Blossom Preschool - Engadine

I wouldn’t recommend sending your child to Blossom or working there. My younger sister was a trainee in July of this year and left after three weeks because she felt uncomfortable, discriminated against, and bullied as someone who identifies as LGBTQ+. She told me about situations where some staff made extremely inappropriate and unprofessional comments towards each other including towards my sister, the children in their care and even about the parents. It got to the point where my sister's wellbeing was being affected as she was so overwhelmed by the bullying that was happening at this centre everyday when she would go to work. From what we experienced, it didn’t feel like a supportive or respectful workplace at all, let alone somewhere you’d want caring for your young vulnerable and impressionable children. I raised my concerns with the director, Paris, and asked for my contact details to be passed on to the owner as I would love to discuss the dynamic and disgusting behavior that is being enabled by the director. Months later, I still haven’t heard anything back, which makes me feel like either the message wasn’t passed on by the director or the concerns weren’t taken seriously by the owner. When I posted on Facebook asking if anyone else had similar experiences, several former staff reached out and shared stories that matched what my sister went through with the same common denominators in every situation. I don’t think behaviour like this should be ignored, and if sharing my sister's experience helps even one person make an informed choice about this centre, then it feels worth it.