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SOEL, in collaboration with Artsource Fremantle, invites local artists to come to create projects with our children. Find out more here.
Schools of Early Learning (SOEL) is proud to announce that we are the recipient of the prestigious Social Justice in Early Education Childhood Anti-Bias Award for 2024. This award is a testament to the dedication of our educators, children and families to fostering equity, inclusion, and social justice in early childhood education. We share this…
Introducing Attadale SOEL, the newest addition to the Schools Of Early Learning family! We’re excited to welcome South of Perth families to our new centre, which officially opened on August 1st! We spoke with Kristy and Antoinette, the centre managers, about how the children, families, and educators are settling in. What do parents think of…
By Liz Chavez, Lisa Maishman, Emily Bill, Louise de Boer and Pia Coates Each year, educators at SOEL engage in researching with children to dig deep into an idea or concept. Researching is a process of co-constructing with children to explore new ideas using critical thinking skills. It is not the transferring of knowledge from…
Despite this setback, some Subiaco SOEL children have been seamlessly integrated into our surrounding centres to continue their education. Our educators have been relocated into support roles across other centres, guaranteeing the retention of our skilled and valued staff. As we rebuild the centre, we anticipate completing it will take 18 to 24 months. The…
“Children have the right to imagine. We need to give them full rights of citizenship in life and in society. It is necessary that we believe that the child is very intelligent, that the child is strong and beautiful and has very ambitious desires and requests. This is the image of the child that we…
“Children are born once. Then it is as if they were born a second time, in the long and laborious work of giving themselves identity […] of recognise themselves and being recognised. But above all, and this is the purpose they aspire to most, of recognising themselves in others, and in others finding parts of…
“We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit.” E.E. Cummings By Pia Coates and Liz Chavez…