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Schools of Early Learning

Locality: Leederville, Western Australia, Australia

Phone: +61 8 6140 3230

Address: 236 Railway Parade 6007 Leederville, WA, Australia

Website: https://www.soel.wa.edu.au/west-leederville-school-of-early-learning

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25.01.2022 At North Fremantle SOEL, the three and four-year-old rooms have gone through an in-depth investigation into the Noongar season of Kambarang (Oct to Nov). Kambarang is the season of birth. It is an explosion of colours and flowers. It’s also a time when snakes start awakening from their hibernation, baby magpies sing out for their parents and whales migrate. The children have used a range of mediums, from digital technologies such as iPads and projectors to paint, clay and wat...ercolour to explore the riotously colourful season of Kambarang. Through collaborative experiences in the studio, the children have worked in groups to create their end of year design. They have sorted through drawings, paintings and three-dimensional works, making decisions about what the design should include. Together they have worked to create their Noorne-Snake, which the children have voted to include in their final design. The children experimented with a range of artistic mediums: from paint, pencil, clay as well as found materials. The children observed elements of Kambarang through magnifying lenses, on overhead projectors and through headphones. They recorded changes in cut wildflowers over the course of a week, noticing changes in colour and shape, and represented these with oil pastels, pencils and paints. The children’s visual representations have helped connect the children to the change of the season: to notice the small details and make sense of their thinking. Together the children decided the design should represent the yellow and pink flowers of the season, the whales moving to warmer waters, as well as the birds, especially the Koolbardie (Magpie), singing songs. They were also inspired by artworks created by the West Australian Martu people. The children explored these paintings, spoke about the many shapes and colours and what they thought the works might be ‘saying’. #NAIDOC2020

24.01.2022 At Como SOEL the children have been crusading against the flies to save their tomatoes! As with any investigation, the children started by gathering data. Doing so involved going to the vegetable garden to observe any changes. "We have to scare away the flies!" said George. The children soon embarked on making designs for a scary scarecrow, employing their representational drawing skills, as well as their reflections of gesture and emotion. The children and educators went into a deep inquiry into what 'scary' looks like. Does it have teeth? Are the eyes turned up or down? What do the eyebrows do? How does this expression make us feel? Will the flies and caterpillars feel the same way?

24.01.2022 We would like to say thank you. Without you, our amazing Managers, Educators, Support Staff and Pedagogy and Training Team, we COULD NOT be who we are today. We hope that the activities organised by your Managers this week act as a small token of our gratitude for all of your hard work, day after day, especially in the mess that is 2020.... To all of you who have been here for years, Thank You. To all of you who joined us last year, Thank You. And to those who have just started their SOEL journey, welcome aboard, youve made a great choice. #lovemyece #earlychildhoodeducatorsday #soel_perth

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21.01.2022 The children in Poppy and Preston at Como SOEL have been investigating the season of Bunuru, the season of adolescence (Feb-Mar). Bunuru is the hottest of the six seasons in the Noongar calendar. It’s a time of little to no rain, hot winds and white flowers. Throughout the year the children at Como SOEL have been observing a stink bug in the community garden which they have dubbed ‘Echo’. Many of the children have suggested that this bug only comes out when it’s warm, during ...Bunuru. Their friend Echo has been a learning lens the children have used throughout the year. They have carefully observed Echo in the garden, and the children have even explored their garden the way Echo would. This involved crawling, climbing and breathing through straws (like Echo supposedly does). This exploration was full of playfulness, testing ways of moving and using their bodies to embody the lived experience of Echo. This allowed the children to come to a more full, compassionate understanding of this bug. For their end of year designs, the children decided to create a representation of Echo. Throughout the year, the children have used their skills in observation, pencil and marker use, colour mixing, watercolour and acrylic paint, as well as clay, to create their representations. These mediums provided an array of perspectives for the children to contemplate Echo’s physical attributes; shape, size, colour and line. During the process of collaboratively representing Echo during the Bunuru season, the children have had to mediate their perspectives. They’ve had to make choices about how Echo would be represented, sometimes compromising their own creative vision to fit that of the group. Everything from the colour of the background to the number legs has been a decision the children have worked on together. The children have collaboratively come together for their end of year design to create a group representation of Echo in Bunuru. #NAIDOC2020

