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The Friends' School

Locality: North Hobart, Tasmania

Phone: +61 3 6210 2200

Address: 23 Commercial Road 7002 North Hobart, TAS, Australia

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

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25.01.2022 The last term of any school year brings the inevitable staff changes with retirements, resignations and periods of leave. It also brings the opportunity to welcome new faces to the community for the next year. Thank you to all our leaving staff for the contributions they have made to the school.

24.01.2022 We hope that all our new and continuing students have a wonderful time at Moving On Day today. We have students exploring new campuses and classrooms, meeting new tutors and teachers and, most importantly, making new friends all across The Friends' School today.

24.01.2022 Last week examiners were marking the Object Design work set up in The Farrall Centre. Object Design is a fantastic way for students to flex their creative muscles and create some truly unique pieces.

23.01.2022 Best of luck to our Year 7/8 Girls Hockey team in their Final against Fahan this evening! **** Update: We won!! 6-1 to Friends'. Great game girls!!

23.01.2022 Over the weekend The Friends' School sailing team entered 3 teams in the State Team Sailing Championships. In a fantastic result, our 2 Open teams finished 1st and 2nd and our girls made the finals narrowly losing out to Fahan 2-1. Great sailing everyone in some strong winds!

23.01.2022 Year 8 Chinese students tried their hand at Chinese Calligraphy and painting recently. Students created some beautiful work all while learning the fascinating history surrounding this art form.

23.01.2022 Our Under 13 High Jump Record was broken today by Sean Bader (Year 7) at the High School athletics Carnival. Sean jumped a height of 1.57 metres. Great work, Sean!

21.01.2022 Our French and Japanese Language Celebration day (held this past week) was a big success with delicious food and a friendly game of "France Vs Japan" Tennis. Language Celebration days are a great opportunity for students to get involved with the languages offered at Friends', even if they aren't studying the language themselves.

20.01.2022 Congratulations to Ethan Galbraith on winning the 2020 Youth Sailor of the Year award!

19.01.2022 Our Year 7/8 Girls' Tennis teams (Friends' Blue & Friends' Red) faced off against each other in the SSATIS Grand Final last night with Friends' Blue coming out the victors! Congratulations to both our Year 7/8 teams for making the Grand Final. At Friends' we offer a wide selection of co-curricular sports in which students can participate. If you would like to know more about our comprehensive sports program and what sports will be available throughout 2021, please get in touch at [email protected]

19.01.2022 Thank you to all the students who spoke today as candidates for Head Boy and Head Girl in 2021. It takes bravery and conviction to get up in front of an audience of your peers and speak about what you bring to the school community and each candidate in an amazing job. Voting for Head Boy and Head Girl will open tomorrow (Tuesday) from 7.45am and will close at 4pm the same day. Eligible voters will be sent a link tomorrow morning where they can cast their vote. ... We look forward to introducing our new Head Girl & Boy later in the week.

19.01.2022 *Survey Reminder* A reminder that we are seeking feedback from our School community regarding the development of a Climate Impact Policy and set of guidelines. These documents will set the philosophy, tone and guiding practice with regards to climate and environmental impact for The Friends’ School into the future. Please follow the link for more information and to access the 5-minute survey.

16.01.2022 Yesterday our Year 9 Dance class were very fortunate to have a Zoom contemporary dance class with Sydney Dance Company. The students learnt a lot about contemporary dance technique from some amazing dancers and got to have a lot of fun in the process. Friends' offers dance as a curricular subject from Years 7 - 12, with students developing their technical and expressive abilities and refining their choreographic skills.

16.01.2022 Maths News!!! Owen Mulcahy(Year 10) received a prize at The Australian Maths Competition (AMC) and was also awarded the ‘best in the school’ award. Additionally, Tianyu Peng, Sahansa Udawatta, Alex Rackham were awarded a High Distinction and 24 Distinction certificates were also awarded across Years 7-12 at Friends'. 2020 has also seen Lily Neyland, Zoe Adams, Connor Johnson and Owen Mulcahy successfully complete the Maths Challenge for Young Australians for four straight years (Years 7-10). This is a tremendous achievement and it’s a credit to these young mathematicians.

15.01.2022 Congratulations to Rose Castle (Year 12) who has had her body of work for Art Production selected for the Examiners Choice Award.

15.01.2022 On Wednesday staff participated in an Ice Bucket Challenge on the bottom green at lunchtime. Students voted for staff members to determine who would participate, with Karina Churchill, Greg Downes and Paul Van Tienen being the lucky staff members to get the ice buckets! This Ice Bucket Challenge, along with the sale of Fight MND beanies and a free dress day has all been to raise money for Motor Neuron Disease (MND) research. MND is a progressive, terminal neurological disease that has no known cure or effective treatment. Over 2000 people in Australia have MND. If you would like to know more about MND, you can visit this website: https://www.mndaust.asn.au/

14.01.2022 Our rowers have been training well under the guidance of coaches, volunteers and our Head of Rowing, Anthony Edwards. Over the next three weeks, we will see all 10 squads (Under 13s through to Opens) compete in regattas to test their skills and teamwork, all while having a lot of fun out on the water! We wish all our squads the best of luck over the coming weeks. If you would like to know more about The Friends' School rowing program, you can email our Head of Rowing at [email protected]

14.01.2022 R U OK? Today is National R U OK? Day and considering the year that we have all had, it has never been more important to check in with your friends, family, colleagues and loved ones to see how they are doing. Take the time today to check in with someone that you know and remember that it is OK not to be OK.

