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
Dance!
We are really enjoying our dance unit in PE this half term. We have been counting the beat, moving to the beat and performing our dance moves to others with confidence.
Human and Physical Features
Today in Geography, we discussed what human and physical features are. We know that human features are man made and physical features are natural. We worked in groups to record our ideas and then used our knowledge to sort and label famous landmarks from the four...
Bringing Books to Life
Some of the children in KS1 and KS2 have been attending an after school, Bringing Books to Life with Joanne Etherington. They've had great fun reading Walking Through The Jungle by Julie Lacome, acting out the story and making masks to re-tell the story. Who knows...
Sorting animals into groups
We learned about the different groups that animals are part of, and we practised sorting them into their different groupings using our toy animals. We practised using the vocabulary of mammals, amphibians, fish, reptiles and birds.
Henri Rousseau
We have enjoyed learning about Henri Rousseau, imitating his work then recreating our own. We created colour wheels, identifying warm and cool colours and used a view point to help us choose a setting for our final piece. There was a lot of variety within the class -...
Active English!
To help cement our understanding of subordinate clauses, we went active! We made giant sentences, chopped up some 'normal sized' sentences and also decorated the yard with our own examples too.
Odd socks day
We showed our support for anti-bullying week by wearing odd socks all day. We spoke about what bullying was and the importance of being kind and helping others.
Odd Socks Day
As part of Anti-bullying week we took part in ‘Odd Socks Day’ celebrating everything that makes us unique.
Children Northeast – after school activities at Rowlands Gill Community Centre
Children Northeast have received funding to run fun after-school activities with children and young people at Rowlands Gill Community Centre. Please click on the link to view the flyer with all the information for you to view. [pdf-embedder...
Odd Socks Day
We marked the start of Anti-Bullying Week by wearing odd socks to school to celebrate what makes us all unique.
Freeze framing
We read the story of the Smartest Giant in Town and thought about how the different animals felt before and after George’s help. We freeze framed how they might feel throughout. We also thought about the kindness George showed the animals and how we could replicate...
Moving to Music
We enjoyed finding the beat of different styles of music by clapping, marching, tapping and jumping.