Whole-class wellbeing through nature play.
Thrive Outside is a whole-class wellbeing program delivered outdoors on school grounds.
Through meaningful play, supported challenge and connection to place, students practise the social and emotional skills they need to thrive
regulation, resilience, relationships, agency and belonging.
5 weeks
5 × 3-hour sessions
Whole class
School grounds
Wellbeing, practised through real experience.
Children are regularly asked to regulate, cooperate, communicate, persist, make choices and navigate challenge.
Thrive Outside creates meaningful opportunities to practise these skills for real — through play, relationships, challenge, choice and reflection.
Across five weeks, children step outside the classroom into a different kind of learning environment: one where they can make, build, explore, play, take supported risks, connect with others and discover what they are capable of.
Less telling children about wellbeing.
More opportunities to experience it.
WHAT DOES THRIVE OUTSIDE LOOK LIKE?
Children choose where to spend their time, following curiosity, challenge and connection. Each space offers a different pathway into play, learning and wellbeing.
NATURE PLAY
FIRE MAKING
SWORDPLAY
Notice · wander
investigate · connect
Patience · persistence
challenge · confidence
Movement · boundaries
consent · regulation
CAMPFIRE COOKING
IMAGINATIVE PLAY
MAKER SPACE
Cooperation · responsibility
contribution
Stories · creativity
negotiation · possibility
Real tools · real materials
skills · persistence
Children are free to engage in ways that suit their interests, strengths and readiness.
WHY THRIVE OUTSIDE?
MORE REGULATED
Build emotional regulation & resilience.
MORE CONNECTED
Strengthen relationships & classroom belonging.
MORE CONFIDENT
Grow through challenge & supported risk.
MORE CAPABLE
Build agency, independence & responsibility.
MORE GROUNDED
Deepen connection to self, others & place.
MORE ENGAGED
Rediscover curiosity, play & joy in learning.