21.01.2022 The three and four-year-old rooms at Nedlands SOEL have been investigating the Noongar season of Djilba (Aug-Sept). Djilba is the season of conception. It’s an explosion of flowering acacias and unpredictable weather which rapidly swings back and forth between sun and rain. The disposition of ‘creativity’ has been a focal point of the children’s learning, as they immersed themselves in exploring the colours, sounds, animals, weather, flora and changing landscapes of the Djilb...a season. The 4-Yr-Old Numbats room showed a keen interest in the flora elements of wattle and acacia flowers. The children observed the soft and fluffy yellow flowering buds and their interconnected twig stems and branches. They used these observations to create intricately patterned drawings which they built upon with ‘cuddle clay’ (as they had to warm the clay between their hands). The children modelled these circular lines and shapes, imbuing seeds into the clay to reflect the rich colours of the plants. The children have also been identifying and drawing the various Noongar symbols related to Djilba. The children went on a ‘water hunt’ around the school so they could label various areas in their environment with the water symbol (a swirl). This allowed the children to interconnect their environment and Djilba in a tangible way. The Bilbies, through their persistent exaltation of seeds and beans, created a large spiral to symbolise water, in memory of the sudden downpours experienced throughout Djilba. This spiral was made of painted pieces of card in seedpod shapes, embellished with colourful seeds and beans. The activity of sticking down the seeds and beans showed great persistence as the children glued each seed one by one. The spiral nestled on top of the flower design for the end of year canvas represents the unified documentation of the season of Djilba and all its wonder. #NAIDOC2020

21.01.2022 I have found that parents and caregivers often ask for advice about training their child to go to the toilet. I feel the need to write this guide to help people understand toilet learning as opposed to toilet training as a best practice model. Christopher Cross, SOEL Educator Read more about toilet learning on the blog https://www.soel.wa.edu.au/toilet-learning-guide/

20.01.2022 With this years cold and flu season fast approaching we are discussing what this means for child care centres on the SOEL blog. Read more https://www.soel.wa.edu.au/child-care-health-and-developme/ "This year we are well-placed as a community to manage Colds and Flus. This is due to increased awareness that consistent handwashing helps minimise transmissions from one person to another... From a young age, SOEL children are supported by educators to exercise their own sense of agency by washing their hands independently. Our children become proper hand washers through positive reinforcement, peer modelling and consistent repetition of all routines involved."

20.01.2022 Did you know that you can book into a centre tour at any of our centres? Como SOELs centre tours happen every other Wednesday - the next is one the 1st of July. Book online today https://www.soel.wa.edu.au/como-child-care/

20.01.2022 On Instagram, we showed how the Babies have been approaching our year-long Connection to Land investigation. Now take a look at what West Leedervilles Toddler Rooms have been up to and how they have approached this concept.

20.01.2022 Feeling a little bored at home? Try Perth Zoo Home Safari! With exclusive behind-the-scenes videos, educational fact sheets and wild activities for children of all ages. https://bit.ly/3eKzCG0

20.01.2022 At West Leederville SOEL our educators have been presenting natural resources to our babies in purposeful and meaningful ways. Check out our Instagram to find out why. https://www.instagram.com/soel_perth/

20.01.2022 Subiaco Open Day until 12! Come and see what we are all about!

20.01.2022 Did you know that you can book into a centre tour at any of our centres? North Fremantle SOELs centre tours happen every other Thursday - the next is one the 16th of July. Book online today to learn more about SOELs approach to child care https://www.soel.wa.edu.au/north-fremantle-child-care/

19.01.2022 North Perth SOEL The children and educators make connections from the Land on which they stand by developing a relationship with water and clay. The book "In the Deep Red Desert by Angie Lionetto- Civa reveals the interactions between Australian desert life, and its vibrant red earth. As part of this investigation, the children began to role play, using their hands and found objects to enact grubs burying themselves in the dirt and echidnas scratching for ants. The Painting Worm Dreaming - by Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri has been a focus to extend the childrens interest in the movement of worms found during their encounters with the North Perth Community Garden.