13.01.2022 Congratulations to all our Year 11 & 12 students for their outstanding TCE results and their commitment to the School’s Purpose and Concerns, especially through such a challenging year. We are proud of all of our 2020 graduates, their remarkable results and all that they have achieved during their time with The Friends’ School. All of our students have displayed remarkable resilience throughout 2020, demonstrating a commitment to their studies throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and the accompanying challenges. The Friends’ School also has a number of International Baccalaureate Diploma students who will receive their results in early January. The School looks forward to acknowledging their efforts in the coming weeks.

13.01.2022 As we speed towards the end of the year we are already looking towards 2021 when we will welcome new and continuing students back to the School. For our students starting their High School journey in Year 7 in 2021, we have many ways that we support their transition into secondary learning, including the Year 7 Connections Program. The Connections program is a transdisciplinary program that gives students the opportunity to explore new ways of learning, have some fun and make new friends. If you have any questions about our Year 7 Program, please contact our Enrolments Office at [email protected]

13.01.2022 Yesterday, Year 10 students Annabel Woolward, Morgan White, Zoe Adams and Sarah Eaton were presented with their certificates for participating in the Student2Student reading program by Leela Walford from The Smith Family. Student2student is a peer-to-peer reading support program which matches older Buddies with a younger Reader to help improve their reading skills, confidence and enjoyment of reading. Our extensive Service program offers many opportunities for our students to give back to the community and explore new ways of volunteering their time in the service of others.

12.01.2022 Check out the winning entry from this year's Battle of the Talent: Sisko (Amelia and Eve Cooper). This is the first song they performed, an original piece titled "Kepler".

12.01.2022 The Peter Jones Peace Prize is a High School based prize that was established in 2017 and named after long-serving Friends' staff member (and Quaker), Peter Jones, who has spent a good deal of his life campaigning for peace and justice in the world. Follow the link to read the winning entry, a piece of Slam Poetry by Year 10 student, Annabel Woolward. You can also read the runner up piece, a speech by Year 8 student, Tom Petty. Thank you to Sophie Rigney (2002 Alumnus) for taking the time to judge this years' competition.

11.01.2022 K-2 Sports Day was heaps of fun!

10.01.2022 Our Year 10 Mock Interviews are in full swing today as part of our Careers Future Pathways program. Mock interviews are a chance for students to experience an interview situation, get some feedback and plan for future interviews as they enter the workforce. Each year we have many parents and community members who generously donate their time to help our students by posing as interviewers and providing helpful feedback. Thank you very much to everyone who has assisted with this years' mock interviews.

09.01.2022 Our Impact of Giving Report is now available to read online. This new publication acknowledges and celebrates the generous support provided to the School by caring families, alumni, staff, volunteers and friends during 2019. The Friends’ School is a not for profit organisation and simply would not be the school it is today without the community that surrounds it and the philanthropy they have provided. Our students today benefit from the generosity of past generations and go ...on to make a positive impact in the world. Thank you to our generous donors for making a powerful difference. We are grateful for your support and continued commitment to the School’s vision and Purpose and Concerns. For further information about the giving programs at Friends’, please visit our website or contact us directly.

08.01.2022 Our TCE/IB Art Exhibition is currently set up in The Farrall Centre. Thursday's opening night saw Georgina Davy (Year 12) win the Creative Art Prize for her bold and colourful portrait pieces. The Art Exhibition is open for the public to view Monday - Friday, between 9am to 3.30pm until Friday 20 November. We encourage you to go and take a look at some of the works that have been created by our talented Art students throughout the year.

08.01.2022 Thank you to our Volunteers! We have had a lovely afternoon celebrating our volunteers with an afternoon tea in the Pendle Hill (Principal's Residence) Gardens.

08.01.2022 Thank you to the four Year 10 students who took part in our annual Mary Stanfield Public Speaking Competition yesterday. This year's topic was "a message to the critics". Gryff Connah won the award this year with his powerful and eloquent speech about how, at times, we need critics to bring about change and to target injustice. It takes great bravery to speak in front of a group of your peers on such powerful topics and we thank all of our speakers for their efforts. ... You can read the full story on our website.

08.01.2022 Well done to the following students on their participation in the 2020 Japanese Speech Contest (High School section). Year 7: Nelly Brett (Third Place) Alejandro Fisher... Coey Hung (Second Place) Year 8: Eve Cooper (Second Place) Zara Fenton Year 9: Lewis Stevens Year 10: Gryff Connah Sarah Eaton Lewis Morphett Marisa Santalucia (First Place, Year 10 Extended) Annabel Woolward

07.01.2022 Wednesday was a big afternoon in sport! Congratulations to St Mary's College on their win in the Open Girls Hockey finals against Friends' last night. It was a tense, incredible game and both sides played really well. St Mary's won the night 1-0. ****... In another gripping match, our previously undefeated Year 9/10 Girls Football players were finally defeated in a tight game against Sacred Heart (congratulations Sacred Heart!). Well done Friends' teams on playing so well this season.

