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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...

Health & Fitness Apps: A Guide for Parents

AI and nude images

Youtube - Supervised Experience

Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers

Safeguarding: X

Parent and carers guide to live streaming

Managing In-Game Spending

New online safety priorities for Ofcom and effects of social media on children

What is Character AI? What parents need to know

The ABC online safety checklist

See also...

Waveney Valley Transport

Parents Evening :: Year 8

Friends of Hartismere School

Year 7 tutors/parents evening

Hartismail - emails and letters home

Application for Remission from Charges/School Uniform Support

Change of Head of Year 9

Help & Support

Sport and PE

Parents Evening :: Year 10

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Child to parent abuse

Safeguarding

Bullying and child on child abuse

Domestic Violence

NHS 111 mental health support

Cyberbullying Advice

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

Early Help

County lines

Prevent - Radicalisation and Extremism

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SEND Information Report

Free School Meals

Sixth Form students 16 - 19 Bursary criteria information 2026 - 2027

Hartismere School & Sixth Form College

Stranger Things, The First Shadow. The Phoenix Theatre, Friday 11th September.

E-Safety

School Policies

HartisMail and Hartismere Accounts

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Safeguarding Mental Health Social Media Guide Bus Metfield Wellbeing Homework 16 - 19 Bursary App Trips Sexual Behaviour Mobile A Level Drama Sixth Esafety Online Lessons Shop Year 13

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