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…
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…
The Mary Stanfield Public Speaking Competition was held on Monday 24 October, with alumnus and former staff member, Mark Nicholson, as a guest Judge. The…
The Peter Jones Peace Prize is an annual English Faculty writing competition that takes place in the High School. It was created in honour of…
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…
by Nadine Frick On July 29, the Department of Education Tasmania organised and hosted the state awards ceremony for the 2022 What Matters? Tasmania Writing…
By Ben Felstead, Teacher of Philosophy & Theory of Knowledge On May 6th, five Friends’ students from Years 10 and 12 (Ellie Huxtable, Tarcin Marriott,…