18.01.2022 While we stay in our homes, take this opportunity for you and your little one to explore the world! Thanks to Street View, you can explore some historical landmarks such as the Taj Mahal, the Great Pyramid of Giza or the Colosseum. https://artsandculture.google.com/project/street-view?hl=en

18.01.2022 At the Schools of Early Learning, we aim to make all aspects of our children’s learning meaningful to them. We want the children’s learning to be something they can revisit throughout the year so they can reflect and build on what they know. These six Noongar seasons that we have shared with you on Facebook during NAIDOC week are not for NAIDOC week. They are a culmination of the children’s learning that has taken place throughout the whole year. Our goal this year as part of... our long-term investigation ‘Connection to Nature, Land and Country’ has been to honour Aboriginal ways of knowing and being, as well as immersing the children in the rhythm and colour of the Noongar seasons, stories, music and art forms. This investigation is still ongoing and will be until the end of the year, with many children bringing their newfound knowledge into next year’s investigations. #NAIDOC2020 See more

18.01.2022 A huge thank you to St John WA for coming and visiting the children in our Whiteley Room at West Leederville SOEL. The visit was part of several incursions the Whiteley Room is organising with the children's parents. This visit was definitely a class favourite! The children got to measure their heartbeats, see their friends' arms and legs wrapped in bandages and (the highlight!) they got to see the inside of the Ambulance! The main goal for these parent incursions is to strengthen the children's connection with their community. A toddler's world is ever-expanding, and this is one of the ways we aim to help the children build partnerships with families and the community.

18.01.2022 National Reconciliation Week happened at the beginning of this month. We celebrated by sharing some photos from the childrens long term investigation Connecting to Nature, Land and Country. This investigation is an inquiry-led play-based investigation that the children have been initiating across all our centres. The investigation honours Aboriginal ways of knowing and being and has had the children immersed in the rhythm and colour of the Noongar seasons, Stories, music and art forms. A part of this investigation has been to integrate an acknowledgement of country into the childrens daily routines. As the children have gained confidence with the acknowledgement, their understanding of the action deepens.

18.01.2022 Como SOEL Developing a sense of "place" for the children and educators in Como has been the focus since the centre opened in January. Inviting the children to become more attuned to the natural treasures and life within their gardens. The song "Wanjoo" by Noongar Artist Gina Williams has become part of their morning routine as a way of acknowledging and welcoming the "Beautiful and strong kordah (friends)" from many places.

18.01.2022 Cant make it to our Open Day this Saturday? Dont worry, you can book into a centre tour at any of our centres! Subiaco SOELs centre tours happen every other Thursday - the next one is on the 20th of August. Book online today to come to see the centre for yourself! https://www.soel.wa.edu.au/subiaco-child-care/

18.01.2022 Due to the unusual circumstances of 2020, we are having our end of year concerts virtually rather than in person. Subiaco SOEL has just finished their filming, which took place over a few days. The props, such as the birds hanging in the tree, and songs have been made and chosen to reflect on the children's learning throughout the year. We can't wait to show our parents the finished result!

17.01.2022 Subiaco SOEL The children find inspiration in Local Indigenous weaving artists. Weaving and Sculpturing contribute to the programme as ways of connecting to Nature and Country. The book "Coming home to Country" by Bronwyn Bancroft has provided inspiration and dialogue about "Our place".

16.01.2022 Interested in seeing Nedlands SOEL for yourself? Book a tour today and see our centre, which is designed to be both aesthetically pleasing and educationally supportive. We will be having a break from the centre tours over the Christmas period so book in soon otherwise we'll have to see you in the new year! Nedland's next centre tour is on Tuesday 1st December. Book now! https://www.soel.wa.edu.au/nedlands-child-care/

16.01.2022 Come and see us on our open day, until 12!

16.01.2022 The toddlers in Comos Talbot room have been exploring powder paint as a means of connection between one another. By playfully painting on each others hands, and feeling it move from finger to finger, the children learn how their actions with paint affect others. SOEL aims to provide toddlers with environments that value and support their developing skills. Want to check out Como SOELs toddler rooms? Book yourself on a tour today https://www.soel.wa.edu.au/como-child-care/

