Our Kindergarten Orientations are an important activity to promote a sense of belonging, build confidence, and help familiarise students and families with the Friends’ environment, resources, and community. We highly recommend that your child attend all three sessions. One parent or caregiver must accompany their child or children to each session. There is limited parking at the School, please make sure you allow enough time to find a car park surrounding the Argyle Street Campus.
We invite you and your child to attend on the following dates:
Group One
9am to 10am on Friday 14 November | Friday 21 November | Friday 5 December
Group Two
10:30am to 11:30am on Friday 14 November | Friday 21 November | Friday 5 December
Please RSVP by Monday 10 November
Please book HERE
We invite all new 2026 Primary School students, along with their families, to join us for our New Student and Parent Morning Tea. This will also be an opportunity for you to meet some staff and other families who have students joining us next year.
Monday 1 December 2025
10.45am – 11.30am
The Farrall Centre
395 Argyle Street, North Hobart
Please click here to RSVP by Wednesday 26 November 2025
Please book HERE
Term 1, 2026 for our Primary School commences on Monday 2 February 2026. However, to help make the transition to school as smooth as possible for our youngest students, we have arranged a modified start date for our Kindergarten cohort. This allows for only half of the group to attend on their first day. Each student will attend on either Monday 2 February OR Tuesday 3 February. Students who attend on Moinday 2 February will not attend on Tuesday 3 February and vice versa. This enables the students and teachers to spend more time getting to know each other in a smaller group, serving as a full-day orientation session without their parents or guardians.
Families will be notified directly about which day their child will commence.
Students will be able to attend on a full time basis from Wednesday 4 February onwards. Our usual Kindergarten hours are Monday to Friday from 8.45am to 3.00pm.
An orientation session for all students commencing from Prep to Year 6 in 2026 will be held at the Argyle Street Campus. We invite both you and your child/ren to attend. This student orientation is part of the Primary School Moving On Day and is an excellent opportunity to spend time with new classmates and teachers.
Parents and new students are asked to arrive by 8.45am at The Farrall Centre, which can be accessed using the pathway between the Primary School Office and Friends’ Early Learnong. Students will be shown to their classrooms while parents are invited to remain at The Farrall Centre for an information session about school, curriculum and co-curricular programs. Children will join us after their orientation for morning tea.
Monday 1 December | 8.45am – 10.30am (Orientation) 10:45am – 11:30am (Morning Tea)
The Farrall Centre | 395 Argyle Street, North Hobart
Students are welcome to wear plain clothes for the orientation
Please RSVP for catering purposes by Wednesday 26 November 2025
Please book HERE
We invite new 2026 Year 7 students, along with their families, to join us for a social get together. This will be an opportunity to meet some of our senior staff and for you to meet other families who have students joining us next year. Food and drinks will be provided and this event will be held before the Middle School Information Evening.
Tuesday 25 November
6pm to 6.50pm
Middle School – enter from Boa Vista Road, North Hobart
Please RSVP by Friday 21 November
Booking link coming soon
Following the New Student and Parent Get Together there will be an Information Evening on Tuesday 25 November regarding students commencing Middle School in 2026. The evening will run from 7.00pm until 8.30pm and will be held in The Farrall Centre, next to the Middle School on the Argyle Street Campus.
This is a valuable opportunity for both current and new families to learn more about our Middle School Program and to meet key staff members and other parents. Presentations will include information about the curricular and co-curricular programs, our Quaker values and pastoral care.
Tuesday 25 November
7pm to 8.30pm
The Farrall Centre – Argyle Street Campus, North Hobart
Orientation days will commence in the Mark Curtis Foyer in the Middle School Clemes Building on the Argyle Street Campus. A light morning tea will be provided, however students are asked to bring their own drink bottle to refill and a packed lunch.
Monday 1 December | 8.45am – 3pm
The day will be spent exploring the Middle School on the Argyle Street Campus.
