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
Raising awareness of Limb Loss and Limb Difference
This week we have been learning all about Limb Loss and Limb Difference. We have listened to stories including Chops, Splash and Alf's Power and sensitively discussed how some people have different limbs. We used mirrors in class to observe our features including hair...
Mystery Reader
Today we enjoyed a story from our Mystery Reader. All the children helped to join in with The Gruffalo using the props. Thank you Tommy's grandma.
All Aboard the Titanic
Today we arrived to our classroom to find we had all received a ticket for the Titanic. We discussed what we thought the Titanic was and how long ago we thought the ticket might have been printed. We discovered that the Titanic was a ship that was built over 100 years...
What time is it, 2S?
Today we worked as a team and took it in turns to be a clock face, minute hand and an hour hand. We practised telling the time to the nearest five minutes!
Paper planes
We made paper planes from our story and threw them around outside to see what verbs we can use to describe how they flew through the air. We then completed a poem about how they move focussing on past tense verbs.
Music Everywhere
This week the children in nursery have been exploring the sounds of the music and creating their own music and songs to dance to. Then, the children made their own instruments including shakers and guitars with a range of materials.
Bikeability
This week, the children in Nursery have enjoyed Bikeability. First, we learnt all about bike safety, why we wear a bike helmet and the parts of the bike. Then we practised moving around and keeping our balance, before building up some speed and practise gliding. The...
Football team
One of our football teams has just finished their tournament league fixtures. They played 3 league tournaments at Winlaton, playing 5 games each round. Our first tournament was a tough one resulting in defeats. This did not dampen our spirits as they continued to...
Adding prefixes to root words
Turns
We have been working hard to learn what whole, half and quarter turns are and how they affect the position of objects. We played ‘Mrs Mobberley says’ with positional direction to practice them.
Learning about inspirational people
We enjoyed the stories our mystery reader chose today, learning about Jane Goodall and why she is inspirational. We discussed some endangered animals and the enjoyed reading a story about racing hamsters.
Chance to Shine Cricket
Today we enjoyed our second cricket session in school. We thoroughly enjoyed having a go at batting and fielding. Miss S was so impressed!