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
Year 6 Trip to Adventure Valley
Year 6 thoroughly enjoyed their trip to Adventure Valley today. They most definitely earned the reward for their excellent attitude, hard work and resilience during SATs week.
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Today we created our own rain cloud which helped us to learn about the water cycle and where rain comes from. We then discussed how we could measure rainfall and decided to make our own class rain gauges. We will be using our rain gauges to collect and record data...
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Kingswood Parent Meeting Slides
Kingswood Parents Presentation - 24.5.2022 Kingswood Parents Presentation - 24.5.2022 PDF
Link to Kingswood Meeting 5.30pm Tonight!
Please find the link to our online Kingswood Meeting below. Please remember that this meeting will be recorded and made available via email to any parent who is not able to attend. Click here to join the meeting
What happens to our shadows throughout the day?
We drew around our shadows this morning and predicted what might happen to them during the day. When we went back out to check in the afternoon, we stood in the same spot and realised our shadows had not only moved but were smaller and shorter too! This is what we...
Testing magnetic force
Pop, Pop, Pop !
After some of our children have been making pop corn in our home corner, we made our own real popcorn to taste. First we talked about what was in the packet, including learning new vocabulary kernels. We talked about the difference between sweet and salted popcorn and...
Forest School
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Today we read the story of Rosie’s walk as a guided reading session. We decoded the words, predicted what may happen, used language to describe feelings/actions and even included some writing when we came across new language and recalling of the story. From this we...