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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...

What Parents & Educators Need to Know about TikTok

Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers

The ABC online safety checklist

My Family's Digital Toolkit

Careers & Apprenticeship Information

Online Safety Help Videos

Top 15 most dangerous apps for children

Parent and carers guide to live streaming

Safeguarding: X

Health & Fitness Apps: A Guide for Parents

See also...

Year 7 Curriculum Spring term 2025

Year 9 Curriculum Spring term 2025

Parents

Hartismail - emails and letters home

Absence Request Form

Parents Evening :: Year 7

Help & Support

Year 11 How to revise in.......... subject videos

Year 8 Curriculum Spring term 2025

Parents Evening :: Year 8

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Wellbeing

Do you want to tell us anything?

Early Help

Prevent - Radicalisation and Extremism

Out of hours information

NHS 111 mental health support

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

Advice about improving your sleep

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

County lines

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Friends of Hartismere School - Car Boot Sale

Local Governing Body Information

Do the Right Thing Scene Analysis

Hartismere Family :: Policy Documents

Teacher of Sociology

Friends of Hartismere School

Teacher of Health & Social Care

Useful Careers Websites

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Safeguarding Mental Health Social Media Guide Staff Information Wellbeing Jobs App Parent Pay Fitness ZEN Trips Computer Tiktok Twitter Evening Aspen Russell Coronavirus GCSE Sport

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