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
Representing Numbers
We have been using equipment and pictorials to represent numbers. This has helped us to recognise tens and ones in two-digit numbers and partition them in different ways.
Newsletter 19.9.2024
Please see our first newsletter of the academic year below. Remember this is a Sway document so sometimes takes a little while to load depending on the device / internet connection which you are using.
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Investigating the Suitability of Materials
Ted had a problem! We needed to find material to keep him dry in the rain. We used our scientific knowledge to predict which material was the most suitable. We knew that the material needed to be strong, light and waterproof. We undertook a fair test and wrote a...
National Fitness Day
To celebrate National Fitness Day, Class 5 have been keeping active and having a 'brain break'. The children completed a 20 minute, full-body workout and discussed the importance of keeping active- both for mental and physical well-being. Well done Class 5!
Grace Darling
We are enjoying learning about Grace Darling in our History lessons. We know that she was born a long time ago and we have enjoyed looking at different items that she might have used. We discussed how her life might have been different to how we live now. We have...
Me and My World “Fitness Day”
As part of our topic of ‘Me and my world’ this week we celebrated National Fitness Day. We started to look at how we take care of our bodies including talking about how we feel, brushing our teeth and eating healthy.
Negative Number Lines
Class 5 have been refreshing their knowledge of positive and negative numbers by placing them onto number lines. Next, they will be solving multi-step problems which involve calculating intervals across zero.
Robotics in Class 5
We have had a very exciting morning in Class 5. We are incredibly lucky to have an expert in, who showed us how to build and code our own robots. We used various components to build them and then used Scratch to complete the 'mission'. The excitement in the classroom...
Class 5 have been discussing their rights and responsibility as citizens of our country and also as members of our school. We had some fabulous contributions and listened to each other very respectfully.
Microbit Kitronik Code Club year 4 and 5
Meet and Code 2024 This year, we are working with Meet and Code – a civil society that’s aimed at bringing digital skills to children and youth across Europe. Through their funding program, we’ll be hosting coding and digital skills workshops to support the European...
RoboCode Adventure Day year 5 and year 6
Meet and Code 2024 This year, we are working with Meet and Code – a civil society that’s aimed at bringing digital skills to children and youth across Europe. Through their funding program, we’ll be hosting coding and digital skills workshops to support the European...