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Safeguarding: Social Media & Mental Health

Social Media is often scrutinised as having a negative impact on children’s mental health. Children and young people are now growing up in a technology dominated world, and social media plays a major role in their social lives. This balanced guide focuses at both the positive and negative impacts that social media can bring to young people and their mental health.

https://nationalonlinesafety.com/hub/view/guide/social-media-mental-health-the-positive-and-negative-impacts 

In this section...

Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers

My Family's Digital Toolkit

Safeguarding: Instagram

Health & Fitness Apps: A Guide for Parents

What is Character AI? What parents need to know

Parent and carers guide to live streaming

Online Safety Help Videos

What Parents & Educators Need to Know about TikTok

Safeguarding: X

Youtube - Supervised Experience

See also...

Hartismail - emails and letters home

Parents

Application for Remission from Charges/School Uniform Support

Parent's Evenings

Coping with exam pressure - a guide for students

Absence Request Form

Parents Evening :: Year 7

Parents Evening :: Year 13

Friends of Hartismere School

Parents Evening :: Year 12

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E-Safety

Bullying and child on child abuse

Early Help

Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) and Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)

Prevent - Radicalisation and Extremism

Child to parent abuse

Safeguarding

Advice about improving your sleep

TwitBook - Can you spot the problems with this profile page?

NHS 111 mental health support

New...

Hartismere Art & Photography Exhibition 2025

Film post-production explained

Computer Science

Sixth Form Course Information

Pan's Labyrinth - The Pale Man article

Pupil Premium Strategy Statement

I Belong: encouraging girls into computer science programme

5 Brilliant Moments in Patterns

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Safeguarding Mental Health Social Media Guide Belong Uniform Student Information Policy Correspondence exhibition Film Studies Pupil Premium Photography Awards School Nurse Parentpay Out Of Hours Internet Instagram Homework

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