A mother was hauled into an emergency school meeting because her five-year-old daughter cannot stop laughing at the name of her teacher, Miss Butt.
Priscilla Terumalai, of Leytonstone, East London, was told by her daughter Annalise that she could not stop giggling whenever she heard her teacher’s name.
Ms Terumalai later met Miss Butt at a parents’ council meeting at Mayville Primary School and told her the story – but said she dismissed it and did not seem bothered
But within 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.
Ms Terumalai, who had to answer for her daughter’s ‘naughty’ titters, said: ‘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.’
Ms Terumalai, who is also mother to Destiny, 11, wants Annalise to be moved to a different class because of the tension - but requests have fallen on deaf ears.
She added: ‘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.’
The drama means she is now considering moving her daughter to a different school.
A Mayville Primary School spokesman said: ‘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.’
