How to get the true measure of wellbeing interventions
15th August 2023
Read how settings can measure their wellbeing interventions to ensure that they are truly effective
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Building relationships and gaining insights from data – the impact of Thrive at Feltham YOI
6th July 2023
Read how Feltham Young Offenders Institute adapted the Thrive Approach to work in the youth justice system.
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Thrive saves money on staff costs and improves behaviour and attainment
6th July 2023
Read how Thomas Arnold Primary School, in Dagenham, have seen behaviour and attainment improve - while staff costs have fallen in relation to coping with disrupted lessons and problems with behaviour.
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When children feel the cost of living strain
11th May 2023
Families are having a rough time of it because of the ongoing cost-of-living crisis, not least children.
Understanding neuroscience can help children to succeed
4th April 2023
The crisis in children and young people's mental health and wellbeing is finally getting the attention it needs and deserves, writes Thrive's Managing Director Anna Smee
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Thrive expert features on Twinkl podcast’s most popular-ever episode
22nd December 2022
Listen to Thrive Relationship Manager and Trainer Mel Fisher on the SEND in the Experts podcast
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How a radical approach to Thrive and outdoor learning helped to transform pupils' behaviour
25th August 2022
Lucy Bone, Thrive Licensed Practitioner at Maple Cross JMI and Nursery School, explains how a bold decision to focus on Thrive techniques in an outdoor environment re-engaged two boys with learning
Webinar - How play can help boost adolescent social and emotional wellbeing
18th August 2022
In this webinar produced in partnership with Tes, Tes Senior Editor Simon Lock speaks to child mental health expert, Professor Helen Dodd, and two teachers about the importance of using play based activities to boost learning and wellbeing in adolescence - and the techniques they are using to put this into practice.
Webinar - How can schools work with parents to tackle school avoidance
18th August 2022
In this webinar produced in partnership with Tes, an experienced panel of educators and professionals sits down to discuss what schools and parents can do about the increase, in both children and young people, of emotionally-based school avoidance.
Prevention strategies and quick wins for challenging classroom behaviour
14th February 2022
When it comes to poor behaviour, it is far more effective in the long run to focus on the unmet needs behind the behaviour. Thrive's Rose Webb offers a list of prevention strategies and quick wins. Th...
How to create an environment for emotional wellbeing
9th December 2021
Thrive's Adolescent Specialist Rose Webb and Jo Dunne, a Licensed Practitioner from Herbert Thompson Primary School, in Cardiff, feature in this article about creating an environment for emotional we...
The importance of checking yourself before tackling flashpoints
9th December 2021
Viv Trask-Hall, Head of Innovation in Education at Thrive, shares how changing the way we deal with behaviour incidents will help children build strong foundations for their learning in this article...
'Are my friends still my friends?' (An anxiety focus)
9th July 2021
Pupils' anxieties: Name it to tame it Headteacher Ben Travitzky on why a 'name it to tame it' approach is helping to support children's wellbeing at his school This article was originally published o...
The Headteacher: 'Exclusion and sanction rates have decreased significantly'
2nd July 2021
There's no catch-up without wellbeing A focus on academic 'catch-up' over the coming weeks and months must be built on firm foundations of mental wellbeing, says Diana Dewing, Managing Director of Th...
Autism Spectrum Disorder and the significance of a relational approach
31st March 2021
Autism Spectrum Disorder: Understanding emotions Mel Fisher, Thrive's® Relationship Manager for the East of England and mother of an autistic son, outlines what the past 10 years have taught her abo...
Why it's time to rethink 'bad behaviour'
12th March 2020
How understanding what's happening in the brain can help educators rethink 'bad behaviour'.
Outdoor play vital for mental health
12th December 2019
Outdoor play vital for mental health Put down those electronic devices and get outdoors into nature, says Viv Trask-Hall, former headteacher and principal trainer with Thrive, a Devon business that w...