Social media post prompts 'disturbing' classroom assault

Social media post prompts ‘disturbing’ classroom assault

Monday, December 7th, 2020

Social media was used to post a video of an assault in a Greymouth school classroom last week.

Two Greymouth High School girls have been suspended after they stormed into a classroom at John Paul II High School and assaulted a junior girl.

A third girl filmed the attack and then posted the video on social media. She and two others have been stood down for their part in the assault on Tuesday, and the assailants both immediately suspended.

Four of the Grey High School group are in Year 10 and one in Year 11, all aged between 14 and 15.

The classroom assault continued despite the protests of teaching staff present.

John Paul II High School principal David Sullivan said the victim suffered a facial injury. She was “shaken but OK” and was not at school yesterday.

Grey High School principal Andy England yesterday fronted up to the Catholic school this morning to “unreservedly” apologise to the victim and her whanau, staff and wider school community. Read more

Related Posts:

Additional reading

News category: New Zealand, News Shorts.

Tags: Greymouth High School, John Paul II High School, Social Media

Analysis and Comment
- The optimism of Timothy Radcliffe
  
  Fr Timothy Radcliffe, the Dominican friar, was chosen by Pope Francis to lead the three-day retreat for all participants prior to the first assembly last October of the Synod on Synodality. This was a position of great trust given the Read more
- Theologian: The future of the church is local
  
  In Europe, the number of church members is declining – but Christianity remains strong worldwide. However, the structures do not remain stable, but are constantly changing. Thomas Schlag is Professor of Practical Theology at the University of Zurich, where he Read more
- The perils and necessities of saying ‘I don’t know’
  
  When I was studying political science in graduate school, I was surrounded by students who were much smarter than me. Most of my fellow students at the University of California Berkeley went to Ivy League schools as undergraduates. They were Read more
- Survey: New priests are young and involved in their community
  
  The incoming class of seminarians who will be ordained in 2024 is young and involved in their community, an annual survey released April 15 found. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops commissioned the Center for Applied Research (CARA) at Georgetown Read more

Search CathNews

Search for:
CathNews
is free

First Name:

Last Name:

Email:
Great Reads