About Thrive
Thrive’s mission is to help children engage with life and their learning. Their whole-school approach has proven to improve attendance, behaviour and attainment. It is based on child development, neuroscience and attachment research.
Why do we do what we do?
Through positive relationships, our priority is to care for every child in a safe and friendly environment embracing our mission statement ‘Learning and Growing Together; Inspired by the Love of Jesus’.
Enabling children to skip into school and grasp learning with enthusiasm and an infectious positivity. In order to help us achieve this, we are fully embracing the Thrive Approach. The Education Endowment Foundation suggests that teaching staff, who are trained to improve emotional wellbeing, help children make substantial progress in attainment and achievement.
Using our own experience, and the resources available through the Thrive Approach, we are able to effectively support all our children’s emotional, mental health and social wellbeing from the first day of school until the transition to secondary school.
Above all, we love watching our children Thrive! They are growing in confidence right in front of our very eyes as we encourage and teach them to face new challenges, become more independent and believe in their own abilities.
What is the Thrive Approach?
Children cannot always put their needs into words. However, the way children behave can tell us a lot about how they are feeling; think of behaviour as a form of communication. The Thrive Approach draws on the latest research from current neuroscience, recent attachment research, current studies of effective learning and current models of child development.
Who accesses Thrive?
We all do!
- Whole classes use Thrive ideas and activities and these thread throughout our whole curriculum.
- Thrive activities are shared with parents to offer fun, practical activities that can be shared together.
- Staff have an increased awareness of the language used and the responses they give to children.
- Identified children need targeted support to manage distressing behaviour and emotions.
All of this contributes to positive relationships across our school community and strengthens behaviours for learning.
Why is my child accessing 1:1 Thrive?
We recognise not all children develop emotional in line with their chronological age. Some children need greater support to manage day to day challenges such as:
Turn taking, sharing, listening to instructions, losing a game, not being first, understanding rules, focusing in the classroom.
Children may also struggle to respond in the right way when they feel hurt or upset. They may have difficulties forming friendships, articulating their feelings, speaking up when they feel angry or sad. Over time, these feelings may lead to anxiety, depression, loneliness or anger.
As we know, these feelings are all normal but we all need strategies to help manage these in a positive way. By working on these in a fun, playful, safe environment with a trusted adult, children learn to manage these feelings and in turn, promote their learning in school.
What will happen in a Thrive session?
The session may be on an individual basis or as part of a small group of children. During each session there will be an activity which may include:
- Story telling
- Circle games
- Arts and crafts
- Sand play
- Movement and relaxation
- Hand massage
- Cooking and preparing food
- Role play and puppet work
- Games
- Gardening
What are the benefits of Thrive?
By adopting this approach, research shows that children experience
- A secure sense of belonging
- Improved emotional resilience
- Better access to, and engagement in learning
Families experience
- Improved wellbeing and quality of family life
- Increased tolerance between siblings
- Increased skills to support child’s education
- Improved adult relationships
Want to know more about Thrive? Please speak to Miss Blaney, our licenced Thrive Practitioner.
