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
Visit to TESCO
Thank you very much to Rowlands Gill TESCO for donating the contents of our shopping list for our ‘Bonfire night chocolate breadstick sparklers’ cookery. While there we explored the different aisles, looking at how things were stored and the cost of items. We had lots...
What a fantastic surprise!
Book Fair
Don’t forget the book fair is open each day from 8:30am-9:00am and again from 3:15pm-4:00pm. We look forward to seeing you there. .
Identifying Trees
We went on a tree hunt in our school grounds and used their leaves to identify them. We know that a deciduous tree begins to lose its leaves in Autumn but an evergreen tree keeps its leaves all year round.
Where in the world is the UK?
We have been using atlases and globes to find the continents and oceans of the world. We also identified that the United Kingdom is a country within Europe.
Families North East Magazine
Please click the following link to the November and December issue of Families Magazine. ...
Spooky stories
The children have listened very carefully to our Halloween stories. First we listened to Pumpkin Soup, the children then explored cut up pumpkins, feeling the different textures and made their own pumpkin soup. Then we listened to one of our favourite stories, Room...
1M Forest School
We thoroughly enjoyed Forest School, building obstacle courses and hunting for different leaves and mini beasts. It was quite windy but we had lots of fun.
Who is my special person?
In Year 2 we have been learning about Relationships in RE. We have learning, who our own important people are and what makes them special to us and why we value them. For Christians, we have been learning that Jesus is an important person and that Christians believe...
Pass the hat
One of our nursery children explained she had learnt a new game pass the hat, she explained it was just like pass the parcel but it was Halloween game, therefore you and to pass a hat not a parcel. We listened to the rules of the game and then all joined in, what fun !
Happy Rosh Hoshanah and a sweet New Year
During our lessons we have been learning about the celebration of Rosh Hoshana, and Yom Kippur in the Jewish faith. We found out that one of the ways Jewish people celebrate the new year and it's sweet beginnings by eating apple and honey. We even got to try it and...
