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Thrive

Thrive is One Eighty's enrichment course for schools. It is a six week course designed to help young people learn valuable life skills through skateboarding. Each week has a worksheet based around a different theme such as Making Choices, Good Health and Perseverance. The young people spend the first ten minutes of the session going through the worksheet and setting targets based around the theme. They then have the rest of the session to complete this target, and get their sheet signed by a staff member. If they pass every week, they complete the course and get a Thrive certificate.

The course has been brilliant for young people who learn in a more active way. It also helps schools provide innovative and exciting enrichment and extra-curricular activities. We have run successful courses in Culverhay, Somervale, Writhlington, Beechen Cliff and Norton Hill Schools. We have also run one-off events in King Edwards School.

We have seen young people increasing their confidence, trying new things and most importantly, learning how to apply those skills to their lives.

A young lad with dyspraxia, who turned up to one course, said he would never be able to skateboard because of his disability. Through working with one of our staff and after lots of encouragement, he stood up and rode a skateboard successfully for the first time, which gave his confidence a massive boost!

"All pupils increased their confidence, skill levels and self-esteem...the benefits to the school are enormous" (Deputy Headteacher, Beechen Cliff School, Bath)