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
Artefacts from the past
We looked at different artefacts from the past and ordered them from the most recent to the least, including different events in history. We enjoyed learning how different pieces of technology have changed throughout the years.
Christmas Crafts
Christmas Jumper and Craft Day 🎄
The nursery children all wore their Christmas jumpers to our Christmas crafts day. Parents / carers and grown ups all helped to make some very festive decorations with the children.
Christmas Raffle
The Christmas Raffle will be drawn at the Christmas Fair on 14th December and there are some fantastic prizes! Tickets are available from school office. Please return all completed raffle stubs/cash to the office by 12th December 2023. Good Luck!
Celebrating differences in year 4!
This half term we have been celebrating differences in PSHE. We have been learning about how actions and words affect us and others’. We have done lots of discussion work about how to take care of other peoples’ feelings and to try to see things from their point of...
Dressing teddy for Winter
We looked at different items of clothing and decided which would be suitable for the Winter and which would be better for the summer. We discussed it with our class and gave reasons as to why for each item of clothing to convince others in the class. We decided that...
STEM Recycling Challenge
How to toast the perfect marshmallow (3M Forest)
Times of the day
We worked hard to decide what times of the day different events happened, from the morning, afternoon and evening. We thought carefully about our life and used that to help us give reasons as to why we had placed events in each category.
Christmas Panto
Christmas Panto
No pen day 2023!
Year 4 really enjoyed 'no pen day!' In English, we had a spelling race then we described scenes from our class text. Each group stood at the front and described the scene using expanded noun phrases, fronted adverbials and the 5 senses. The rest of the class then held...