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
Open Reading in Year 2
Over the last four weeks, the children in Year 2 have thoroughly enjoyed welcoming their grown ups into school each afternoon to read with them. Not only have the children’s fluency and reading skills developed, but the enjoyment of reading has filled our classroom....
Beamish Working Museum
We had an excellent time at Beamish Working Museum, seeing how people lived in the past and the types of toys they played with. We were able to play with and make different toys that our grandparents may have played with and we compared them to the types of toys we...
Using the Arbor Parent Portal for the first time
We are currently in the process of emailing all our Parents/Carers with invitations to log into the new Arbor parent portal/app. Please note the roll out for this will take a couple of days, however; if you have not had an email invitation by Friday 14th October,...
Venn Diagrams in Maths
We are working on statistics in maths at the moment. We have been making our own Venn diagrams to sort data we were given. We also had a go at gathering our own data and decided how we would sort it effectively.
Using Colour Filters to Write Secret Messages
How do we see colours?
KS1 Trip to Beamish
We visited Beamish Museum today and took part in a workshop that gave us the opportunity to learn about toys of the past. We even got to play some of the games! We also enjoyed exploring the houses and schools and comparing them to life as we know it today.
Football in 2S
In PE, we have been developing our dribbling, passing and shooting skills.
Greeting each other in French…
Autumn Pictures.
Following on form our autumn walk, the children have been getting quite creative. The children used conkers, pine cones, sticks and leaves to dip into the paint. They then rubbed them across the paper to create patterns and marks. We discussed the different marks each...
It’s Clay Time
We worked on our clay designing skills to make our own Iron Age tile.
Stop and think about what you eat!
In science, we were using the ‘Traffic Light’ labeling system to see if the foods had too much saturated fat, sugar, or salt. We practised our persuading skills on each other so that our classmates made better food choices for their health.