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Leaving & New Staff

The last term of any school year brings the inevitable staff changes with retirements, resignations and periods of leave.  Each person listed below has made…

News Champions Forum

Thank you to Zoe Adams (Year 9) for this article about her experience at the News Champions Forum in October. News Media is our way…

Living In Community

Principal’s Address for End of Year Gathering 2019 Living in Community has always been central to Quakerism. While all Schools strive to be in community,…

Design Tasmania Awards 2019

Congratulations to our very own Jane Bamford (Art & Ceramics Aide) for winning the Design for Impact award at the Design Tasmania Awards 2019.Jane has…

Volunteer Thank You Event

On Tuesday 26 November, we held a Thank You BBQ to give back to our Volunteers who give us so much of their time and…

Friends’ Takes Flight

For several years now, The Friends’ School has been offering Aviation as a Co-curricular activity for High School and Clemes students, thanks to the hard…

VET Dinner a Tasty Success

On the evening of Friday 18 October, the five students in the VET Hospitality class hosted a four-course, sit down dinner for over 30 guests including…

Jean Yeates Writing Prize Winner

Congratulations to Amelia Neylon for winning this year’s Jean Yeates Writing Prize with her passionate poem “The History of Fire”.The Jean Yeates Writing Prize is…

Hockey One National Competition
We are very proud of our Friends’ community - including past students and current! - playing and participating in the new Hockey One National Competition.
Meet our new Head Girl and Head Boy for 2020

Charlotte Rogers and Tasman Inglis will be leading the School as Head Girl and Head Boy in 2020. Charlotte joined The Friends’ School in Year…

Maths Relay Success
Congratulations to the Morris Year 5/6 Friends’ Maths Relay teams who finished first and second statewide in the Mathematics Association of Tasmania’s 5/6 Primary relay held last Sunday at Rosny College.
Year 6 Exhibition

Much hard work and dedication go into the Year 6 Exhibition every year. Students research their chosen topic in groups and present their findings as…

Alison Foley Joins eXXpedition
Old Scholar Ali Foley (1995 Leaver) is the founder of Ten Little Pieces, an environmental organisation that encourages people to collect ten pieces of plastic rubbish from wherever they are at any time, to reduce the amount of plastic that is polluting our environment.
All School’s Cross-Country

Congratulations to Gabriel Yannarakis, Oliver White and Sam Castle who gained 1st place in the Tasmanian All Schools Cross Country Team event at Symmons Plains…

Year 7 – 12 Athletics Carnival
What an amazing display of team spirit at Thursday's Year 7 - 12 Athletics Carnival! Congratulations to Unwin House for winning the day and well done to everyone who participated.
Father’s Day Market
Thank you to everyone who attended our Father's Day Market on Thursday.
Kettering Piano Quartet
We look forward to welcoming the Kettering Piano Quartet back to The Friends’ School for their final concert, this Sunday 1 September at 2.00pm in The Farrall Centre.
TSO Composers Project
Ansel Luk (Year 11) attended the finals of the TSO's Composer's Project for 2019 on Saturday. He was selected as one of the final four composers who had submitted their works.