‘Pretty wild’: Students cook teacher breakfast at his home

Students from an elite private school visited a teacher’s home to cook him a surprise breakfast, in an incident one parent has called “deeply troubling”.

Students from an elite Adelaide private school visited a teacher’s home to cook him a surprise breakfast for an end-of-year celebration, in an incident one parent has called “deeply troubling”.

The Adelaide Advertiser reports 10 year 12 students from St Peter’s College arranged the breakfast for head of science faculty Hiwa Jaldiani one day in term four last year, arriving at his home at about 5.45am.

Ten year 12 students held a surprise breakfast for the teacher. Picture: Adelaide Advertiser

The students’ parents were aware of the plans, and the breakfast was organised without Mr Jaldiani’s knowledge but with his family’s consent, according to the report.

They cooked and ate breakfast with Mr Jaldiani while one teen played the piano, leaving at around 7.30am.

Mr Jaldiani reportedly wrote in an email to staff after the event that it was “pretty wild but in a fun way”.

“When I finally stepped out of the bedroom, boom — surprise,” he wrote. “Around 10 year 12 students were in the kitchen, cooking up breakfast for the whole family. They were so polite, exactly what you’d expect from SPSC students.”

The school reinforced ‘expectations around professional boundaries’. Picture: Adelaide Advertiser

The teacher informed school leadership after incident, which immediately launched a review and reinforced “expectations around professional boundaries and appropriate engagement outside school hours and settings”.

“While the intent of the students was respectful, the school remains committed to upholding clear and consistent standards for staff and student conduct,” St Peter’s College headmaster Tim Browning told the newspaper.

One outraged parent, whose child was not involved in the breakfast, told the Advertiser the breakfast was “deeply troubling on several levels”.

“There’s no way I’d be letting my child cook breakfast at a teacher’s house,” the parent said.

“I get on well with my doctor but I would find it a bit odd if he were to invite me to dinner. That’s the relationship between a teacher and student.”

Originally published as ‘Pretty wild’: Students cook teacher breakfast at his home