OPERATION ENCOMPASS
In accordance with the Police and Crime Commissioner Vera Baird’s Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy, Operation Encompass has been initiated in Northumbria Police to promote the value of early interventions in schools.
In Gateshead, Operation Encompass is part of the wider Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) that has recently been established within Gateshead Council to support vulnerable persons.
The process commenced on 01 April 2015 and all eighty seven schools in Gateshead are participating in Operation Encompass. The process is to be rolled out to the rest of the Northumbria Police area very soon.
All School Key Adults have undertaken Operation Encompass training and are extremely positive about this exchange of information which is assisting them greatly in providing tailored support to children, young people and their families. One Key Adult Commented “I must say I think that this is a great operation as it keeps us well informed and it gives me a great understanding of the children and families I work with.”
Detective Constable Gill Menzies was asked to implement Operation Encompass across Gateshead, in conjunction with Gateshead Council Safer Communities. DC Menzies says “We are improving the way we share information every day and this is a simple yet effective example of how that information can greatly help in ensuring the continued welfare of children and young people.”
Further Information
OH MY!
We have some strange things going on in English today…
Working Systematically in Maths
Using our number bonds to 10 is something we are really good at. Today we used this confidence to learn what it means to work systematically. We represented our calculations using cubes and wrote out the number sentence. We then used this knowledge to work...
Our Bodies
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Platinum School Games Mark
We are incredibly proud to announce that Rowlands Gill Primary School has achieved the Platinum School Games Mark! This fantastic achievement recognises our commitment to providing high-quality PE, sport and physical activity. It reflects the wide range of...
Character Feelings
In English today we were collecting vocabulary to describe how the character in our class book was feeling. We used our reasoning skills to tell each other why we thought she would be feeling this way.
Vegetable Tasting
Today we were learning about seasonal vegetables. We were also learning how we manage to eat seasonal food all year round. We enjoyed the taste test!
First week in Reception Class
Each child has settled into Reception class: making friends and enjoying learning alongside adults acting as play partners.
Regulation is very important to help us learn
Before we can sit down to learn we need to be happy and calm. We have been learning about the different zones in the 'Zones of Regulation'. Through our spa session we learnt different regulation strategies which are going to help us day to day.
Brain breaks and creating Stone Age objects
In today’s brain break, we took inspiration from our story ‘Stone Age Boy’ and created some Stone Age inspired Playdoh figures and objects. We thought about exciting adjectives to describe our creations too.
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Friday Fun
In Class 2, we work very hard! So when Friday comes, we play one song at the end of the day to celebrate this hard work- we all get a glow stick and dance our way into the weekend! Thank you for a lovely first week Class 2!