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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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Careers & Apprenticeship Information

Health & Fitness Apps: A Guide for Parents

What is Character AI? What parents need to know

Safeguarding: Instagram

Parent and carers guide to live streaming

Four months on: is Roblox any safer?

Safeguarding: X

Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers

Managing In-Game Spending

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

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Newsletters 2023-2024

Absence Request Form

Friends of Hartismere - Car Boot Sale

Friends of Hartismere School

Hartismail - emails and letters home

Sport and PE

Coping with exam pressure - a guide for students

Get Classroom email summaries (for guardians)

Parent's Evenings

Parents Evening :: Year 11

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Advice about improving your sleep

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

Child to parent abuse

Domestic Violence

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Wellbeing

Cyberbullying Advice

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April 2026 Year 10 Mocks

Change of Head of Year 9

Open afternoons

Dracula podcast

Summer 2026 Examinations

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