15.01.2022 The children at Subiaco SOEL have been focusing on the Noongar season of Birak (December-January) for their end of year design. This is the season of the young, a time of year where rains ease up, and the warm weather really starts to blossom. There are many fledglings now venturing out of nests and reptiles are looking to shed their old skin. This year Karella had a strong focus on unknown creatures and insects; this has flowed through to their end of year design by focusin...g on young animals. The children have been making houses for bugs and bug families out of loose parts and drawing mini beasts on small pieces of paper. They have also been exploring the colours associated with Birak, orange, yellow, red and blue as well as incorporating circular shapes into their designs. The children worked together to create a detailed background for the end of year design accompanied by several small and curious creatures. This year Kanimbla has focused on baby birds, nests and snakes. Circles representing nests were carefully constructed using wire, wool and raffia, these explorations are supporting the construction and designs of headpieces designs that represent nest and places to nurture the young. Drawings of birds were carefully chosen by the children to complement the backdrop. Charcoal was experimented with, a tactile medium that echoed thoughts of fire, an element evident in the season of Birak. The children were fascinated with snakes and other reptiles shedding their skin. They explored this with bubble wrap and immersive experiences where they wrapped themselves up in materials. Throughout the creation of the end of year design, Subiaco SOEL’s four and three-year-old rooms reflected on their learning throughout the year. They came together again and again in a collaborative explosion to create their representation of the season of the young, Birak. #NAIDOC2020 See more

15.01.2022 Como open day today until 12, come and see what makes us great!

15.01.2022 Want to learn more about how we do things at SOEL? Come down to our Open Day and say hi between 9:30am and 12pm on Saturday 15 August. Locations Como SOEL, West Leederville SOEL, Subiaco SOEL Cant make it to the Open Day? Book a tour of any of our centres today just visit our website https://www.soel.wa.edu.au/educational-child-care-centres-/

13.01.2022 We dont believe children need to have their time occupied by pointless tasks. How do we put this into practice? If you look back at our previous posts during Reconciliation Week, you can see that the children have not been doing random tasks for the sake of it. The children have been using their long-term research project Connecting to Nature, Land and Country to connect to Country with all their senses and respect it. The investigation honours the Aboriginal way of knowing and being. The investigation, however, does not stop at the end of Reconciliation Week because we are not merely occupying their time. The children are strong, capable, and resilient researchers. They will continue to explore themselves and their environment using their research project as a focusing lens.

13.01.2022 Are you on our waitlist for 2021? Contact our enrolments team today to discuss availability for a 2021 enrolment! Call our enrolments team on 6314 1199 or email us at [email protected]

13.01.2022 Did you miss out on our Open Day last month? Dont worry you can book yourself in for a tour at any of our centres! Our West Leederville centre is currently taking tours every other Tuesday. Our next is on the 29th of September. Book today and see the centre for yourself! https://www.soel.wa.edu.au/west-leederville-child-care/

13.01.2022 Across all of our centres at SOEL we have engaged throughout the year (and will continue to do so) in sharing and learning about the rich history of Indigenous Australians. Their traditions, music, language and stories have inspired our learning programmes, specifically through our long term research of ‘Connection to Nature, Land and Country’. We want to Acknowledge the importance of this date and that The very vert first footprints on this continent were those belonging to... First Nations people. NAIDOC 2020 invites all Australians to embrace the true history of this country a history which dates back thousands of generations. It’s about seeing, hearing and learning the First Nations’ 65,000-plus years history of this country which is Australian history. - NAIDOC.org.au For NAIDOC Week we would like to share with you what our three and four-year-old rooms have been working on for their end of year designs. Keep your eyes peeled for these designs as we’ll be posting them all week!

13.01.2022 Connecting to Nature, Land and Country investigation is an inquiry-led play-based investigation that the children have been initiating across all our centres. The long-term research invites children, educators and families to connect to Country with all their senses and respect it. Previously weve explored how our toddlers at West Leederville SOEL have been tackling it. Now take a look at what our Kindy rooms have been up to.

