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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...

Youtube - Supervised Experience

Parent and carers guide to live streaming

Common Sense Media – Game Reviews

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

Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers

Health & Fitness Apps: A Guide for Parents

Managing In-Game Spending

My Family's Digital Toolkit

Safeguarding: Instagram

What is Character AI? What parents need to know

See also...

Parents collecting pupils from school

Parents Evening :: Year 13

Parents

Parents Evening :: Year 11

Change of Head of Year 7

Hartismail - emails and letters home

@Home

Change of Head of Year 9

Year 7 tutors/parents evening

Application for Remission from Charges/School Uniform Support

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Do you want to tell us anything?

Advice about improving your sleep

Wellbeing

Safeguarding

Cyberbullying Advice

NHS 111 mental health support

Out of hours information

Prevent - Radicalisation and Extremism

Child to parent abuse

County lines

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Parents Evening :: Year 8

Paddington The Musical Savoy Theatre, London Thursday, 15 April 2027. Years 7 & 8

School Policies

Early Help and Family Help

We teach LAMDA

Operation Mincemeat. Fortune Theatre, London Tuesday, 22 September. Years 9 to 13

Harry Potter (One Part) Palace Theatre, London Wednesday, 13 January 2027.

Admissions and Application Forms :: Main School and Sixth Form

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Safeguarding Mental Health Social Media Guide Hartismere Year 7 Parent Information Drama Friends Of Hartisemere Key Stage 4 Applications Classroom 16 - 19 Bursary Out Of Hours Trips Year 11 AI Staff Handbook Instagram Bereal

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