Please meet in the Mark Curtis Foyer between 8.45am and 9.00am
Students are not expected to wear a school uniform – please wear comfortable casual clothes ready for some fun activities. There will be some active House-based activities as well as classroom time when you will meet your Key Teacher.
Friday 30 January 2026 | 8.45am – 12pm
Orientation days will commence in the Mark Curtis Foyer in the Middle School Clemes Building on the Argyle Street Campus. A light morning tea will be provided, however students are asked to bring their own drink bottle to refill and a packed lunch. On this day, students are expected to wear their Friends’ School formal uniform. Bring along your books and other stationery items as you will be allocated your locker on this day.
Please meet in the Mark Curtis Foyer between 8.45am and 9.00am
On this day, you will be with your Key Teacher, engaging in activities with other members of your Key Class.
Monday 1 December 2025 | 8.20am – 2.30pm
Gather at the WN Oats Building on The Commercial Road Campus. During this morning, students will have the opportunity to meet with key staff and student buddies. This orientation session is important to help students adjust to the new school environment and we encourage all to attend.
All students will need to bring snacks for the morning tea break, with the School providing a BBQ lunch. Students can wear casual dress on this day.
We invite our new 2026 Years 9-12 students, along with their families, to join some of our senior staff for afternoon tea. This will also be an opportunity for you to meet other families who also have students joining us next year.
Monday 1 December | 2.30pm – 3.30pm
Hobartville Gardens – Commercial Road
23 Commercial Road, North Hobart
Please RSVP by Wednesday 26 November
Booking link coming soon
Thursday 29 January | 2.30pm to 4pm
New Years 9 to 12 Students can collect their computer from the Senior School Library on the Commercial Road Campus. The Library is located in North Block. During this time, SEQTA sessions will also be available with Deputy Head of Senior School – Year 9 & 10 Pastoral Care, Aaron Davey.
New 2026 boarding students and their families are invited for a Meet and Greet at the Boarding House (Walker House).
At the conclusion of orientation events, our Director of Student Residence, Matt Dixon, and Enrolments Manager Jen Scharkie will meet and welcome families at Walker House. This is a great opportunity to familiarise yourself with the rooms, spaces and family environment at the Board House.
Monday 1 December | 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Walker House, 8 Lewis Street, North Hobart
Friends’ School uniform can be purchased from the School Shop – 1 Wilson Street, North Hobart – or from the online uniform shop at your convenience. Online orders are filled when the store is next open and purchasers are required to use the pass phrase ‘quaker’, to enter the online shop.
New families planning to visit the uniform store are encouraged to book a 15/30 minute appointment.
Please visit the School Shop page for details, including opening hours.
Students in Kindergarten to Year 6 are supplied with most materials, books, stationery, writing and drawing equipment in their classrooms and do not have booklists.
Booklists for Years 7 to 12 students in 2026 are ordered online through Campion Education. The booklist for each group will be sent to families in November, with information to be updated on the following webpage.
Please visit the Term Dates page for details and contact the School if you have any queries.
Monday 9 February – Regatta Day
Monday 9 March – Eight Hours Day
Friday 3 April – Tuesday 7 April – Easter
(Wednesday 8 April – students return from Easter Break)
25 April – ANZAC Day
The School provides School Handbooks for Friends’ Early Learning, Primary School (Kindergarten to Year 6), Middle School (Years 7 & 8) and Senior School (Years 9 to 12).
The Friends’ School Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) programs operate from The Frank Wells Hall, and provide before school and after school care services to children attending Friends’ Primary School (4 year old Kindergarten to Year 6). We also offer engaging Vacation Care Programs for our enrolled families. These programs are emailed directly to enrolled families prior to the end of each term.
Information for upcoming OSHC programs will be sent to new families in December 2025.
The School has a range of publications which share news and interesting stories about our students and community in action. We encourage you to follow the School’s social media pages for updates of our students and values in action.
Please visit the following web page for details and links