Guest speaker: Helping primary school pupils to manage worry and anxiety
20th November 2023 | Blogs
Join Thrive and Lorraine Lee to discover actionable strategies and effective techniques to support children to manage their worry and anxiety.
Attainment has improved and behavioural incidents have halved at award-winning Welsh special school
11th July 2023 | News | Thrive Schools of Excellence
Ysgol Pen-y-Bryn has held a celebration of mental health which was attended by the Lord Mayor of Swansea Cllr Graham Thomas, Mike Hedges MS for Swansea East and senior local authority members to mark its achievement in becoming a Thrive School of Excellence.
Thrive School of Excellence equips students with the skills to move forward in life
26th June 2023 | News | Thrive Schools of Excellence
Wessex Lodge School has been named a Thrive School of Excellence for mental health.
The benefits of Family Thrive – for pupils, schools and families
Family Thrive is a short course that schools run for parents and carers to help them understand the Thrive Approach and how it makes a difference to the wellbeing of children – and therefore the whole family. Read more to find out the benefits of Family Thrive to children, schools, families and the wider community.
School refusal rates down, staff retention rates up at Thrive School of Excellence
19th June 2023 | News | Thrive Schools of Excellence
Lainesmead Primary School and Nursery has held a celebration of mental wellbeing which was attended by children, senior local authority staff and councillors as well as South Swindon MP Sir Robert Buckland to mark its achievement in becoming a Thrive® School of Excellence.
The crisis in attendance: how Thrive can help
With 1.6 million children persistently absent from school, Dame Rachel de Souza, the Children's Commissioner for England, has called on the Government to do more to support schools in tackling 'the crisis of attendance'
When children feel the cost of living strain
11th May 2023 | In the news | Insights
Families are having a rough time of it because of the ongoing cost-of-living crisis, not least children.
New podcast episode! LGBTQIA+ and mental health: what educators need to know
6th April 2023 | Blogs | News | Podcasts
A new episode of the Thrive podcast is available. Called LGBTQIA+ and mental health: what educators need to know, the episode features education consultant Ian Timbrell. The podcast looks at why it's important to consider gender, identity and sexuality when talking to children and young people about mental health and wellbeing.
How can mindfulness help to reduce exam anxiety?
7th March 2023 | Blogs
Students approaching formal exams this summer will likely be experiencing some level of stress, so how can mindfulness techniques help them cope?
Emotional Based School Avoidance: How to spot the signs
30th October 2022 | Blogs
In this 18-minute podcast, Thrive’s Relationship Manager, Dom Sagar, highlights the early signs of emotional based school avoidance and explains ways to prevent anxiety taking hold in the first place.