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Managing In-Game Spending

In-game spending can be problematic with some children and young people. The urgency to level up, to look unique, to be better than your friends, and to top all this off the persuasive techniques that games companies use.

Internet Matters have an excellent guide for parents which includes:

You can view the guide HERE.

Credit: Alan Mackenzie. Online Safety Specialist

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Health & Fitness Apps: A Guide for Parents

Youtube - Supervised Experience

Safeguarding: X

Online Safety Help Videos

Four months on: is Roblox any safer?

Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers

Common Sense Media – Game Reviews

Fake Celebrity Chatbots - Harmful Content

What Parents & Educators Need to Know about TikTok

Safeguarding: Social Media & Mental Health

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Advice about improving your sleep

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

Child to parent abuse

Early Help

Wellbeing

Domestic Violence

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Harmful Sexual Behaviour

County lines

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Sixth Form Curriculum and Programme of Study

Coping with exam pressure - a guide for students

Day of physics at Warwick University

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Hartismere School & Sixth Form College

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Hartismere Community

I Belong: encouraging girls into computer science programme

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9S1 Chemistry

School Policies

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Admissions and Application Forms :: Main School and Sixth Form

Summer 2026 Examinations

April 2026 Year 10 Mocks

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