11.01.2022 The babies in Comos Bickley Room have been exploring powder paint with man-made found items and mirrors. Natural, found and recycled materials complemented by carefully chosen educational resources enable children to develop their understandings of the world and make meaning of their observations and relationships. Looking to learn more about Como SOELs baby rooms? Book yourself a tour today https://www.soel.wa.edu.au/como-child-care/

11.01.2022 The toddlers in Comos Throssell room have been exploring a curious berry plant in their garden. Using various "languages" from playdough to water, paint to mark-making the children have been able to examine the sensate-nature of these berries. The re-appropriation of found-materials has allowed the children to think more broadly about the plants in their environment; not just as incidental markers in their garden but as wondrous things, full of potential. Want to check out Como SOELs toddler rooms? Book yourself on a tour today https://www.soel.wa.edu.au/como-child-care/

11.01.2022 Nedland SOEL is participating in a virtual exhibition celebrating the spirit of NAIDOC Week. The Bilbies and Numbats Rooms have created two beautiful pieces of art. One is celebrating their investigation of seeds, and the other is a creation of dolls which embody stories from the childrens hearts. Please go take a look at all of the fantastic artwork (linked below ) and vote for the Nedlands pieces Numbats: https://cont.st/MTTgt_QXSOxQ?g=1... Bilbies: https://cont.st/wTSxt_rgSOoi?g=1

10.01.2022 Preparations for Dialogues of Learning have begun! Dialogues of Learning is an opportunity to share the kindy childrens learning within our inquiry and play-based programme at SOEL with families. We are doing things a bit differently this year with a video for families to enjoy. Filming Editing underway!

10.01.2022 Want to learn more about West Leedervilles exploration into fluidity and transformation in nature? Head to our Instagram to check out how water has inspired the children during this investigation. https://www.instagram.com/soel_perth/

08.01.2022 Como SOELs Studio has adapted beautifully to these uncertain times. They have continued the SOEL Programme while they have been covering in the childrens rooms for the past few months. The Studio has continued their skilling, specifically in watercolour, pipette use, powder paints and wire-work. It has also involved expanding on the older childrens literacy using a VAKT approach. Complimenting this is the Connections to Land investigation that the Studio has been working with the children to implement. You can read more about this year-long investigation on some of our previous Facebook posts. Would you like to learn more about SOELs approach to childcare? Book a centre tour today and find out for yourself! https://www.soel.wa.edu.au/como-child-care/

08.01.2022 Comos 3-Year-Old Kindy Room, Poppy, has been introduced to wirework. The responsiveness of the wire allows the children to think with their hands. These thoughts can manifest in kinks and bends, or the wire can simply straighten out as the child revises their creative vision. Come take a tour at our Como SOEL centre to learn more about the SOEL Way. https://www.soel.wa.edu.au/como-child-care/

07.01.2022 During the beginning of the year, Como SOEL had some exciting visitors staying! They started off as eggs, and after incubating at Como SOEL, they turned into baby chickens. The inquiry allowed the children to further their development of the theory of mind as they interact not only with each other but other creatures within their environment. As the children petted and held the newly hatched chicks, educators prompted them to think about what their gestures, movements and sounds might signify. Are they scared? How do they feel? Do you ever feel like that? were a few of the questions the educators asked the children.

05.01.2022 For their end of year t-shirt and backdrop design, the children at West Leederville SOEL have been focusing on the Noongar season of Djeran (April-May), a transitional time of the year when warm days are met with cooler evenings. This is the time of year when animals begin to prepare for winter (Makuru), birds reach adulthood and begin to make nests and shelters (mia mia’s). Cooler evenings bring more cloud cover and are characterised by vibrant sunsets. This year Matisse has... been exploring Connection to Land through engaging with a range of natural mediums to tell stories, reflect on their environment and develop a sense of place. One of the key provocations this year has been feathers. The children have developed a strong sense of narrative around birds, where they live and how they move. Due to this, the children decided that the main feature for their end of year design would be a tree for their birds. The DaVinci Room has been studying cycles in nature and colour transformations from the sky to the waters. The transcendent and fluid form of the colours through the sky sparked the children’s curiosity and sense of wonder. As the children worked to capture these changes as part of the background for the end of year design, they discussed how the changing sky might make the animals feel. Where can they find shelter at night? Do they need to find their mummy and daddy? Do they stay awake? What do they do? Working together, the three and four-year-old children have merged DaVinci’s colour exploration and observational skills of the shades and hues found in nature; with Matisse’s narratives of birds and stories of our land. The children have connected and collaborated to create this stunning representation of the seasonal elements of Djeran. The children have taken great pride and joy in the process and evolution of their design. #NAIDOC2020

