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
Year 6 residential day one
What a fun afternoon we had yesterday! There was so much packed in; raft building, a blind trail, paddle boarding, fencing and an obstacle course. We have fuelled ourselves up and we ready for todays activities. Let’s go!
Year 6 trip to Lockerbie Manor
We have arrived full of energy and excitement at Lockerbie Manor in Scotland. Have a look at some of our amazing photographs from the first afternoon.
Meeting the author
Year 1 had a brilliant afternoon meeting the author Lauren Hoffmeier who has written Mula and the fly amongst other stories. We enjoyed listening to the story and why and participated in a yoga session about the book.
Year 5 Helping the Community
Some of year 5 have been taking part in an intergenerational (and may I say magical ) project with our neighbours who live in the bungalows near Rowlands Gill Primary. Digital Voice is a charity who bring community together engaging in a project. In this project the...
Tennis tournament
Bronze medals for our tennis players! Well done to the children from year 5 and 6 who took part in a tennis tournament at Whickham comp school. They all took part in individual games against other schools. Mrs Maxwell reported how amazing everyone's sportsmanship was...
Our visit to our local church
School Travel Fact File 2023
Please see attached PDF travel fact file that tells you more about the passes available to your Year 6 child as they transition to their Secondary School. We hope this helps both them and you to access public transport when travelling to their new school....
Forest School
Keeping cool on a hot day at Forest School
Finding angles in shapes
Ordering the events of Ottoline and the Yellow Cat
Year 5 Digital Voice Project
Some of the Year 5 children have been selected to attend a Digital Voice Project in the local community. Today, we have been working with the community and learning about photography. We took portrait photographs of each other and zoomed in on the nature around us,...
NHS Visitor
The children in Nursery had a special NHS visitor, a nurse form the hospital came and talked to the children all about what might happen if you need to visit the hospital. The children had the opportunity to play with some of the equipment used and learnt all about...