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
Sealed with a kiss
Today we visited the post box near our school to send a special card back home to our grown ups. On our way we looked at the different houses and buildings close to our school. We has a little stop in the bus stop and worked out where you can go from our village.
Forest School Fun
Lots of fun at forest school today. The weather was kind and the children were great. We started the session off with a conker hunt and had a wee bit of competition to see which team could collect the most. There was lots of teamwork going on. Children were learning...
Colour Monster
In Nursery, we are starting to identify how we are feeling today and talking about those feelings. We are using the Zones of Regulation to help us understand them. First we explored different colours around the classroom, went on a colour hunt, sorted objects by...
Making a castle
We created a castle for the giant, added beautiful flowers in flower boxes and decorated the castle to make it colourful. We hope he loves the castle.
Class 2 Winners !!
Well done to Class 2 for winning the WOW Activity Tracker Trophy for September. 73% of children in Class 2 recorded the most active travel journeys traveling to or from school. All the children across school were rewarded with a badge if they traveled actively...
A visitor came to see us…
We had a visitor come to Class 1 during the night, leaving footprints and a letter in our room. We replied to his letter and compared how big our feet are against the giant’s footprints.
Numbers to 20 in French!
Snip, Snip, Snip…
We have been practising using scissors and developing cutting skills snipping different materials. The straws were great fun and kept popping off as we snipped.
International Walk to School Month
As part of our school initiative to encourage children and families becoming more healthy, the children are logging their journey to school on their daily WOW tracker. If they travel actively (walk/wheel, cycle, scoot or Park and Stride) to or from school at least...
Reception, I’ll blow your house down!
After the Big Bad Wolf delivered materials to our class for us to build houses, he forgot the sticks so we needed to go on a stick hunt of our own. We loved acting out the story of ‘TheThree Little Pigs’ and making houses of our own. The straw came in handy when we...
C4 and C7’s Forest Fun!
When Goldilocks Came to the House of the bears….
This week's key text is Goldilocks and the Three Bears. The nursery children followed instructions to make the most delicious porridge to share in the hall after we practised the Goldilocks Song. They wanted to share the song they have learnt with the reception...