What is Thrive?
Thrive is a therapeutic approach to help support children with their emotional and social development.
The Thrive approach offers practical strategies and techniques and is built around online assessments which identify children’s emotional development and provides action plans for their individual needs.
Research has shown that how we behave is linked to how we feel and our emotions are linked to how we learn. By teaching children to recognise and notice these feelings and emotions it can help with their development and learning.
Children sometimes need some extra support with their emotional growth and this can be temporary or over a longer period of time.
Thrive promotes their emotional and social growth by building positive relationships between a child and their peers and helps them explore and understand their feelings through various activities.
Why might my child attend a Thrive session?
Many children experience difficulties during their time at school. These may include:
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Difficulties with friendships.
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Getting into trouble at playtime.
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Finding it hard to settle in the classroom.
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Finding it difficult to manage their strong feelings.
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Not knowing who to turn to when feelings are too big to manage on their own.
These situations can lead to many different feelings which may seem overwhelming at times. They might include: anger, frustration, sadness, loneliness, confusion or anxiety.
All these feelings are very normal and happen to a lot of children. The Thrive sessions are to help children learn to manage their feelings and teach them strategies that will help promote their learning at 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:
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Story telling
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Circle games
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Arts and crafts
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Sand play
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Movement and relaxation
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Hand and foot massage
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Cooking and preparing food
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Role play and puppet work
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Games
More information
For more information about the Thrive approach see the website: www.thriveapproach.co.uk
Mental Health Awareness week is an annual event when everyone can focus on achieving good mental health. The them this year is Loneliness.
Loneliness is affecting more and more of us in the UK and has had a huge impact on our physical and mental health during the pandemic. Our connection to other people and our community is fundamental to protecting our mental health and we need to find better ways of tackling the epidemic of loneliness. We can all play a part in this.
Visit our ‘Thrive Approach’ page to find out more about how we are seeking to promote the good mental health of all our pupils and healthy social and emotional development.
We also have some useful resources below for helping improve Mental Health and understanding the root causes. Action for Happiness have created this fantastic resource to help support us through October! - Each day is a new step...
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