Personal Development

• Our Thrive offers a trauma-informed, whole school or setting approach to improving the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people.

• Our behaviour policy follows restorative informed practice where every child is valued and listened to.

• Indivduality is encouraged through our PSHE schemes of work.

• Weekly assemblies based around our vision and values.

• Celebration assemblies

• Building relationships with children.

• Assemblies/workshops - e.g. NSPCC

• Safety in Action in Year 6

• First aid training in Year 5/6

• School trips

• Enrichment Friday

• Enterprise Project

• Forest School

• Attending sporting competitions and festivals

• Learning to ride a bike

• 1 Night Residential trip in Year 5 to local scout camp with outdoor and adventurous activities 

• 5 Night residential trip in Year 6 to develop new skills

• Sailing in Year 2

• Support groups and interventions to support emotional development: 

- Thrive

- worry buster groups

- Lego therapy

- self-awareness

• Reading at Copper Beech Nursing Home – encouraged children to volunteer further.

• End of KS2 productions - Matilda and Annie

• EYFS/KS1 nativties

• Young Voices

• Learning a range of instruments within our curriculum - glockenspiels, recorders and ukeleles.

• Pupil voice

• Creative opportunities in the community - art mural in town

• ROAR Project in Year 5

• Children leading assemblies

• Children organising charity fundraising

• Clubs run by children

• Buddies for Year 6 and Reception children

• Playground Leaders

• After school/lunchtime clubs

• Thrive approach

• Whole class Thrive informed PSHE lessons

• Jigsaw PSHE lessons

• Safety in Action

• Assemblies

• Speakers into school  - Foodbank

• Fundraising/collections for local and global needs

• Litter picking when going to and from Forest School

• Opportunites to attend events in the town and mix with other children from other settings.