Healthy Schools: wellbeing online
Screen time has become more difficult to manage, with children and young people staying at home more.
Some families might still be experiencing issues with dealing with social media, time spent on screens and the negative effects of online engagement.
Here are some resources to help ensure this doesn't affect their wellbeing.
Find all Healthy Schools resources here
Helping families manage screen time
Useful tips to share with families to support them in managing their children’s screen time can be found in Your Child's Screen Time (PDF, 128KB)
- This recording of the 'Managing Screen Time, Social Media and Gaming' webinar (external link) by the Haringey Mental Health Support Team (MHST) looks at ways to manage screen time, including social media and gaming.
- You can also view the 24 slides presented during the session: Managing Screen Time, Social Media and Gaming (PDF, 850KB)
Lessons
Find below different PHE lessons to bring awareness around issues that may arise due to screens. Each lesson plan comprises a PowerPoint to show in class and activities for students to explore this theme in and out of the classroom.
- Social media (external site) - Look after your wellbeing off and online.
- Bullying and cyberbullying (external site) - What it is and how it feels.
- Online stress and FOMO (external site) - Exploring stress caused by online exposure and ‘Fear of missing out’.
- Body image in a digital world (external site) - what body image is, how social media can impact it and ways to reduce stress or anxiety caused by online pressures
Social media and eating disorders
If you have worries related to eating disorders or can spot signs in a student, please refer to our eating disorders page.
Social media can have a worsening effect on pre-existing eating disorders because of online communities glamorising eating disorders or unattainable body standards due to the popularisation of photo editing.
Safer internet day resources
The UK Safer Internet Centre have created a range of resources for different age groups, follow the links below for the age appropriate resource.
3-7 year olds
- How to use the Safer Internet Day 2022 resource 3-7 (PDF, 6.23MB)
- Assembly script 3 - 7 (PDF, 2.53MB)
- Assembly slides 3 - 7 (PPT, 10.3MB)
- Assembly slides 3 - 7 (PDF, 1.83MB)
- Activity menu 3 - 7 (PDF, 15MB)
7-11 year olds
- How to use the Safer Internet Day 2022 resources 7 -11 (PDF, 545KB)
- Assembly script 7-11 (PDF, 4.37KB)
- Assembly slides 7-11 (PPT, 24MB)
- Activity menu 7-11 (PDF, 3.27MB)
- Lesson plan 7-11(PDF, 1.43MB)
- Lesson slides 7-11 (PPT, 59.1MB)
11-14 year olds
- How to use the Safer Internet Day 2022 Resources 11 - 14 (PDF, 818KB)
- Activity Menu 11-14 (PDF, 6.7MB)
14-18 year olds
- Activity menu 14 - 18 (PDF, 9MB)
- Assembly script 11-18 (PDF, 970KB)
- Assembly slides 11 - 18 (PDF, 4MB)
- Assembly slides 11-18 (PPT, 17.8MB)