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
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Bee-bots
This week we started off using instructions verbally and following them using our bodies. We then moved to listening to them in music and doing a dance. This helped us to understand which way our Bee-Bots needed to move. From this it was so much fun being able to...
What is cinnamon?
A question that was posed from one child to another when in the sand area was pouring sand down the cluttering in his play saying “I am adding cinnamon”. We were focusing on 10 in maths so we chose the price of 10p per slice of our homemade apple and cinnamon crumble...
Joseph’s multicoloured coat
We learned about Joseph getting his multicoloured coat from his father Jacob because he was the favourite son. We enjoyed exploring and trying on the coat and it’s meaning.
Mother’s and Other’s Day
Happy Mother’s and Other’s Day to the special people in our lives. We hope you enjoy your day.
Mother’S Day posey
As a surprise and thank you to our Mam’s we arranged our own posy to give to her. We followed step by step instructions to arrange them beautifully.
Year 1 enjoy Forest school
We had a brilliant time at Forest school, lighting the fire, cooking and eating s’mores, making dens, creating obstacle courses and exploring in the mud alongside lots more!
How to cross the road safely
Today we made our own road in our classroom and thought of safe ways to cross. We identified different pedestrian crossings and thought of important rules of crossing the road such as holding hands with a grown up and remembering to stop, look, listen and think....
Subordination Superstars
In English we have been learning about subordination. We know that we use a subordinating conjunction to create complex sentences and give extra information to a main clause. We worked hard with our partners to match the sentences then identify the correct...
Vegetable Art
In Nursery the children looked at the famous artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo. He was a famous artist who would often use fruit and vegetables to make pictures and painting. The children used the fruit and veg they brought in for World Book Day to create their own pictures.
Reading Buddies
What a treat, Y3 came to share their favourite stories with the nursery children today.
