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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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, after whom this prize was named, was a former staff member at the School. She was born in 1916 and lived to be…
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…
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…
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…
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. …
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 is a yearly event celebrating and expressing themes of Reconciliation by the next generation. Students from Years 5 to 12 are encouraged…
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…
During term 4, our Where we are in place and time inquiry focused on historical perspective and we explored Nadia Wheatley’s My Place book. Our…
Congratulations to all our Year 11 & 12 students for their outstanding TCE results and their commitment to the School’s Purpose and Concerns. We are…
At the opening of our TCE & IB Art Exhibition on Thursday 3 November, the Visual Art Prize was awarded to Stella Yu and May…