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.”
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Magic beans on toast
The giant from ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ invited us to his castle cafe for magic beans on toast. We had to take our own beans along to the cafe though, it is a good job we had been on a visit to TESCO the day before.
Mixing colours
We used the primary colours and mixed them to make secondary colours and painted our clay pots with them. We spoke about the war, and cool colours and the emotions we attached to different colours.
Freeze framing
We enjoyed reading our new story ‘The Storm Whale’ and freeze framed parts of the story to portray the emotions involved and the scenes the story were set in.
In D.T we have been designing and making bridges. We learned that we needed to ensure they were: stable, sturdy and supported. We used supports such as glue sticks, tube and cardboard to make our bridges more stable. We then tested the stability using weights.
£322.20 raised on Break the Rules Day
Thank you to everyone who helped to raise a fantastic £322.20 on the Break the Rules Day. That's a lot of pupils and staff breaking the rules! It was a however a great day for everyone!
What a muddy but fantastic time!
Modelling clay
We enjoyed using clay and the techniques we have learned to sculpt our clay pots using our hands and a variety of tools. We made the clay into thumb pots.
Baking Shortbread for Macmillan
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Religious Worship
During this term the children have been exploring different aspects of religious worship. They have discussed how different religions worship through prayer, music and art. They listened and appraised a variety of music from different religions and were able to...
Mystery Reader
Today we enjoyed listening to a story from our parent mystery reader.
