Bellbird Kidz Educational Resources
Education in Greater Dandenong

Trent has worked in the business since 2003 originally with his parents John Kaye Dean. When they retired in 2009 Trent Angela bought Bell bird to carry on the family business into another generation with the ambition of leaving a legacy for their children and to remain to bear a firm workplace for their staff and their families. Trent the youngest of 3 grew up with Bell bird when his parents bought the business when he was 9 nearly 30 years ago.so where did the story of Bell bird originally begin? They traveled the town with a van filled with Art craft, selling their wares to local kindergartens. This family of 5 had honest said goodbye to their family run chicken farm to begin a fresh business venture in the hasty childhood sector. Trent has fond memories of the Bell bird shed on the family property in Langwarrin Victoria, where together with his brother and sister they earn their pocket money by helping Mum and Dad out by dying pop sticks, bagging up straws and decanting glue.and Whoops as kids do got distracted leading Kaye to then find a river of glue running down the driveway! John would set out daily in the Bell bird van and remain to service the kindergartens on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria with their art craft needs. Kaye would work equally difficult answering the phone, picking orders, balancing the books, all whilst juggling the family. Even Grandpa Jack would have a crack and put together the Bell bird drying rack! One man in a van had become abundant vans expanding their come to all of Victoria. The next level-headed step it seemed was to try our hand in the Back to School stationery business to exaggerate our current market and this is when things became rocky and Bell bird started to defeat it’s footing! It was around this time 2003 that Trent left a prosperous career in Computer programming and joined his parents in the business. With a passion for systems and data analysis and the energy to strive towards goals Trent went about bringing IT to Bell bird. With an expanding product range in 2006 we became Premature Education’s ONE STOP SHOP. Bell bird put out it’s beginning catalogue, our logo had a revamp and our Sales team evolved from reps in a van to consultant’s in a station wagon. In 2009 John Kaye retired after a triumphant career in many families operated businesses from milk bars to chicken farms to Bell bird to appreciate Australia’s immense outdoors, play golf, volunteer at a local hospital and discard time with their 5 grandchildren. John will quiet lend a helping hand at times particularly on some of our larger begin up jobs. Trent with his inherited solid labor ethos and a mighty desire to remain to bring quality and customer service to the Early Education market not honest in Victoria but Australia wide expanded Bell bird into a National company with an inroad team in South Australia and MSW. Trent hand selects all the products in the Bell bird range, with an emphasis on quality to stand the test of a roomful of enthusiastic youngsters. It helps that Trent is a huge child at heart and loves a toy unbiased where he will be seen on a supplier’s stand jumping on and throwing a product around to put it through its paces, while watching the cringe on the supplier’s faces. Our children have grown up with Bell bird perpetual in their life, they feature heavily in the catalogue, test out products at home and even do some of the art craft projects. A family business is never easy particularly when raising young children at the equivalent time. As parents you face the fear mistrust that you are not doing enough, that there is more labor than play but you stick at it because you want to do the best for your children but also for the staff we employ and their families. We often go to bed feeling the burden of it all but we make every effort to get beyond that and remain to move forward with new exciting products into the market and fresh technology whilst being true to the core values of solid work, honesty and good worn fashioned customer service.