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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...

Common Sense Media – Game Reviews

Parent and carers guide to live streaming

The ABC online safety checklist

Top 15 most dangerous apps for children

Online Safety Help Videos

Youtube - Supervised Experience

Safeguarding: Instagram

Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers

Careers & Apprenticeship Information

What Parents & Educators Need to Know about TikTok

See also...

Coping with exam pressure - a guide for students

Get Classroom email summaries (for guardians)

Parents Evening :: Year 9

Hartismail - emails and letters home

Sport and PE

Parents

Newsletters 2023-2024

Friends of Hartismere School

Term dates

Year 7 tutors/parents evening

Explore...

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

County lines

Out of hours information

Do you want to tell us anything?

Cyberbullying Advice

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

Wellbeing

Early Help

Bullying and child on child abuse

Advice about improving your sleep

New...

School Policies

48 Hour Scares

Teacher of English - (Maternity cover - Possible TLR available)

Learnit Physics: Formula Practice

Parents Evening :: Year 10

January 2026 Examinations

Photography Competition

December Mock Examinations

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Safeguarding Mental Health Social Media Guide Bullying Wellbeing Holiday A Level GCSE Parent Pay Internet Revision Parentpay Hartismail Twitter Friends Of Hartisemere Drugs ABU Forms Statutory Information

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