Principal's Message

Talofa, Malo e lei

Tickets for Trinity Catholic College’s musical The Addams Family are now on sale and can be purchased via the school’s ticketing website: https://tickets.trinity.school.nz

I encourage you to come and see the talent of our students and enjoy a great show. There will be four evening performances of The Addams Family - Tuesday 23 May, Wednesday 24 May, Thursday 25 May and Friday 26 May. All performances will start at 6.30pm in the Trinity Catholic College Auditorium.

Congratulations to Oliver Lodge who has just been announced as one of the finalists for the Shakespeare Competition - composers section and will be heading to Wellington on King’s Birthday for workshops and the finals.

I would like to make comment on social media. While social media allows individuals to express themselves freely, it also poses risks of spreading harmful or inappropriate content. Social media posts can damage a person's wellbeing and cause significant harm to their personal and professional relationships. Even seemingly harmless posts can be misinterpreted or taken out of context, leading to unintended consequences.

Moreover, social media platforms are often rife with fake news, hate speech, and cyberbullying, which can contribute to a toxic online environment. The spread of false information can cause significant harm to individuals, communities, and even entire nations.

Therefore, it is essential to exercise caution and discretion when posting online. We must always consider the impact of our words and actions on others and hold ourselves accountable for our behaviour online. Upholding values and integrity online requires us to act ethically, responsibly, and with empathy towards others.

Parents and schools have a responsibility to ensure that family and school values are wrapped around every facet of their life, so that when faced with choices, their values base influences their decision. Values and integrity shouldn’t get left behind when a young person steps outside the house, leaves the school gates, or moves into the online world. Values and integrity aren’t something you pick and choose from according to the moment. Looking after each other, having a stronger sense of what consent is and recognising the dignity in every person, is hopefully something that Trinity Catholic College is influencing as a school of special character, because we are all made in the image and likeness of God.

Netsafe has created an Online Safety Parent Toolkit to get parents and whānau talking about online safety. As young people spend more time online, it’s important that parents and whānau can teach their child to have a safe online experience. This page https://netsafe.org.nz/parenttoolkit/ lets you download a PDF copy of the Netsafe Online Safety Parent Toolkit to use as and when you need. It is available in Te Reo, English, Samoan, Tongan and Chinese.

Haere taka mua, taka muri; kaua e whai

Be a leader not a follower.

Ngā mihi nui

Steve Read

Acting Principal