Shalom College
Shalom College is a co-educational Catholic secondary school located in Bundaberg, Queensland.
Bundaberg, Queensland
A smarter way to deliver learning resources
For years, Shalom College in Bundaberg was managing a complex and increasingly unsustainable textbook system. Each year brought the same challenges: staff were tied up in time-consuming admin, juggling multiple publisher orders, tracking access codes, and managing physical stock that quickly wore out or became obsolete. Maintaining the system meant additional costs and constant coordination, all for a resource model that no longer served the needs of a modern classroom.
The tipping point came as the school looked to reduce its operational load and give teachers more time to focus on what matters most; student learning. That’s where ReadCloud stepped in.
By partnering with ReadCloud, Shalom College shifted to a digital-first solution that transformed the way resources were delivered across the school. Over 1,500 students and nearly 300 teachers gained instant access to current, curriculum-aligned materials through a single, unified platform. The need to manually manage licences and access codes disappeared overnight.
With ReadCloud’s integration into the school’s timetabling system, resources automatically align with class changes, all it takes is a quick approval from staff. What was once a laborious task is now a seamless, automated process.
The benefits were immediate. Teachers reclaimed valuable time, students were no longer burdened by heavy textbooks, and library staff could focus less on logistics and more on supporting learning. The college also reduced costs associated with storage, maintenance, and frequent textbook replacement.
As Denise Harvey, Resource Centre Manager at Shalom College, puts it:
"I highly recommend ReadCloud as the most cost-effective remedy to giving back valuable teaching time to teachers and getting heavy books off the backs of our students."
“Teachers and library staff were wasting time with licences and codes and precious space was wasted with the many cumbersome books that were useless when new editions were published.”
“ReadCloud upload timetabling data from our system every night to detect changes in classes the next day, I merely need to approve the change to allow them to immediately respond to those changes – nothing could be simpler.”
For Shalom College, the move to ReadCloud wasn’t just about going digital. It was about creating a more efficient, scalable way to deliver learning, one that’s ready for the future.
