Our Team
Our Early Childhood Educators are fully qualified, very experienced, and extremely dedicated to their roles.
We truly value continuity of care and know-how important consistency is in a young child's life - which is why we our team is only made of all permanent part-time and full-time educators. We employee regular permanent float educators which enables us to refrain from using "casual" or "agency" educators. This means that your child will always know and be familiar with every educator in the service!
Our service highly values continued professional learning and development - we hold regular professional development training and a high number of our Educators are furthering their own individal studies.
Ying Bean
Centre Manager/ Owner
Ying Bean is the Centre Manager and Educational Leader at The Ridge Preschool & Childcare Centre. She believes that every child should be seen as a whole person, not just through their learning outcomes, but through their relationships, emotions, culture, curiosity, and sense of identity.
For Ying, early childhood education is about creating a place where children feel that they truly belong. A place where they feel safe to explore, express themselves, build friendships, and grow with confidence.
Originally from Thailand, Ying brings a multicultural perspective to her work with families and educators. She holds a Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood) and has dedicated many years to building learning environments that nurture connection, curiosity, and wellbeing.
Ying also integrates mindfulness and movement into children’s learning through yoga and breathing practices, helping children develop body awareness, emotional regulation, and self-confidence.
She sees her role not simply as running a centre, but as creating the conditions where children, educators, and families can feel connected and supported.
For Ying, it is both a responsibility and a privilege to be trusted by families and the community during one of the most important stages of a child’s life.