A fight at WA's Warnbro Community High School.
Screen grabs taken from a video of a fight at Warnbro Community High School. Source: PerthNow
Screen grabs taken from a video of a fight at Warnbro Community High School. Source: PerthNow
A HIGH-SCHOOL principal has called on parents to be more vigilant about their children's online habits after he disciplined students for being part of a fight club that posted its brawls online.
Five videos showing Warnbro Community High School students in punch-ups were uploaded on to YouTube last month.
In one of the videos, two year 8 students go head-to-head in a fist fight in front of a jeering crowd.
The fight lasts for about a minute before one of them lands a vicious blow to the other's nose. At the end of the fight, the students shake hands.
Another video depicts a student fighting another youngster who is not in uniform.
The fight happens on the verge of a busy road.
Principal Syd Parke said the school had not been aware of the YouTube videos until The Sunday Times told him this week.
But he confirmed he was forced to suspend five students in February for up to 10 days after a series of fights was reported.
One of the brawls was on school grounds, one was on the periphery of the school and three were at the nearby Warnbro Fair Shopping Centre.
Mr Parke said the students in the YouTube videos were identified and disciplined.
"We contacted students' parents immediately and requested that the videos be taken offline," he said.
"We will continue to work with the families of the boys who appear to be responsible for posting the videos and if we can establish responsibility, they will face sanctions.
"I would urge parents to be vigilant about how their children are using social media."
Edith Cowan University researcher James McCue, who is in the final stages of a doctoral thesis on juvenile offending, said youngsters who received "positive feedback" on the internet after their school fights were published online were "more likely to repeat the behaviour".
"Engaging in this type of aggressive behaviour at a young age and receiving positive feedback from the broader online social media community can start young people on a pathway that results in continued acts of aggression," he said.
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