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
Multi-skills event
Today 14 children from Reception represented our school in the Gateshead Schools Partnership multi-skills event at Gateshead stadium. It was a super morning and we found the venue to be amazing. Lots of “wows” as we entered the stadium and saw the pitch and track.
Hygienic Hands
In Science we have been investigating ways to keep ourselves clean. We carried out an experiment using different coloured glitter and shook hands with our partners to see how easily germs can spread from one person to another. We then tested different ways of washing...
Our senses and our bodies
We drew around each other and labelled parts of the body and linked them to the 5 senses.
Newsletter 17.01.24
A Home for a Hedgehog 🦔
After listening to the story One Winters Day, about a hedgehog who needed to find a home to keep him warm on a snowy day, we wrapped up nice and warm and went on a walk around the school to look for any signs of hedgehogs. We talked about how they might be hibernating...
Exploring Beebots
We have had lots of fun exploring how Beebots work with our peers, thinking about what functions the different buttons have and how to effectively give the Beebot directions to get to a destination.
DT in Year 3 – Pulleys!
Year 3 have started their new DT unit - 'Pulleys'. We looked at what a pulley is and why pulleys can be helpful. We also started to think about how we could use a pulley to raise a flag up a flagpole...we had some interesting ideas, not least one design that used...
Perseus and the Monstrous Medusa- Freeze Frames
Our History Gallery
Year 1 enjoyed welcoming Reception into our class today, showing them what we had been learning about in History lessons, thinking about the life of our grandparents. We explained about the toys, technology, jobs and much more as well as listening to music on a...
Sharing books with friends
As well as sharing books in our classroom throughout the day, Reception enjoy coming to our school library. We choose books that interest us to chat about then we always share a book as a class with our grown ups.
Digital Photography
We have really enjoyed learning about digital photography in our Computing lessons. We have practised taking photographs in landscape and portrait formats, using framing to ensure our photographs were focused and effective. We also practised editing our photos by...
Tudor Houses
This half term, we have been learning about the Great Fire of London in our History lessons. We learned that many houses were made of wood which led to the fire spreading so quickly. In DT, we tested out different materials to construct our own and decided that...