Computing · Stage 4

Media Balance & Wellbeing

Online life — notice how media affects your sleep, body, mood and focus, and choose a healthy balance

✦ Computing📘 Stage 4 · S4⏱ ~10 min🧒 Ages 8–9★ Free to start

I can keep a healthy balance with screens.

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Kavi Notices the Signs

Kavi scrolled late into the night — one more clip, then one more. The app's autoplay kept rolling and the notifications kept pinging, so Kavi never quite stopped. The next morning Kavi felt awful: heavy eyes from poor sleep, a grumpy mood, and a brain that couldn't focus at school. "The app wasn't deciding for me — I let it," Kavi hooted. So Kavi made a plan: screens at set times, notifications off at night, and a real stop when a show ends. Media balance isn't giving up screens — it's you steering them, so your sleep, body, mood and focus all stay healthy.

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What your child will learn

1Four parts of your wellbeingToo much screen time doesn't just tire your eyes — it can touch four parts of how you feel and work. Tap each one to hear what to watch for.

2The media runs you, or you run the media?Apps are designed to keep you watching — autoplay, infinite scroll and notifications never say 'stop'. Balance means YOU choose when to stop, not the app. Tap each card.

3Healthy balance, or out of balance?A habit can keep your media healthy, or let it take over. Sort each one into the right box.

4One more clip before bed?It's late, you're tired, and the app autoplays another clip while a notification pings. Predict the balanced choice, then reveal.

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A peek inside

You've been scrolling for two hours and feel restless and unable to focus. Name two parts of your wellbeing that screen time can affect.

media touches more than your eyes — think sleep, body, mood, focus

Try this at home: Name two parts of your wellbeing that too much screen time can affect.

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