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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

The ABC online safety checklist

Managing In-Game Spending

Youtube - Supervised Experience

My Family's Digital Toolkit

Safeguarding: Instagram

Safeguarding: BeReal

Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers

What is Character AI? What parents need to know

Health & Fitness Apps: A Guide for Parents

See also...

Parents Evening :: Year 11

Increase in Fees for Instrumental/Vocal lessons from September 2026

Friends of Hartismere School

Sport and PE

Parents Evening :: Year 12

Parents Evening :: Year 7

Parents Evening :: Year 13

Get Classroom email summaries (for guardians)

Change of Head of Year 9

Application for Remission from Charges/School Uniform Support

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Wellbeing

NHS 111 mental health support

Bullying and child on child abuse

Cyberbullying Advice

E-Safety

Safeguarding

Early Help

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

Prevent - Radicalisation and Extremism

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Invigilators

June 2026 Year 12 Mocks

Actor Martin Sheen gets into Character- BBC Sounds

April 2026 Year 10 Mocks

Design and Technology

Summer 2026 Examinations

Waveney Valley Transport

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

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Safeguarding Mental Health Social Media Guide Test Correspondence GCSE Learning at Home Exploitation Holiday Wellbeing PTA Internet Shop Week Year 7 Bullying @Home Teacher Parent

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