Staff Training Half-Day Top Up: Childhood
Designed for Thrive Schools, this half-day top-up is for staff who have already completed a Thrive induction or Staff Training Day.
It revisits key Thrive theory and helps staff apply it to children’s social and emotional development across your primary school or setting.
Duration
3 hours
Format
Live online
Price
From £520 excl. VAT
Designed for
Thrive Primary Schools
Staff Training Half-day Top-up: Childhood
Overview
This training is for Thrive Schools and settings working with primary-aged children.
Led by a Thrive Licensed Trainer, the session gives staff time to refresh their understanding of the Thrive Approach and apply it to everyday practice.
The session includes core Thrive content, followed by two workshops chosen by your setting, so the training can focus on what is most useful for your staff and children.
Staff Training Half-day Top-up: Childhood
Benefits
This top-up helps staff revisit Thrive and use a shared approach across your primary school or setting.
- Refresh their understanding of the Thrive Approach.
- Better understand children’s right-time needs and earlier unmet needs.
- Develop ways to support behaviour linked to unmet needs.
- Share knowledge and skills with colleagues.
- Focus on topics that are relevant to their role and setting.
- Continue embedding a whole-school approach to Thrive.
- Support senior leaders and Thrive Licensed Practitioners with implementation.
- Build shared understanding across your staff.
- Encourage staff wellbeing, co-operation and information-sharing.
- Tailor the learning to reflect the needs of your primary school or setting.
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Programme details
What you'll learn
The training covers:
- A review of the key theories behind the Thrive Approach.
- How staff can support children’s social and emotional development.
- Children’s right-time developmental needs.
- Earlier unmet needs and how these may show in behaviour.
- Basic tools and strategies for supporting behaviour linked to unmet needs.
- How to strengthen a whole-school approach to Thrive.
How the training works
This half-day top-up includes two set sections and two workshops chosen by your setting.
The session begins with an introduction, including the course aims and learning outcomes, followed by Thrive Essentials, which revisits underpinning theory.
Your setting then chooses two workshops from the options below:
A. Making Thrive work in unstructured time
B. Developing a whole-school approach
C. Effective ways of communicating with children
D. The Thinking developmental strand, 18 months to 3 years
E. The Power and Identity developmental strand, 3 to 7 years
F. The Skills and Structure developmental strand, 7 to 11 years
The session ends with time to bring the learning together.
Staff Training Half-day Top-up: Childhood
Who this training day is for
This course is for Thrive primary schools and settings that are already embedding the Thrive Approach.
It is for staff who have completed a Thrive induction or Staff Training Day and would benefit from a practical refresh.
We have seen first-hand the impact that Thrive has had on children, their families and the staff at our school.”
Selina Frazer | Co-Headteacher, Hunters Hall Primary School
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Fees & next steps
This training day can be booked by calling 01392 797555, Option 1.
Up to 20 members of staff - £520+VAT
Up to 100 members of staff - £1,040+VAT
Over 100 members of staff - £1,350+VAT
For settings that would like a face-to-face training session, there is a flat rate charge of £490 per trainer per day, or part day, plus VAT.
Prices apply to courses starting on or after 1 September 2025.
