The Friends’ School was proud to play a key role in the recent Australian Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools Association (APACS) Conference, hosted in Hobart.…
The Friends’ School was proud to play a key role in the recent Australian Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools Association (APACS) Conference, hosted in Hobart.…
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…
Ten students studying German from Years 10-12 and two teachers, Christine Wittlinger and Shaun O’Rourke, left Tasmania on the first day of term break (9…
By Karina Churchill, Learning Leader: Senior School English Named after Ray Green, who attended The Friends’ School from 1925 to 1934, the Ray Green ‘Lecturette’…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
An integral part of the new Year 9 Program was Connection to Country and supporting our students to have a greater understanding and awareness of…
On Friday 21 June, The Friends’ School participated in SPEAK UP! Stay ChatTY’s Shorts Day. By wearing shorts to school The Friends’ School raised money…
On Thursday 20 to Saturday 22 June, our Senior School students performed Disney’s Aladdin JR. to sold out audiences over five performances at The Playhouse…
The first Year 9 Program event, ‘The Calling’ was an overnight experience focussed on promoting community, connection and providing students with an opportunity to get…
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…
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 Friends’ School Years 5-8 students presented Madagascar – A Musical Adventure JR. on Friday 2 and Saturday 3 June. They worked incredibly hard, and…