Five to Thrive course: Healthy brain development for all ages

Virtual services

Five to Thrive is an online course made up of four Zoom workshops. 

There’s one workshop each week, and each workshop lasts up to two hours.

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This course will cover: 

  • Introduction to brain development and responding to your baby
  • The importance of touch, treasure baskets and relaxing with your baby
  • Making sense of the world and sensory play
  • Language, communication and talking with your baby

What you’ll need

To access the workshop, you’ll need a device that can use Zoom. You'll also need to register with us (or login if you already have an account):

  1. Tap register.
  2. Enter the first part of your postcode then tap next.
  3. Enter your first name, last name, email address and password, then read the terms and conditions, privacy notice and data usage policies and tick the box when you've done that. Tap next.
  4. Check your email for a verification code and enter that. Tap Submit code.
  5. You can then go through to the homepage where you'll see all our available and upcoming courses.
  6. Select the course called Five to Thrive.
  7. Scroll down and tap the button for the date and time you'd like to sign up for.
  8. You'll then be taken to Zoom to book your place on the workshop. 

If you haven’t used Zoom before and need help getting set up, take a look at the Getting started guide for new users.  

If you need any support accessing the workshop, please email virtualfamilyspace@barnardos.org.uk and we’ll be happy to help you.  

When is the course?

Information on when the course is running will be available soon.