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New Somerset special school wins a hat trick of accolades
24th July 2023 | News | Thrive Ambassador Schools
Dovecote School, based at Shapwick, near Bridgwater, which has been open for less than a year, has been judged as Outstanding by Ofsted and won two awards for its focus on mental wellbeing.
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.
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New podcast episode! Behaviour: How to engage with hard-to-reach children
20th April 2023 | Blogs | News | Podcasts
A new episode of the Thrive podcast is now available. Called Behaviour: How to engage with hard-to-reach children, this episode features the author, behaviour specialist and teacher Adele Bates who works with specialist and mainstream schools in the UK and abroad on everything from writing behaviour policies to tackling aggressive behaviour in the classroom.
‘Helping children to learn effectively and teaching skills that will be with them for life’
30th March 2023 | News | Thrive Schools of Excellence
Croydon-based Meridian High School, which is part of the GLF Schools Multi-Academy Trust (MAT), has held a celebration event after being named a Thrive School of Excellence for mental wellbeing.
New podcast episode! Neuroscience: what classroom staff need to know
20th February 2023 | Blogs
Listen in to our latest podcast to find out more about the essentials of neuroscience that will help you to better understand and effectively respond to behaviour in the classroom.
How to de-escalate pupils' fight, flight and freeze responses
12th December 2022 | Blogs
Young people may run, kick, hit out, become verbally abusive. Or disconnect from their learning or from peers. We discuss helpful strategies in this 20-minute podcast.
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REAch2 Academy Trust's Associate Leader for SEND talks life as a busy SENDCO
4th October 2022 | Blogs
From the qualities of a good SENDCO to the challenges and rewards of the role. Alistair Dewar, Associate School Leader for SEND at REAch2 Academy Trust, shares what it's like in the busy life of the SENDCO.
#ThriveImpact: How Thrive helped a six-year-old boy to move out of fight or flight mode and into education
23rd June 2022 | Blogs
Emotional attunement was the key to helping this bright little boy to enjoy school, writes independent Thrive Licensed Practitioner® Lisa Jaskulla
Eating lunch with staff and asking for time out when it’s needed: how Thrive has helped New Heights School to create relationships based on mutual respect
26th May 2022 | Blogs
Louise Gumbley, from New Heights School, in Liverpool, which has recently become a Thrive Ambassador School with Excellence in Environment, explains the techniques her setting has used to create relationships based on mutual respect