TINY dancers and singers have been learning all about the dangers of social media as part of their summer classes.

Local singing tutor Suzie O'Donoghue, who runs Songbird Singing, has been teaching her young charges about the impact of internet comments while they have been enjoying an action-packed summer camp.

As well as the group of girls enjoying learning popular dances and crazes, Suzie used the camp as an opportunity to discuss important topics such as self-esteem and body positivity.

The mum-to-be told the Tele: "Our Songbirds were given a vote on what the themes of the camps should be.

"We had a Greatest Showman camp and then our TikTok one.

"It became much more than I originally thought - the conversation turned to staying safe online and also what types of hurtful things young people can be exposed to.

"Some of these children are just six-years-old and already they have developed insecurities from being online."

Around 20 girls aged five to 14-years-old took part in the workshops that ran over two days.

As well as using magazines as a tool to highlight positive and negative words, singing tutor Suzue also used an 'apple experiment' to highlight the impact of hurtful words.

She said: "I took two apples and got the girls to give one compliments and give it a hug and to throw the other around and say nasty things to it.

"I then cut them open and the one that we had been 'nice' to was fine, whilst the one that had been thrown about has been all battered and bruised.

"It was a really simple way to show the power of words.

"Hopefully it will have given the girls a visual lesson on the importance of being kind to each other."