Tools to Thrive Book B

Tools to Thrive is a new positive mental well-being programme for Senior Cycle, secondary school students in Fifth and Sixth year (ages 15 to 17+). The programme is drawn from the fields of Positive Psychology (the science of well-being) and Neuroscience, to develop positive well-being habits for life. It is designed to be implemented as part of the SPHE curriculum.

The programme is designed in alignment with the 4 key features of effective teaching and learning in SPHE (NCCA, 2023):  – Awareness – Dialogue – Reflection – Action.

The programme aims to support learning in all of the Learning Outcomes of 2 of the 3 strands of the Revised Senior Cycle SPHE curriculum (2024), namely Health and Well-Being and Into Adulthood. The majority of these Learning Outcomes (11 of the 16), are covered within Levels A & B of the programme. The remaining 5 are covered in Tools to Thrive: Level B Follow-On, which comprises of 3 further online lessons.

There are two levels in this series:

• Book A (Secondary – 5th Year / Ages: 15-16+)
• Book B (Secondary – 6th Year / Ages: 16-17+)

This is the second book in the series.