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Free Courses

The Power of Screen Breaks

Students build self-awareness and feel more in control by taking screen breaks, tracking moods, and exploring calming, creative activities.

Why Choose This Course?

This course helps students explore how screen time affects their mood, focus, and wellbeing. Through fun, creative activities and daily reflections, they learn simple ways to take healthy breaks and build balanced digital habits,  students will:

  • Understand the impact of screen time

  • Learn easy screen break strategies

  • Track moods and reflect on habits

  • Create a personal “Healthy Habits” booklet

Develop skills in critical thinking, design, and reflection while creating their "Healthy Habits" booklet.

Learning Goals

  • The Science of Screen Time Balance: Understanding how too much screen use affects sleep, focus, and emotional wellbeing—and how breaks can reset the brain.

  • Building Healthy Screen Habits :Learning simple, everyday ways to reduce screen time and replace it with calming, creative activities.

  • Emotional Reflection : Tracking mood and energy levels to notice how screen use—and breaks—affect feelings and focus.

  • Community Impact : Sharing screen-time tips and wellbeing strategies through creative projects that inspire others.

Global Impacts Already Made

This course has empowered children worldwide to become changemakers, turning their ideas into real-world solutions and inspiring others to take action.

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Key Information

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s)

  • All of our courses empower students to take action towards achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for a better world. This course specifically focuses on the goals shown below.

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Ages:  Year 1 upwards

Course Duration: 1 Lessons

Time per Lesson: 60-90 mins

Key Curriculum Areas:  Personal Development, Health, and Physical Education (PDHPE), English, Mathematics, Science, and Technology, Creative Arts.

Teacher/s:  Gavin McCormack, Jack Butler

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