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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...

Common Sense Media – Game Reviews

Top 15 most dangerous apps for children

Health & Fitness Apps: A Guide for Parents

Fake Celebrity Chatbots - Harmful Content

AI and nude images

Parent and carers guide to live streaming

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

Careers & Apprenticeship Information

What Parents & Educators Need to Know about TikTok

Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers

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Friends of Hartismere School

Parents Evening :: Year 10

Get Classroom email summaries (for guardians)

Sport and PE

Parent's Evenings

Find My Kids App

Application for Remission from Charges/School Uniform Support

Newsletters 2023-2024

Parents Evening :: Year 12

Open afternoons

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Advice about improving your sleep

Domestic Violence

Child to parent abuse

Prevent - Radicalisation and Extremism

Safeguarding

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

Bullying and child on child abuse

Early Help

NHS 111 mental health support

Cyberbullying Advice

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Stranger Things, The First Shadow. The Phoenix Theatre, Friday 11th September.

Hartismere Technical Theatre

E-Safety

art & science exhibition of year 8 work

Waveney Valley Transport

Summer 2026 Examinations

April 2026 Year 10 Mocks

June 2026 Year 12 Mocks

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