05.01.2022 Learning consists of three almost simultaneous processes. One acquiring new information, two transforming knowledge to fit new tasks and three checking that the way knowledge is manipulated is suitable for the task. Keeping this in mind, our babies in Comos Baldwin Room have been exploring the reflective properties of mirrors. They have been using powder paint and man-made found items to expand on their knowledge and experiences with mirrors. Looking to learn more about Como SOELs baby rooms? Book yourself a tour today https://www.soel.wa.edu.au/como-child-care/

04.01.2022 At North Perth SOEL the children in the 3 and 4-Year-Old Rooms have been looking into the Noongar season of Makuru (June-July). Known as the fertility season, Makuru is typically the coldest time of year when animals start to pair up. The children investigated individually and collaboratively over the course of the year by revisiting and reflecting on these explorations for the end of year design, transferring and adapting their learning from one context to another. Wet and s...tormy weather characterises Makuru. Over the past few months, the children have been exploring their growing interest in the elements related to Makuru through small and large scale representations, body language, play and digital media, giving form to their understanding. Thought-provoking symbolic representations of the elememts of Makuru by the children of the Kardan Room formed the background of the design. This provided a stormy richness as a base on which the Wolgol children represented their narrative surrounding the birds. Interest in the birds flying inland during Makuru had the children focusing on birds, feathers, flight and protection in the studio. The educators observed the children’s growing advocacy for the birds and their emerging ideas of co-existing. The children reimagined ‘feathers blown away in the storms’ of Makuru, and small wings were created to be gifted to the birds who have lost theirs. Their developing ideas of interdependence with nature saw the children design, create and test wings for themselves and family members to allow them to fly with the birds to safety. Utilising body language as they practised flapping with their newly formed wings, the children also depicted wings on their own bodies through means of photographs and self-portraits. #NAIDOC2020

03.01.2022 SOEL utilises the Reggio Emilia Approach in our Child Care Centres. Loris Malaguzzi collaborated with educators in Reggio preschools to develop the "Reggio Emilia Approach" to education. Malaguzzi tirelessly promoted an innovative philosophy of education that would give value to the wealth of potentials and resources of all the children, as expressed in the concept of the "hundred languages of children". This global educational project has inspired other schools all over the world. If you would like to learn more about the Reggio Emilia Approach visit our website: https://www.soel.wa.edu.au/reggio-emilia-philosophy

03.01.2022 Here at the Schools of Early Learning, we are focused on the journey, not necessarily the destination. This translates into our practice in a multitude of different ways. One element of this is our mindful paint mixing, this process occurring before we even begin painting. To read more about this and how to apply it in your own homes head over to the SOEL Blog. https://www.soel.wa.edu.au/mixing-powder-paint-art-activit/

03.01.2022 To the fathers, grandfathers and all other significant men in our childrens lives, enjoy your day on Sunday. In case youre feeling peckish on your special day weve got two Fathers Day recipes below for you to make. Enjoy!

02.01.2022 The children at North Fremantle SOEL have been learning The Rainbow Song in both English and Auslan. As the children have explored rainbows, they have reflected on how happy they make them feel. Rainbows have become a message of love and hope for the Kui and Clontarf children. Rainbows have been drawn on footpaths, hung in windows and even given as Mothers Day gifts.

02.01.2022 While things are starting to open up, it might be a while before travel becomes normal. To tide you over till then, and in the spirit of #NRW2020, take a virtual tour around Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. Click to listen to the songs and stories of the national park. https://storyspheres.com/search?q=uluru

01.01.2022 Are you looking for a fulfilling career in childcare? At SOEL, we believe providing the best for our children starts with having the best staff. Apply for one of our Child Care Jobs in Perth today. https://www.soel.wa.edu.au/child-care-jobs-perth/

01.01.2022 We’ve reached 1k followers on Instagram! A big thank you to everyone who’s following us. Our Instagram delves into SOEL’s Studio explorations across all our centres, showcasing the brilliant work they are doing, with three to six posts dedicated to one investigation. The Studio is central to the facilitation of our learning programmes. It is a space for all children to use as part of their ongoing individual development as well as participation in collaborative projects, where the children gain the necessary skills for independent learning. Check out our Instagram to find out more about our Studios and the critical role they play at SOEL. https://www.instagram.com/soel_perth/