In The Bird and Bush (Retail Centre) and the Ray Dining Room you will find our production kitchen of the College with Elly Mathieson, Martin Furlong and Jasmine Darcy. Every weekday from 6.00am - in what some even say is the heart of the College - the lights are on, the ovens are heating up and the grill is sizzling ready to take on the 7.30am breakfast rush.
International Women’s Day, celebrated 8 March each year, is a day to acknowledge the great achievements of women, to challenge stereotypes and bias, forge positive visibility of women, and to accept, understand and influence less progressive beliefs and ideas. From the World Economic Forum’s 2017 Global Gender Gap report, findings suggest that closing ‘the gap’ is over 200 years away.
Service Learning is our own ongoing exploration of what exactly it is in this life that we simply cannot walk past, without actually doing something (carefully and thoughtfully) about it. The Service journey has begun for many of our students who have taken up the opportunities provided by the College with its community partners.
Getting out of the classroom and heading out on an excursion is a great way for students to become more knowledgeable about the world we live in. Friday in Week 6, the Year 5s departed Somerset College bound for St Helena Island.
Getting out of the classroom and heading out on an excursion is a great way for students to become more knowledgeable about the world we live in. Friday in Week 6, the Year 5s departed Somerset College bound for St Helena Island.
Eight of Somerset's most avid readers from Years 5 and 6 engaged in a Literary Quiz this week, which showcased the breadth of their reading. In teams of four they answered a variety of questions about characters, plots and issues from books they had read.
Getting out of the classroom and heading out on an excursion is a great way for students to become more knowledgeable about the world we live in. Friday in Week 6, the Year 5s departed Somerset College bound for St Helena Island.
In January, Ms Andrea Lewis (Festival Director for the Celebration of Literature) approached the Somerset Shed Mentors and asked them if they were up for the challenge to build a “Street Library”? You may ask, “What is a Street Library”?
As in our previous years at the College, the first term of 2018 saw the entire campus quickly brought to life by the controlled chaos of early morning training sessions, countless rehearsals in the Performing Arts Theatre, as well as the great diversity of committees which captivated keen Mathematicians and Wordsmiths alike.
