The boy used to attend Panorama Primary School in the Western Cape.

She added that he was known as an ‘elephant’ by peers, thus making break times unbearable.

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Overweight boy, called elephant by teacher, bulling impacts kid

A teacher has allegedly referred to a 10-year-old overweight child as an ‘elephant’. Image: Thomas Trutschel/Photothek and Thomas Koehler/PhotothekSource: Getty Images

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