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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...

Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers

The ABC online safety checklist

Parent and carers guide to live streaming

Youtube - Supervised Experience

Safeguarding: Instagram

What is Character AI? What parents need to know

Online safety newsletters

Safeguarding: BeReal

Online Safety Help Videos

Top 15 most dangerous apps for children

See also...

Absence Request Form

Newsletters 2023-2024

Find My Kids App

Year 9 Options process for 2025

Term dates

Friends of Hartismere School - Car Boot Sale

Help & Support

Get Classroom email summaries (for guardians)

@Home

Parents Evening :: Year 10

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Domestic Violence

Wellbeing

Advice about improving your sleep

Bullying and child on child abuse

Child to parent abuse

Safeguarding

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

Do you want to tell us anything?

Early Help

Harmful Sexual Behaviour

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Teacher of Health & Social Care

Teacher of Sociology

Parents Evening :: Year 8

Admissions and Application Forms :: Main School and Sixth Form

Useful Careers Websites

Learnit Physics Unit 7: Magnets

Subject Lead - Health & Social Care

School Policies

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