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Our Centre

Purposely built to be as safe, stimulating and welcoming as a home away from home, our centre provides a conducive environment for your child’s development. This centre is fully equipped to serve the needs of its local community, and be a place for children to thrive, connect and build a sense of belonging.

Glen Waverley

Just off High Street Road, our purpose-built centre is conveniently located a stone’s throw away from the heart of Glen Waverley, between Springvale Road and the Eastern Freeway.

We are also blessed to be next to the Napier Reserve Park with plenty of surrounding natural greenery & fresh air.  A weekly Bush Kinder program is carried out with our three to five  years old.

With six unique and age-appropriate designed programs, this centre accommodates children from six weeks of age to five years old, as well as those moving onto formal schooling.

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Our educators

At Bright Early Learning Centre, we want to make it a home away from home for your child. And like any home, it is the people who make it feel safe and welcoming. That is why our educators play a vital role with their passion for children and community.  
Come and meet our educators who are part of the Bright ELC Glen Waverley family.

Jenny

Office Manager
Beamers Junior Room Leader

  • Qualifications:  Bachelor’s degree in early childhood education. 14 years’ experience across Malaysia, the UK, and Australia. (2025)
  • Multilingual: English, Mandarin, Cantonese and Malay. 
  • Philosophy: Believes every child is unique and deserves a nurturing environment to thrive emotionally, socially, and intellectually.
  • Approach:  Brings diverse experiences and cultural perspectives to enrich the learning environment.
  • Commitment: Committed to lifelong learning. Collaboration with families and colleagues to create a joyful, enriching journey filled with laughter, learning, and endless possibilities.
  • Personal Passion: Cooking and badminton. 

Amy

Starbucks Senior Room Leader

  • Background: Transitioned from a 10-year nursing career to early childhood education
  • Experience: 7 years in early childhood care and education, bachelor’s degree in early childhood education.
  • Bilingual: English and Mandarin.
  • Philosophy: Believes children are capable individuals who construct knowledge through interaction with their environment.
  • Commitment: Champions children’s rights and a guidance approach to meet their needs and help them reach their full potential.
  • Personal Passion: Gardening, Sewing and Knitting

Sineka

Starbucks Junior Room Leader

  • Background: Originally from Sri Lanka, with a diverse career spanning over 8 years as a flight attendant.
  • Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Master’s degree in Early Childhood Education. 5 years of experience in early childhood education. (2025)
  • Bilingual:  English and Sinhalese 
  • Philosophy: Believes in empowering children by ensuring their voices are heard and fostering their agency in learning to build resilience. Values collaborative partnerships between educators, parents, the community, and children to create a nurturing and supportive environment.
  • Commitment:  Dedicated to creating a safe, welcoming, and inclusive environment where children feel empowered to explore, play, and grow to their fullest potential.
  • Personal Passion: Travelling, cooking and board games. 

Stephanie

Educational Leader
Sunshine Room Leader

  • Qualifications:  Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care, Early Childhood Teacher (to be registered in 2025). 13 years of experience in the sector. (2025)
  • Bilingual: English and Indonesian.
  • Philosophy: Believes children are competent, capable, and full of potential. Emphasizes play-based learning, creative arts and the environment as the ‘third teacher’ to foster exploration and curiosity.
  • Specialty: Combines her love for creative arts and music to create engaging learning experiences for children.
  • Commitment: Dedicated to creating a nurturing, inclusive environment that celebrates individuality, promotes holistic growth, and values strong partnerships with families and the community.
  • Personal Passion: Music, nature and quality family time.

Vicky

Early Childhood Educator

  • Qualifications: Brings 2 years of experience in childcare with Diploma qualification. (2025)
  • Bilingual: Fluent in English, Cantonese (native), Mandarin, Hokkien.
  • Philosophy: Believes in engaging children through play and meaningful interactions to support their growth and development.
  • Commitment: Dedicated to fostering a safe, secure, and nurturing environment that prioritizes children’s health and wellbeing, empowering them to explore, learn, and grow with confidence.
  • Personal Passion: Good Food, Music and Travel.

Reesan

Early Childhood Educator

  • Qualifications: Bachelor of Education in Early Years and Primary and has been working in childcare in Australia since 2019.
  • Multilingual: Fluent in Mandarin, Bahasa Malaysia, English, and Cantonese.
  • Philosophy: Believes all children are unique individuals who develop at their own pace, and it is the role of educators to provide a safe, nurturing environment with the resources and care they need to thrive.
  • Commitment: Committed to build strong, open, and trusting relationships with children, families, and the community.
  • Personal Passion: Animals and Nature

Angeline

Early Childhood Educator

  • Qualifications: Master of Teaching in Early Childhood and Primary Education. 6 years of experience in the early childhood setting. (2025)
  • Multilingual:  Fluent in Mandarin, English, and Bahasa Malaysia; adequate listening skills in Japanese and Cantonese.
  • Philosophy: Believes every child is unique and requires individualized understanding and support to nurture their growth and development.
  • Commitment: Values the role of family and community in children’s development and aims to build strong, positive, and open relationships with children, families, and the wider community.
  • Personal Passion: Traveling, reading and exploring different foods.

Lyn

Assistant Director

  • Experience: Qualified Early Childhood Teacher with 8 years of experience. (2025)
  • Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Media & Communication, Postgraduate degree in Early Childhood Education. 
  • Bilingual: English and Mandarin.
  • Philosophy: Celebrates each child’s uniqueness and is dedicated to providing quality education and care to support their future success.
  • Personal Passion: Dogs, Singing and any format of Comedies.    

