Thrive is a trauma informed approach that supports children’s social and emotional development. It helps adults to understand children’s behaviour by looking at their emotional needs and life experiences, recognising that feeling safe and understood is essential for learning. Using consistent nurturing strategies, thrive enables children to engage more positively with learning and school life.

Within school we have two Thrive Practitioners who work with identified children to build their confidence, manage emotions, and develop positive relationships, improving self-regulation. They use targeted assessments and tailored interventions to support children who may struggle emotionally or socially, working closely with staff to ensure a nurturing approach is used across school.

Here at White Ash Primary school, we are excited about starting our journey along the Thrive Approach. Thrive is a therapeutic approach to help support children with their emotional and social development. This approach offers practical strategies and techniques and is built around online assessments which identify children’s emotional development and provides action plans for their individual needs.

Research has shown that how we behave is linked to how we feel, and our emotions are linked to how we learn. By teaching children to recognise and notice these feelings and emotions it can help with their development and learning. Children sometimes need some extra support with their emotional growth, and this can be temporary or over a longer period. Thrive promotes their emotional and social growth by building positive relationships between a child and their peers and helps them explore and understand their feelings through various activities.

Our aim here at White Ash Primary school.

Our aim is to support our children to develop emotionally, so they are able to recognise and distinguish their emotions and learn ways of responding to their feelings appropriately.

We aim to:

· Provide alternative support for children who are experiencing emotional, social or behavioural challenges.

· Provide a safe and calm environment for children to develop their skills.

· Enable children to take pride in their achievements and enhance self-esteem.

· Help children to manage their feelings and develop skills to enjoy and participate in school life.

· Use positive approaches to manage all behaviours.