Year 12 Raffle. We have been overwhelmed with your support of our charity this year and are proud to have been supporting the Freya Fund, a charity which is very close to our hearts as well as the School Community. We are excited to announce the winners of the prizes are: 1st PRIZE WINNER Homewares Package A Mazengarb Ticket Number: #1601... 2nd PRIZE WINNER - Tasmanian Glamping Package L Kingston Ticket Number: #1757 3rd PRIZE WINNER - Hobart Cup Package R Giec Ticket Number: #603 4th PRIZE WINNER - Tasmanian Adventures Package M Bird Ticket Number: #1591 5th PRIZE WINNER - Tasmanian Farm Experience J Karacic Ticket Number: #1564 6th PRIZE WINNER - Art Lovers Experience G Higgins Ticket Number: #1571 7th PRIZE WINNER - Spa and Dine Package I Higgins Ticket Number: #190 8th PRIZE WINNER - Fabulous Fashion Package K Latham Ticket Number: #105 9th PRIZE WINNER - Local Luxuries A Keogh Ticket Number: #1612 10th PRIZE WINNER - High Tea Indulgence I Farid Ticket Number: #423 11th PRIZE WINNER - Hill Street Wine Package M O'Brien Ticket Number: #780 12th PRIZE WINNER - Blue Eye Dining Package S Hodgman Ticket Number: #77 13th PRIZE WINNER - Cooking Classes K Bradfield Ticket Number: #1274 14th PRIZE WINNER - Federal Group Dining Package T & D Reid Ticket Number: #921 15th PRIZE WINNER - Family Experience Package V Von Savageri Ticket Number: #654 Congratulations to all the winners. To collect your prize, please come to the Fahan School office during business hours.

16.01.2022 It was an exciting week for our Drama students last week with our 9/10 Drama class performing the play You Still Here? by Patricia Cornelius. The girls presented four excellent performances over two days. Our Year 8 girls welcomed Max Bladel to compere the first Impro Sports competition, a performance clash between 8N and 8O. The girls from 8N were victorious with team 'Shorty' winning the final challenge. Well done girls!

16.01.2022 Today we said goodbye and good luck to an exceptional group of Year 12 Fahan girls. At an assembly in the Gym, which was live streamed to Senior School classes and family unable to attend, the girls played their leavers’ video; were beautifully serenaded by our Year 3 girls singing Till We Meet Again; presented some thoughtful gifts to staff and were treated to a stunning acoustic version of Pete Murray’s Opportunity by Year 12 teacher, Mr John Williamson. Following this,... the Year 12 leaders, Sasha, Asha and Elsie, presented the inaugural Helen Stephen Memorial Award to Mr Robert Owens with a beautiful speech about the qualities he possesses that echoed those of Mrs Stephen. The Award was a legacy gift left by the Year 12 Leavers of 2019. At the conclusion of the Assembly, the girls were farewelled by Principal, Mrs Penny Curran-Peters who wished them well and best of luck for their exams and they also received a care pack from the P&F. We look forward to welcoming the girls back for Tossing Out! See more

15.01.2022 Our Lumina 9 students were delighted to see their fundraising efforts come to life today as they handed over two bikes to two very deserving children, an initiative driven by Variety Tasmania’s Bikes4Kids program. This charitable program is close to the heart of our Fahan girls as it aims to give the gift of freedom, independence, exercise and joy to children. We are very proud of our Lumina 9 girls.

14.01.2022 Its always fascinating to look back and see how the School has evolved over time. We are sure the founders, Miss Travers and Miss Morphett, would be pleased to see how their belief that young women could achieve anything has continued to be evolved in the development of our expansive and beautiful campus, whilst still remaining true to their values and ethos. Its quite amazing to look down at Fahan from the sky and compare these two aerial photographs, they show so clearly... how far the landscape has developed both within Fahan and our surrounds. The Boarders Flat, in front of Nateby House, was used by the girls for their physical training in the early years and is still a much-loved area for our current students today. The Barn, relocated successfully to the Oval in 2017, made way for our state-of-the-art Food and Digital Technology Hub which was opened the following year. We hope you enjoy this collection from our Archives.

