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
Y6 Travel fact file
Please click on the link below to view the travel fact file that tells you more about the passes available to our year 6 children as they transition to their new senior schools. We hope this might help them and you their parents / carers to support their next stage in...
Information session at Learning and Skills, Gateshead
We have been asked to circulate information to support parents and volunteers who may be interested in an information session at the Learning and Skills Gateshead Interchange, West Street (behind bus stand D) on Wednesday, 22nd June at 4pm. The session will give...
Route Planning
As part of our Geography unit on maps we used our new map reading skills to plan a route. Will we get lost? Let's hope not!
5B Forest Skills
5B were amazing when they visited a local, ancient woodland to apply their Forest School skills. We explored, built, made, played and shared. What a great day!
Adventures as a snail
We enjoy looking for different minibeasts so this week we were a minibeast. We read the story of ‘Snail and the Whale’ and then wrote a recount of our half term holiday as though we were the snail on the back of the whale visiting the places we went while we were off....
Repeated pattern designs
In computing we have been using Turtle Academy to program repeated patterns. We have been using count controlled loops. We have called on procedures to simplify our programs and have debugged our designs to make them look better.
If anyone needs anything mending, I know a class.
Even with such a short half term the year 3 and 7B have applied their sewing knowledge and have designed and made their own Anglo-Saxon wallets and purses. [gallery...
Oobleck- solid or liquid?
The children were characterising solids and liquids today but there were definitely ones that stumped them. They just didn’t fit the regular patterns.
Monitoring the wind
We have been learning all about the wind and how it is measured using the Beaufort Scale. We made our own wind socks to see the direction of the wind.
Blazing the Trail Success
We have been awarded our final certificate in the Blazing the Trail P.E Project, making us the FIRST school to achieve the diamond standard this year! Well done to all of our children- they have worked incredibly hard to achieve these certificates. It's been a...
Using a thesaurus to up-level our vocabulary
A DfE webinar for parents on the COVID-19 vaccination
We have been asked to share this information with parents. The COVID-19 vaccine is available for all children from 5 years-old. To help carers, guardians and parents decide what’s best for their children, we are partnering with the NHS in London and the National...