Somerset College

Somerset College is able to move nimbly and successfully between online and on-campus teaching using various virtual classroom technologies.

Yes. Christian

Provision for non-religious students or students of other religiouns may spend their time in the library when the rest of the school visit the chapel.

PREP SCHOOL Winter sports: Hockey, Rugby, Chess, Cross Country, Squash, Tennis, Netball Summer sports: Athletics, Chess, Cricket, Indoor Hockey, Squash, Swimming, Tennis, Water polo SENIOR SCHOOL Winter sports: Rugby, Hockey, Netball, Soccer, Squash, Chess, Golf Summer sports: Cricket, Chess, Golf, Tennis, Rowing, Water Polo

Astro Hockey fields Indoor hockey Netball Courts Tennis courts Rugby Fields Soccer fields Swimming pool Cricket Oval Outdoor Cricket nets Squash Courts Indoor Cricket Indoor gym

At Somerset College, we value a holistic, multidisciplinary approach when providing support to our students. The Student Development Unit (SDU) aims to provide on-site support and assistance to those students who experience academic, psychological, social and/or emotional challenges.

The SDU often refers students who require professional support to the network of psychologists and therapists that have a good working relationship with the school. There are occasions where, despite the repeated efforts of the staff, students do not respond positively to the support they have been offered. Once again, the subject teacher is the first step in the disciplinary process. Staff would then refer disciplinary issues to tutors, grade heads or the deputy heads for further intervention. The role of the academic staff in providing support for the students cannot be over-emphasized. The subject teacher will offer support to a student who experiences academic difficulties in a particular subject. The teacher will decide on the level of intervention that is necessary. This may range from a quick extra lesson to more regular lessons. The teacher decides if it is necessary to refer the student to a tutor in that subject. The teacher will communicate with the parents and tutor of the child.

At Somerset College we aim to produce critical, creative and collaborative thinkers through modern educational practices and the prioritisation of innovation. Our task is to equip our students to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing world by championing independent and imaginative thought, while fostering real engagement with the challenges faced by our students, our community and our country. The core value of dignity undergirds our thinking, learning and growing. At Somerset College, through aspiration and creativity, we challenge our lives, our work and our play to have a higher purpose. Here, challenge is not something to fear or avoid; it provides the most valuable opportunity for our students to take ownership of their education and to make the most of the extraordinary possibilities of their years at Somerset College. Here, we challenge our students to realise their full capacity to contribute to a better future for all. With dignity as our source and contribution as our purpose, Somerset College students are equipped to challenge first themselves and then the issues of the world around them. At Somerset College, from Grade 000 to Grade 12, change is an intrinsic feature of relevant education. As they enter our school, each student embarks on their own journey of personal growth and development of individual excellence. But there is also the powerful change experienced through Somerset College’s wider innovative educational initiatives, social programmes and entrepreneurial projects that aim to equip our students to be global citizens that contribute to changing the world for better, for all.