Shashika

Chef

  • Qualifications: Bachelor of Arts, Certificates III and IV in Commercial Cookery and a Diploma of Hospitality. 
  • Multilingual: English and Sinhalese 
  • Philosophy: Brings a passion for food and cooking, emphasizing organization, precision, and a friendly, team-oriented approach at workplace.
  • Commitment: Dedicated to creating a healthy and positive culinary experience for children, ensuring nutritious and enjoyable meals.
  • Personal Passion: Exploring diverse cuisines, and cooking with creativity.

Nilu

Twinklers Room Leader

  • Qualifications: 14 years of experience as an early childhood educator with a Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care.  
  • Bilingual:  English and Sinhalese 
  • Philosophy: Believes in building trust with children to support their learning journey and incorporating nature into their educational experiences.
  • Commitment: Dedicated to fostering creativity, confidence, and exploration in children while valuing communication, positive relationships, and respect.
  • Personal Passion: Gardening, travelling, walking

Pam

Beamers Senior Room Leader

  • Qualifications: Diploma in Childhood Education and Care. 5 years of experience in early childhood education. (2025)
  • Bilingual:  English and Thai.
  • Philosophy: Believes in inclusive learning, that all children have access to enriching experiences, and strives to create a nurturing environment where children explore their identities and build emotional intelligence.
  • Commitment: Dedicated to fostering strong, supportive relationships with children and their families, contribute to foundation building in each child’s development.
  • Personal Passion: Sightseeing and Music

Grace

Early Childhood Educator

  • Qualifications: Holds a Diploma in Early Childhood Education and has 7 years of experience working with children of all age groups.
  • Philosophy: Believes in creating an inclusive and welcoming environment where children feel a sense of belonging, while fostering appreciation for their own cultural heritage and curiosity about the world.
  • Commitment: Dedicated to nurturing young minds through cultural exploration, including music, storytelling, food, and traditions, to broaden their understanding of the world.
  • Personal Passion: Enjoys traveling, music and exploring diverse culture cuisines.

Smruthy

Early Childhood Educator

  • Qualifications:  Certificate III in Childcare Education and is currently pursuing a Master of Nursing. 2 years of childcare experience and 3 years of experience as a high school teacher. (2025)
  • Multilingual: English, Malayalam, and Tamil.
  • Philosophy: Believes in fostering a nurturing environment where children can develop their skills at their own pace, supported with kindness and patience.
  • Commitment: Dedicated to providing high-quality education that focuses on the holistic development of each child, ensuring they feel valued and encouraged.
  • Personal Passion: Research and academic pursuits, dancing, photography, and traveling, as well as exploring new cultures. 

Irene

Early Childhood Educator

  • Qualifications:  Certificate III in Childcare Education 
  • Multilingual: English, Mandarin and Cantonese.
  • Philosophy: Fostering a nurturing and inclusive environment where children are encouraged to explore, learn, and grow through hands-on experiences.
  • Commitment: committed to supporting each child’s unique learning journey, building strong relationships with families, and creating a safe, positive space for growth.
  • Personal Passion: Camping and exploring new things

Aya

Early Childhood Educator

  • Qualification: Pursuing a master’s degree in early childhood education, currently working as diploma qualified educator.
  • Bilingual: Mandarin and English. 
  • Philosophy: I believe that every child is an independent individual and should be respected. 
  • Commitment: Creating a positive, interesting and safe learning environment that supports children’s growth across all domains. 
  • Personal passion: Dog lover, enjoys movies and reading.

Hailey

Early Childhood Educator

  • Qualifications: Early childhood teacher in China for 3 years. Currently pursuing a Master of Teaching in Early Childhood Education. (2025)
  • Bilingual: Mandarin and English 
  • Philosophy: Believes children are naturally curious and capable learners, and strives to create an environment that nurtures their interests and supports their individual growth.
  • Commitment: Dedicated to fostering children’s social-emotional development by providing a safe, inclusive, and emotionally responsive learning environment.
  • Personal Passion: Camping and Reading

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“We have observed significant improvement in our child’s ability to develop positive relationships and friendships with other kids.”

Michael & Laura

Luke & Stephanie

“Our child’s social development has increased, that’s one of the main reasons why we enrolled her in Bright ELC to get exposure of getting…”

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“We’re grateful for the level of care that they’ve provided and they’ve done so with such love and compassion.”

Daniel & Brett (parents of Landon)

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“My son is a picky eater, but his transition from eating no food to trying out new food is really amazing! And it was only possible…

Neeba (mother of Ivin)

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“I must admit I was really nervous about how he would adapt to a new centre but they did everything they could to make it an easy transition…

Leanne (mother of Oscar)

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“The centre activities are well designed especially in Art & Craft which helps nurture my son’s creativity. Really grateful…

Daniel & Xiao Rong (parents of George)

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Beena

I appreciate your team’s effort in settling John. Special thanks to Stephanie for teaching him the ABC song and successfully toilet training him—it was a challenge for us, but now he tells us when he needs to go. He’s also speaking English fluently. The food is fantastic—my elder daughter wishes she had the same experience. Kudos to your team!

Beena (mother of John)

Senuki

“I would like to thank everyone who supported Senuki . Especially Stephanie and Daphne you both were like a mother to her. She’s always talking about the both of you. She said “I am going to miss Stephanie and Daphne”. At last I wish you all good luck.”

Senuki

Glen Waverley Centre Fee Schedule

  Under 3 years old 3 years old & above All age group 09:00 – 17:00
Full Time Permanent (Full Day: 11.5CCS hours) $800 weekly $780 weekly    
Part Time Permanent (11.5 CCS hours:7:00- 18:30) $165 daily $160 daily    
Full Time Sessional (8 CCS Hours: 9:00- 17:00)     $160  
Part Time Sessional (8 CCS hours: 9:00 – 17:00)     $165  
Causal Booking Hours (8 CCS Hours)       $170

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