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2024 Academic Results

The Friends’ School Celebrates Academic Success The Friends’ School is proud to celebrate the exceptional achievements of its 2024 Tasmanian Certificate of Education (TCE), International…

Climate Action Awareness Event

Recently, the Senior School Climate Action Club held a film viewing and Q&A event funded by a Youth Climate Action Fund from the Hobart City…

Year 9 Abyss Journey

As part of the culminating experience in the new L@F24+ Year 9 program, students were involved in 7-day, 6-night Journeys around Tasmania.  Over two weeks,…

Work Experience Win for Student Lachlan Clyne (Year 10)

During work experience in Term 3, Year 10 student Lachlan Clyne joined Dare Electrical but never dreamed of what was to come. “As part of…

2025 Head Student Announcement

We are excited to announce our new Head Students for 2025, Sam Castle and Juliet MacIntyre. Sam Castle’s Head Student nomination mentioned that his goal…

Jean Yeates Writing Prize 2024

Every year when the presentation of the Jean Yeates Writing Prize comes around, we are given cause to reflect on the difference teachers make in…

Anthony Edwards – Staff Member & 5 x Olympic Athlete

How would it feel to be an athlete in Paris right now? And what can such an intense experience bring to the rest of a…

Reconciliation Action Plan Launch

The Friends’ School is proud to announce the official launch of its Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) during National Reconciliation Week. This milestone reflects the School’s…

Mary Stanfield Public Speaking Competition 2023

The Mary Stanfield Public Speaking Competition was held at the beginning of Term 4 (Monday 23 October 2023). The Student Chairperson introduced the Prize by…

2024 Head Student Announcement

We are so pleased to introduce our new Head Students for 2024, Eve Cooper and Charlie Bradford! Eve has been at The Friends’ School since…

Jean Yeates Writing Prize 2023

Jean Yeates, after whom this prize was named, was a former staff member at the School. She was born in 1916 and lived to be…

Art2Words Writing Prize 2023

The Art2Words writing prize is an annual Friends’ School writing competition, based upon the Ancient Greek practice of ekphrasis: responding to an art work in…

2023 Simpson Prize Competition

The Simpson Prize is a national essay competition open to all Years 9 and 10 students in Australia, that focuses on the service of Australians…

2022 Clemes Academic Awards Evening

Thank you to everyone who attended (either in-person or virtually) the Clemes Awards Afternoon held at The Farrall Centre on Thursday 2 February 2023. It…

2022 Exceptional TCE & IB Results

We are proud of all of our 2022 graduates, their remarkable results and all that they have achieved during their time with The Friends’ School. …

Exceptional 2022 International Baccalaureate Results

The Friends’ School wishes to congratulate our 2022 International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme (DP) students on their exceptional results. The 2022 IB results are a testament…

Youth Speak Out

Youth Speak Out is a yearly event celebrating and expressing themes of Reconciliation by the next generation. Students from Years 5 to 12 are encouraged…

National Recognition for a Friends’ School Teacher

We were thrilled to learn that Casey-Rae Mullen, our Year 10 Coordinator and Dance Teacher, has been recognised, amongst six other outstanding Tasmanian classroom teachers…