
- Mar 24
- 7 min
Device addiction is real: what are the physical effects and how can you protect your children?
How many hours do you spend on your phone? Last week I averaged five hours a day - that probably sounds a lot, and truth be told it is -...
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- Feb 4
- 2 min
Safer Internet Day 2022
Another Safer Internet Day is upon us, and it is always a good time to reflect on our children’s online behaviour and relationships. This...
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- Sep 9, 2021
- 3 min
The hidden cost of games
As anyone with gamers in the family will have noticed, games are not simply a one-time purchase nowadays. Gone are the days where you...
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- Jul 1, 2021
- 2 min
Caught out: cricket, Twitter and the permanence of social media
We were talking in the office recently about the case of Ollie Robinson, the young England cricketer who has been suspending pending...
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- Jun 25, 2021
- 3 min
Teaching children with profound learning disabilities about Breck’s story
Early in May I was invited to teach a PMLD class about online safety. PMLD stands for profound and multiple learning disabilities. These...
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- Jun 3, 2021
- 2 min
How to get the screen time balance right
It’s a hot topic in most family homes. How do we make sure that we’re not over-indulging in screen time? The temptation to keep on...
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- May 6, 2021
- 2 min
Video games for mental health: winding down at night
While most children will relish a fast paced, exciting shooting or racing game, it’s important to recognise that there are times when...
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- Mar 25, 2021
- 3 min
How to talk to young children about grooming and catfishing
Something that parents often ask us is whether it is appropriate to talk to children as young as five or six about internet predators....
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- Feb 18, 2021
- 2 min
Young children and gaming - how to get it right
We are thrilled to have a guest blog this month from Andy Robertson, a video games expert who has written the book ‘Taming Gaming’ and...
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- Jan 28, 2021
- 2 min
Design us a new mascot for Safer Internet Day!
We are SO excited to be launching our competition for primary schools to celebrate Safer Internet Day (February 9)
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- Jan 28, 2021
- 2 min
Why we’re all phubbing now: and how to stop it
Have you been guilty of phubbing today? It’s quite possible that you’ve done it, even if you don’t know what it means. A portmeanteau...
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- Dec 18, 2020
- 3 min
Songs for Breck Project: Lewis’s Song ‘My Game’
In this final part of his diaries, Mark Harrington shares the difficulty of creating Lewis’s Song for the SEN Songs for Breck project....
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- Dec 17, 2020
- 2 min
Songs for Breck Project: Breck’s Song ‘Come Into My World’
In this part of his diaries about creating the SEN resource Songs for Breck, Mark Harrington discusses the creation of Breck’s Song. When...
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- Dec 4, 2020
- 2 min
Songs for Breck Project: The Story Behind the Songs
Music is a tool that can tell a story, express emotion and educate all at the same time. With my continued work of developing resources...
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- Nov 12, 2020
- 2 min
Tellonym: the anonymous app that’s gripping our teens
Every now and again an app comes along that grabs teen imaginations and then runs riot on their phones. Tellonym is one of these. With...
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- Nov 5, 2020
- 2 min
Anti-bullying week – United Against Bullying!
Though the Breck Foundation focuses on educating about online grooming, we are always keen to support initiatives in related fields. This...
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- Oct 23, 2020
- 2 min
Creating our SEN resources: Book Two: ‘Breck and the Online Troll.’
Our trustee Mark Harrington, a special needs teacher, discusses the creation of the Breck Books Project a series of storybooks about...
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- Oct 16, 2020
- 2 min
Creating our SEN resources: Book One: ‘This is Breck’
Our trustee Mark Harrington, a special needs teacher, discusses the creation of his Breck Books Project, a series of storybooks about...
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- Oct 9, 2020
- 2 min
Among Us: are your children playing it?
It’s rare that a new game comes along that appeals to adults, teens and children alike, so this is partly what explains the surging...
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- Sep 3, 2020
- 3 min
Some thoughts on Tik Tok
What a fun and amazing timewaster this app is! Who would have thought that we could spend hours being lured into watching other people...
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