07.01.2022 A beautiful afternoon for a new families afternoon tea on the lawns. A great opportunity for some of our new families to get to know each other and spend some time at the School.

05.01.2022 On Tuesday night the Senior Japanese Speech Competition was held via Google Meet, the first time it has been run in this format. Students had to answer questions about themselves in front of a panel of three judges. Hayley Christopher, Sophie Rackham, Nina Ovens and Jack Bennett all participated in this event with Nina Ovens winning first place and Jack Bennett receiving an Honourable Mention. Well done to all the students for participating!

05.01.2022 Our Sculling Skills program for Year 6 students kicked off yesterday morning at Cornelian Bay. Coached by the Senior Friends' rowers, this program aims to develop sculling skills and to give young students a chance to have a go at rowing in a safe environment, hopefully encouraging them to join the Friends' rowing program next year. The program is running all week down at Cornelian Bay. If you want to know more about the sculling skills program, or rowing at The Friends' School in general, please email our Head of Rowing, Anthony Edwards at [email protected].

05.01.2022 Thank you to everyone in our community for their hard work and resilience during 2020. The school is now closed and will reopen on Monday 4 January 2021 at 8.30am. We look forward to welcoming our new and continuing families to the school on Monday 1 February. We wish all our community a safe and happy summer break.

04.01.2022 Update: we won! 2-1 to Friends'! Well done to all the players! Good luck to our Year 9 Boys Soccer team in their final against Sacred Heart this afternoon! The game is being held at Bell Street at 4.15pm. With a somewhat frantic sports schedule for Term 3, it is great to see so many of our school teams making it into finals for various sports.

04.01.2022 We would again like to thank our students, staff and families for their resilience, compassion and hard work over an unpredictable and challenging 2020. As we recharge our batteries over the summer break, we wish our Friends’ community a safe and happy 2021. Recently, The Torch publication was mailed to community members. An online version can be viewed at the link below. This annual magazine celebrates the School’s values in action and shares news and information about our ...organisation, people and recent activities. https://issuu.com/thefriendsschool/docs/torch If you would like to update your details to receive a copy, please do so at the following link: https://www.friends.tas.edu.au//alumn/update-your-details/

03.01.2022 Check out this amazing footage from our Year 9 Mud Run (held in early December)! Thank you to Esther Hoggart, our Year 9 Connections Coordinator, for organising such a fun learning experience for our Year 9 students. If you would like to know more about the Year 9 program at The Friends' School, please contact our enrolments office at [email protected].

03.01.2022 Our Year 5 students have been inspired by the stories of Quaker prison reformer Elizabeth Fry, who believed in the importance of teaching women prisoners skills like sewing, and the Rajah Quilt, which was sewn by convicts on board the ship Rajah on its voyage to Van Diemen's Land in 1841. With support from Jess Lund, Wendy Crow and classroom teachers, students have been using generous donations of fabric, scissors, needles and thread from members of the school community to... create their own squares for a class quilt. Each student has drawn a design that represents themselves and their family, incorporating significant animals, plants and/or places. They have used pieces of donated fabric to create that design on their square of fabric and are beginning to add decorative stitching to their work. The squares are being sewn together in strips and the finished quilts will be displayed in Morris next year. Thank you to the parents who donated items for this project.

03.01.2022 While our TCE students and Year 12 IB students are busy with exams, our Year 11 IB students have been having a bit of fun with science! On Monday 2 November, students were placed in groups and asked to develop a scientific research project in a remote location. They needed to showcase their scientific discipline as well as work as part of a team. This is where our science teachers threw a bit of a spanner in the works Follow the link to read the full article.

02.01.2022 We are pleased to announce the Head Girl & Head Boy for 2021: Aaliyah Walker and Riley Curtain! Head Girl & Boy are roles that come with a high level of responsibility and we believe these two brilliant students will do a fantastic job in representing the student body in 2021, along with the Clemes, High School and Morris councils. Thank you to Charlotte Rogers and Tasman Inglis for their excellent work as Head Girl & Boy in 2020. This year has been a challenging year for e...veryone and both Charlotte and Tasman led the School with enthusiasm and positivity throughout the year. Follow the link to read more about Aaliyah and Riley.

02.01.2022 Our K - 2 (Kindergarten-Year 2) Sports day was held this afternoon under sunny skies on the Bottom Green at the Argyle Street Campus. Thank you to all the staff and students for their enthusiastic participation and to the parents, guardians and grandparents, who took time out of their day to come and support their children and grandchildren.

02.01.2022 Thank you everyone in our community for making Term 3 such a positive one. We are very fortunate to be able to hold our Year 12 Leavers dinner this evening. We wish all attendees a lovely night. We hope everyone has a restful Term break, we look forward welcoming you all back for Term 4.