# Mum Dismayed After Primary School Confronted Her When Her Daughter Giggled at Teacher’s Name

- Link: https://stayathomemum.com.au/family/school/mum-dismayed-after-primary-school-confronted-her-when-her-daughter-giggled-at-teachers-name/
- Published: 2016-12-01T11:19:37+11:00
- Author: Clare Whitfield

#### _A mother was appalled when she was called up for an emergency school meeting because her�five-year-old daughter couldn’t�help but giggle at her teacher’s name, Miss Butt._

Mum, Priscilla Terumalai, from Leytonstone, East London,�was told by her daughter
Annalise that she could not stop laughing whenever she heard her teacher’s name.

Ms Terumalai later met Miss Butt at a parents’ council meeting at Mayville Primary
School. She told the teacher the story, but she said that the teacher dismissed 
it and did not seem bothered.

However, after a few days, the mother-of-two was summoned to a meeting with the 
head of year, the school manager, a teacher assistant and another reception teacher.
She was then asked to�answer for her daughter’s ‘naughty’�acts.

“When I received a call from the school, I was appalled at how pathetic and petty
it was.

“I wasn’t making fun of her name at all. I wasn’t happy about being reported,” she
said.

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After the meeting, Ms Terumalai wanted Annalise to be moved to a different class
because of the tension, but was denied.

“I felt intimidated in the meeting and they made me feel like I was in the wrong.
The school over reacted and it made me feel really angry.

“It is not good enough. I felt I was treated unfairly because I am putting my trust
in the teacher and I am not comfortable with my daughter being in her class now.

“Annalise is too young to notice if she is being treated differently and I am disappointed
about the disruption to her learning,” she said.

Because of this,�Ms Terumalai is now�considering moving her daughter to a different
school.

However, a�Mayville Primary School spokesman explained:

“We’re talking to the mum on a regular basis.

“Generally speaking we would only transfer a child from one class to another as 
a last resort as it can be incredibly unsettling and disruptive for the pupil, and
their wellbeing is always our priority.”

Source:�[Dailymail.co.uk](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3985544/Mother-hauled-emergency-school-meeting-five-year-old-daughter-stop-laughing-teacher-Miss-Butt-s-name.html)

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