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Base 8

Welcome to Base 8’s webpage.

In Base 8 the class teacher is Miss Goring, accompanied by Miss Tibbetts and Miss Watts who are our wonderful teaching assistants.

The purpose of this page is to provide you with an insight with regards to what we have been learning and planned future activities. Additionally, you will be able to view homework activities for the week along with the spelling and times tables focus.

In Base 8 we view learning as a journey and along the way it might be tricky, but we are learning to view problems as a challenge to be conquered rather than an obstacle in our path. We are proud to promote an inclusive classroom environment whereby differences are celebrated. Furthermore, a safe and secure learning environment is ensured at all times.

We hope you visit our webpage regularly for updates on how we are growing as learners and to see some of the fun learning opportunities that we have been taking part in.


Value of the Month

Our value of the month is equality and patience.  Children will explore what this means through assemblies and topical questions.  Tokens are given to children who demonstrate equality and patience around school and then one name will be drawn to be our values champion of the month.

We are also exploring the country of Egypt as part of our Flag of the Month whereby we will be exploring and retelling a traditional Egyptian tale.


Term Theme

Our theme for the first part of the Spring term is ‘The World Beneath Our Feet’.  Let’s explore the biomes and vegetation belts of the world and develop a clear conceptual understanding regarding how our world functions. We will learn about various geographical aspects, developing an understanding of animals habitats, explore then northern and southern hemispheres, , before moving onto the impacts of climate change.  As we learn about the world beneath our feet, we will use a range of geographical sources to support our knowledge and understanding.

As part of our Love to Read sessions, we will be reading ‘The Boreal Forest’ by L.E Carmichael.  This is an exciting, fun read and we can’t wait to read it.  In addition to our Love to Read sessions, we will be enjoying our reading for pleasure sessions where we can enjoy reading quality picture books.  Reading is at the heart of everything – we l0ve reading!


Curriculum Offer

View our Curriculum Offer Part 1 PDF document

View our Curriculum Offer Part 2 PDF document

Miss G Goring


This Week's Homework

All homework will be provided within the child’s homework booklet.  This will link to our learning for the week and the past week so that children have the opportunity to revisit their knowledge and embed this into their long term memory.

Please endeavour to read with your child daily where possible, however, this should take place at least four times per week as a minimum requirement.

Times table focus will be: Developing recall and fluency of the 4 and 8 times tables. Children need to complete their times tables practise in their book, focusing on their specific tables that they have been given.

Spellings focus will be: Words ending with ‘able’. Flash cards have been provided to support the children in revising their spellings. The ‘look, cover, write’ technique may also be used by children to support their spelling practise.


This Week's Spellings

The focus for our spellings this week starting Monday is spelling words with ‘able’.  We will investigate ways to help us remember these spelling rules and apply them to our writing. Flash cards have been provided within the children’s homework packs to support their learning.


Times Tables

Times table focus will be: Developing recall and fluency of the 4 and 8 times tables. Children need to complete their times tables in their book, focusing on their specific times tables given. Flash cards have been provided within their homework pack.