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
Making equal group masters
The children have started learning about multiplication and they have been working practically making equal groups and counting in 2's 5's and 10's.
Getting into character
The children have been finding their inner- actor and have delved deep into the characters of Grandad and Syd from our book Grandad's Island
Parts of the body
In Science, we are looking at parts of our body. In year two, we managed to think of internal and external body parts. Our highlight was drawing round each other!
Fore!
This term, Year 3 are learning some golf skills in P.E. Today, we have learned to hold a club correctly and practised our aiming. The children have really enjoyed it.
We are researchers!
In History, we have been researching the famous explorer Neil Armstrong. Our fact rockets are proudly displayed in our classroom so visitors can magpie our findings! Where would you like to explore?
Role- play- Grandad’s Island
Today, we have been looking at body language and facial expressions in our story, Grandad's Island. Cameron is Grandad and Leoni is Syd in this freeze frame. They paid close attention to the body language and inferred a lot about Syd and Grandad's relationship.
Counting Equal Groups (Repeated Addition)
We have been using lots of practical resources to help us to make equal groups, then we have been using our knowledge of counting in 2s, 5s and 10s to count them.
Parent Ballot Result February 2020
The parent ballot closed on Friday 14th February 202 and resulted in the election of Mrs Alice Milton. Please see the formal notification below. Parent Ballot result
Counting in 2, 5 and 10s
We represented our word problem using money. We counted in the 2s 5s and 10s.
Journeys and Explorers- Making Rockets
Great British Bee Swap
Spring will soon be here, and with it will come a wide variety of insects, including Bumblebees. Each spring, Bumblebee queens from last years nests wake up and start to build nests of their own. Sometimes, however, these nests can be made in inconvenient...
Welcome Mrs Smales
As from Monday 24th February, Mrs Smales will be taking over the Early Years unit as class teacher. She has already worked closely with the children since November and has got to know them and our routines really well. She will be supported with Miss Corr and Miss...