13.01.2022 The Fahan School P&F will be holding a special Fathers Day draw this year to celebrate all our hardworking and caring dads in the Fahan Community. All Fahan fathers will go into the draw to win a Myer, Bunnings or State Cinema voucher, along with some craft beer and wine, and the three winners will be drawn on Facebook Live next Thursday 3 September at 11am. We hope you can tune in and good luck to all our dads!

13.01.2022 Our Junior School girls were excited to celebrate Book Week at an assembly that was live streamed to parents this morning. With the theme of ‘Curious Creatures, Wild Minds’ our Year 6 leaders invited students and staff to the stage to share their favourite character from a book. The love of reading was on display with an array of animals, ninjas, princesses, Harry Potter characters and even some cheeky Minions! Our Junior School Chair, Isabel Baddiley, cut the amazing Book Week cake and this was enjoyed for morning tea after the assembly.

12.01.2022 Our Years 9 and 10 Digital Design students completed a real world design brief this term. The girls were tasked with creating a new sticker decal for the entrance door to the Digital Technology Hub. There were 18 wonderful designs produced and it was incredibly difficult to narrow down to a top 5, let alone chose a final design. All the girls produced incredibly well thought-out, creative designs and our congratulations go to Matilda in Year 10, whose imaginative design was chosen for production and will feature on the door for years to come.

12.01.2022 We recently captured Fahans beautiful gardens and grounds from up above. Our outdoor classroom is an inspiring and nurturing learning environment that is shared by all our girls in Kindergarten to Year 12. We hope you enjoy this birds eye view!

11.01.2022 We are delighted to share that Fahans much-loved and long-serving former teacher of French, Madame Joan von Bibra (pictured far left), has been awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for her service to education and to professional organisations. Joan was a dedicated teacher for over 40 years at Fahan and her passion and commitment to our girls continues to shine to this day. Congratulations Madame von Bibra!

10.01.2022 Wishing our families a Happy Fathers Day this Sunday. We hope you have a fantastic weekend celebrating together and enjoy this video with some lovely messages from our girls!

10.01.2022 Our senior girls are taking on a goal setting challenge called the September Spring Clean. This is a wonderful opportunity for our girls to participate in an activity they enjoy with a positive health and wellbeing outcome. Feel free to join in and take on the September Spring Clean challenge yourself!

09.01.2022 Science Week has seen a number of exciting activities across the School. With the theme of Deep Blue: Innovation for the Future of our Ocean, our girls enjoyed exploring all areas related to water and the ocean. Activities included an ocean themed team Science quiz called a Kahoot!, a Science demonstration with liquid nitrogen at our virtual assembly, ocean displays in the Library, Year 10 participation in the Science Olympiads examination, classroom STEAM activities and an ocean themed Escape Room in the Science Labs with over 20 teams keen to take out the prize. Congratulations to all girls who have participated with such enthusiasm in Science Week. It has been a fantastic week of learning!

09.01.2022 Our Kinder Year 2 girls were excited to connect with each other in their Vertical Groups today. They worked on a number of projects including, constructing machines or animals, preparing potato plants to grow in the garden, developing characters and scenes for stop motion videos and creating their own edible gardens in cooking. The mixed-age sessions offer a variety of benefits beyond the learning activity including mentoring and behaviour modelling, confidence and capability building. We look forward to sharing how these projects develop in the weeks to come.

08.01.2022 We are proud to share the news that Fahan Alumna, Captain Phillipa Hay (Class of 1992) of the Royal Australian Navy, has become the first Australian woman appointed to command a task force in the 49-year history of Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC). From 17 to 31 August, Captain Hay will command more than 2500 sailors and officers across 11 warships from Australia, Japan, Canada, US, France, and Philippines. Phillipa features on the decades wall in the Fahan Archives where she states that she believes that the life-lessons she learnt at Fahan still shape her. Im passing on that wisdom to my own children, she says. Never forgo an opportunity. Never hesitate. Never doubt your ability. And never, ever forget your hymn book! Click on the link to read the full article.

