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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 

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Safeguarding: X

What is Character AI? What parents need to know

The ABC online safety checklist

Safeguarding: Instagram

Youtube - Supervised Experience

Health & Fitness Apps: A Guide for Parents

Safeguarding: BeReal

Parent and carers guide to live streaming

Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers

My Family's Digital Toolkit

See also...

Parents Evening :: Year 10

Coping with exam pressure - a guide for students

Newsletters 2023-2024

Forms

Find My Kids App

Parents Evening :: Year 11

Parent's Evenings

Application for Remission from Charges/School Uniform Support

@Home

Parents

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

Child to parent abuse

Domestic Violence

Harmful Sexual Behaviour

Advice about improving your sleep

NHS 111 mental health support

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

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E-Safety

County lines

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Community news: Davey Tennis

Cover Supervisor with PE specialism

Year 7 tutors/parents evening

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School Policies

Hartismere High School 1999

Cover Supervisor with art specialism

STARLIGHT EXPRESS, London. Thursday 2nd October.

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