“The Bird and Bush” is the Somerset College Retail Centre which stocks stationery requirements for students. Before the commencement of the school year, Years 4 to 12 students receive their textbook and stationery requirements via a book list purchased online.
Purchases for return-to-school supplies are made through Campion, the College’s official resource supplier of textbooks and stationery items. The link and instructions for ordering can be found in the Resources section of this page. Online ordering for the following year opens during Term Four for students who will be in Years 4 to 12 the following year. Books and stationery items are delivered to your home address in January. We strongly recommend that textbook and stationery requirements are purchased in this way so that all students start the year with the correct books.
For students in Pre-Prep to Year 3, costs will be included in the Services Fee and all items will be delivered directly to the classroom teacher at the start of the year.
During the year, top-up stationery is available for purchase in the Retail Centre. For textbook purchases during the year, please use the Order Your Book Pack for 2017 link to the right-hand side of this page and order through Campion. Students from Years 4 to 12 can use their student Smartcard to make payment.
For independent textbook purchases, please use the 2017 Textbook ISBN List link to the right-hand side of this page to verify that you are purchasing the correct editions.
Second-hand textbooks can be purchased online through the Sustainable School Shop. Please take careful note of the edition required from the booklist.
If there are any queries regarding booklist items, please email retail@somerset.qld.edu.au.
A huge thank you to everyone who supported our Book Fair during Book Week 19 to 26 August. In just five days we sold a whopping $17,381 worth of books, journals, posters, pens, pencils, erasers and highlighters.
Our Junior students in particular had a strong literary focus this week with Bookfair, and for our very youngest, Book Character Day. This week as part of CBCA Book Week, we have been encouraging our students and staff to ensure that they make room to read and enjoy the benefits that come from this.
Students from Year 1 to 4 were privileged to have renowned author Michael Salmon visit. Michael has written books including Bobo my Superdog, The Bunyip Who Ate Canberra, Pirate Gold and Chocolate Vampire and he has been involved in graphics, children’s literature, TV and theatre since 1967.