07.01.2022 Our littlest girls from Kindergarten to Year 2 had a fantastic afternoon at their sports carnival on the oval yesterday. The girls enjoyed a mixture of running, hurdles, obstacle courses, relays and novelty races around the oval and their enthusiasm, beautiful smiles and laughter filled the area. In a wonderful display of leadership, our Year 6 girls enthusiastically guided the younger girls through each of the events and provided great support. A fantastic afternoon for all!

07.01.2022 The June Fitness Challenge is coming to an end so its now time for you to tally up your kilometres to see what you achieved. Send in your tracked kilometres (calendar log, Strava record or watch/phone info) to Mrs Jo Banks-Smith ([email protected]) and you will go into the draw to win a $50 Running Edge voucher. We will be drawing two winners this Wednesday! We hope everyone enjoyed being out and about, walking or running through the month of June!

07.01.2022 Fahans sporting spirit was alive and well last Wednesday at the annual Winter Sports Day. We hope you enjoy this compilation video that captures the atmosphere of the day!

06.01.2022 Last weekend over 30 of our students and staff participated in the Cancer Council’s annual Relay for Life event which was held at the Domain Athletic Centre. During the 24-hour event, the Fahan team took turns to walk around the Domain, while sporting enthusiasm, persistence and a contagious team spirit. Their energy was matched by their fundraising efforts with almost $6000 raised and donated to the Cancer Council, a cause close to the hearts of many. Thank you to Fahan Community Chair, Bella Nettlefold, for organising the team and congratulations to all who were involved in this wonderful initiative.

06.01.2022 FAHAN LIVE : Fathers Day Lucky Draw brought to you by the Fahan P&F Association. Today, P&F President, Mr John Padas, and Fahan Prinicpal, Mrs Penny Curran-Peters, are drawing the names of three lucky dads who will enjoy a $50 gift voucher along with a bottle of wine and craft beer. We wish all our Fahan fathers a special day this Sunday!

05.01.2022 Fahan’s Big Sister, Little Sister program came alive today with the whole school participating in an Easter themed activity. The program, which groups girls from Kinder to Year 12 in families within their School House groups, builds positive relationships amongst students, providing the younger girls with a strong and visible support network throughout the school. Big Sister, Little Sister families are named by character strengths such as Bravery, Fairness and Honesty. After assembling in the gym, each family followed the ‘bunny’ footsteps, trailing down to the oval where they enjoyed a special appearance from the Easter Bunny!

04.01.2022 Our recent Fahan fitness challenges have proved very popular, with our girls requesting a program to boost their fitness over the holidays. Buoyed by their enthusiasm, our sports teachers have developed a simple and effective hills training session designed to build strength, running speed and overall health. Watch Mrs Jo Banks-Smith and Miss Sophie Walch as they take on Fahans reputable ascent.

04.01.2022 It was wonderful to see the newly crowned Fahan School Alumni boat sailing on the Derwent tonight. Skippered by Fahan alumna, Madeline Salter ('14), the crew included Meg Goodfellow ('18), and Year 12 students, Emily Nicholson and Amy Potter. Fahan teacher and alumna, Felicity Allison, gained support from the Fahan School Alumni Association (FSAA), to provide an ongoing opportunity for past Fahan students to come together with current Year 11 and 12 girls on the water. Thank you to Jacinta and Brett Cooper and Richard Goodfellow for their support of this great initiative and the FSAA for providing our alumni with the opportunity to sail for their School again!

03.01.2022 Congratulations to our First grade AFL team for a spirited 67-59 win in todays friendly match against Scotch Oakburn on the Fahan oval! It was a terrific day for football with our senior girls taking advantage of the opportunity to wear the Fahan colours in the warm mid-winter sun. Well done to all the players!

03.01.2022 Over 80 of our Nateby Club ladies joined Principal, Penny Curran-Peters and Deputy Principal, Jack Machin, at the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania for their highly anticipated Christmas lunch today. As this was their first event since March, there was a lot of catching up to do and much excitement. The ladies enjoyed hearing from Penny, as well as Nateby Club President, Robbie Poynter, and long-serving Fahan teacher, John Williamson, who entertained the ladies with his adventures in Antarctica. It was a wonderful afternoon enjoyed by all!

