Supporting pupil mental health: Sleep and screen time

Introduction This bitesize CPD collection is part of a series of online micro learning units for teachers and school leaders on supporting pupil mental health and wellbeing in practice. The units offer insights into best practice in supporting children and young people, building on the latest evidence base. They are designed to develop knowledge around a range of topics that now form part of the statutory Relationship, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) curriculum, supporting teachers to consider how they might most effectively deliver these topics as part of the curriculum. Specifically, topics covered include: Anxiety Sleep and screen time Bullying and loneliness Trauma Eating disorders Self harm Addiction and substance use Bereavement Social media Whole-school approaches   These online micro learning units incorporate a range of content types to support professional learning and reflective practice, including: Recordings from ‘Pedagogy

Join us or sign in now to view the rest of this page

You're viewing this site as a guest, which only allows you to view a limited amount of content.

To view this page and get access to all our resources, join the Chartered College of Teaching (it's free for trainee teachers and half price for ECTs) or log in if you're already a member.

Articles and case studies

Hear about approaches to supporting pupils to understand the importance of sleep and the impact of screen time on wellbeing and academic achievement. We invite you to make notes on the approaches and research reported on in these articles to inform your own next steps and consider how you might apply some of these insights in your own setting.

Sleep to succeed: effects of sleep deprivation on academic performance
Adolescent sleep and educational performance
Supporting good sleep hygiene for pupils: A case study
Sleep routines and pupil mental health: A case study
Supporting pupils to adopt good sleep hygiene using the HEAL principles: A case study
Impacts of excessive screen time on children and young people

Research Review

This research review discusses debates around the use of technology and the internet by young children.

Digital media use in young children

Reflective questions

 

  • Do you think a whole school approach to sleep and screen time could work in your setting?
  • What strategies do you currently use to engage students, staff and parents in the development of good sleep hygiene? What new strategies might you begin to apply in your context?
  • What are the barriers to engaging parents in your context and how might these barriers be overcome?
  • What factors are affecting the quality of your students’ sleep and how could these approaches help support your students to achieve good quality sleep?
  • How would a focus on quantity and quality of screen time help your students and staff?

 

Further reading

This reading list collates articles and resources on supporting pupils to understand the importance of sleep and the impact of screen time on wellbeing and academic achievement.

Sleep and screen time: Selected reading