What is ‘Thrive’?
Thrive is a programme developed to help prepare and support children with life’s emotional ups and downs.
It is an approach that helps children’s emotional developmental needs . It helps build resilience and resourcefulness.
Positive relationships are at the heart of Thrive. We use these relationships together with activities and play to give them key experiences at each developmental stage.
The repetition of these activities supports their development helping them to:
Feel good about themselves and know they matter.
Increase their sense of security and trust.
Increase their emotional well- being.
Improve their capacity to be creative and curious.
Increase their confidence and self-esteem ready to learn.
Learn to recognise and regulate their feelings.
Learn to think before behaving in a certain way.
The link below will take you to the parents information leaflet published by 'Thrive' and will give you more detailed information.
Who is Thrive for?
Thrive is for anyone within school, in fact, thrive research show that all of us, even adults would benefit from the ‘Thrive Approach’ to support us with our emotional well-being. The thrive approach can make academic learning more accessible as it supports us to become more resilient, resourceful and reflective.
Thrive can support children who are vulnerable and challenging due to an experience that they have faced in their early life that has left them with an ‘interruption’ which might be impacting on their confidence, social skills, emotional well-being and academic progress.
Thrive can also support children through ‘loss’ such as the bereavement of a close friend, relative or pet; moving house, changing school or even simple changes such as moving class within the same school.
Many children within our school from EYFS to year six have benefited from Thrive whether it has been through one to one support or small group nurture. If you feel that Thrive is something you wish to discuss further as you feel your child would benefit from support through the Thrive programme then please contact Miss Martin.
Family Thrive.
Family Thrive is a six week course to introduce adults caring for children to the fundamentals of Thrive and how it works within day to day life. Each session lasts for 1 3/4 hours and, over the six weeks looks at:-
- The Thrive Approach.
- How our brains develop.
- How your right brain talks to your left brain.
- Why play and creativity are important to you and your child.
- How to support your child at times of change and difficulty.
- Everyday trigger times and how to keep calm.
- How to be a behaviour detective.
The first hour of each session will be led by Miss Martin and Mrs Mather supporting you as parents with implementing Thrive Strategies within your family home. Fir the last half hour your child / children will join us to complete Thrive activities that we can then take home to do together as a family.
Family thrive currently runs on a Tuesday afternoon – 1.30pm – 3.15pm and is led by Miss Martin and Mrs Mather. Our next available course will be in Summer term two - starting on Tuesday 3rd June until Tuesday 8th July 2025. There is a letter with more information in the 'news / letters home' tab of the website. If you would like further information then please email Miss Martin on jmartin@dovedale.derbyshire.sch.uk
Quotes from parents who have completed family thrive:
- Attending the Family Thrive course at the school was a truly interesting experience. I learned valuable strategies for supporting emotional well-being and building stronger connections within my family. The sessions were engaging and informative, offering practical tools that I can use every day. I would highly recommend this course to other parents—it’s a great resource for anyone looking to create a more positive and supportive family environment.
- I would really recommend family thrive, whether its to learn about how you and your child think, learn and behave or if it is just to feel a little less alone with day to day struggles as a family.
- Thrive gave me some great techniques to try out and I am already seeing so much improvement in how me and my child react and communicate in certain situations.
- Family Thrive has really helped myself and my son to change behaviours that had become challenging for us. I have been really impressed and would strongly recommend.
THRIVE activities for you to do at home.
THRIVE Christmas Advent Calendar