03.01.2022 We are so proud of all our Fahan rowers for their performances at the Head of the River at Lake Barrington yesterday! There was so much to celebrate from our U13s all the way through to our Open Firsts. Over the course of the day, in sometimes challenging conditions, our girls showed the true Fahan spirit impressing all with their willingness to support their crew mates, sometimes rowing up a year group or stepping in a coxswains, all the while exhibiting great sportsmanship.... Congratulations to all the crews for their commitment and dedication throughout the whole season. There were so many exciting results across the year groups including our Open Eight Firsts team who rowed spectacularly in the last 250m to take out second place! Our Open Eight seconds crew also placed second and, in another fantastic result, our Under 16 Eights crew won their race for the first time in Fahan's history! Matilda Cocker backed up her win last week as the State All Schools Champion in the Under 14s Singles Scull to take out the title at Head of the River also and our Opens Coxed Four also had a brilliant win! It takes a whole community to achieve great success and a huge thank you goes to all our rowing coaches, families, staff, alumni and support crews that cheered the girls on yesterday. What a fantastic end to the season!

02.01.2022 Our Year 5 girls recently created a series of stop-motion animation films, choosing a wide array of animal species to feature. Stop-motion uses intricate film techniques by capturing frames of a physical object that is moved very slightly for each frame. The finished sequence is sped up to create an illusion of movement. Our students embarked on their projects with great enthusiasm, thoroughly enjoying the scriptwriting process and discovering new digital software and techniques.

02.01.2022 The TM Hall came alive today with the sound of rock music for the inaugural Year 6 Battle of the Bands! In a wonderful show of collaborative spirit, and using the leadership skills they have developed over their last year in the Junior School, the girls were tasked with forming the bands, deciding on a name and style, selecting a song and learning new instruments. They worked so hard over the last four months and impressed the excited audience with their incredible performances in a hotly contested battle. The group Outbreak declared the winner and a surprise performance by the Music staff rock band was a great way to end a fantastic concert!

02.01.2022 Congratulations to our Years 9 and 10 girls who won the 2020 Science and Engineering Challenge at the Hobart City Hall today! 30 Fahan girls took part in various challenges that utilised many skills including teamwork, communication, and creativity. Throughout the day, they built a water turbine, a hovercraft and sent code using pulses of coloured light. Seven Hobart schools competed in the Challenge and we are so proud of our future engineers for taking out the win! A highlight of the day was the hovercraft group, who grappled to get their vehicle off the ground. With patience and perseverance, their hovercraft became quick and agile, leading them to win the challenge. Well done, girls!

01.01.2022 Fahan School is pleased to provide the Barbara Bartlam Scholarship for a new student entering Year 11 in 2021. Fahan School is an independent day and boarding school for girls from Kindergarten to Year 12 all on one campus. Set amongst spectacular grounds, Fahan girls enjoy state-of-the-art facilities, a nurturing wellbeing program and have an outstanding academic record. Applications close Monday 31 August. For more information visit https://www.fahan.tas.edu.au/scholarships

01.01.2022 Our Years 11/12 Outdoor Leadership class returned last night from a challenging bushwalk to the Lake St Clair area, which formed part of an assessed component of their course. The outdoors is the best classroom and the girls were extremely grateful for the opportunity to put the theory into practice by walking into Shadow Lake and Little Hugel. The group were challenged by extreme conditions but we couldnt be prouder of their efforts and attitude throughout the experience. The Year 11/12 TASC 3 Outdoor Leadership class focuses on developing leadership skills through experiential learning. The course has a number of core elements, including trip preparation, leadership theories, and group management. Well done girls!

01.01.2022 This term, the Year 8 Science classes have been studying energy and energy efficiency. They have put their new knowledge to good use, and have designed a scale floor plan for their own energy-efficient houses. They have incorporated design features that take advantage of passive solar energy principles, such as the direction their house is facing, eaves and use of deciduous trees. They have also included features such as double or triple-glazed windows, insulation, pelmets and counter-current heat exchangers. They had the choice of creating a scale model of their house, or creating a real estate video show-casing their house. We are very proud of the hard work they have put in, and all that they have learnt this term, well done girls!