IN THIS ISSUE Summer What’s On Guide Win Paultons Park tickets and more Preparing your child for school Summer activities for under 5s Issue 1 July/August 2018 familiesonline.co.uk OPEN ALL YEAR ROUND The South’s INTERACTIVE WATERPLAY favourite ZONES & waterpark TOTS POOL Giant Soft Play Area Climbing Zone Role Play FANTASTIC Village flume rides See our WEBSITE for opening times We’re Bournemouth & Poole’s favourite 01202 716123 children’s entertainment centre! [email protected] t: 01202 740 500 e: [email protected] Tower Park, Poole, Dorset BH12 4NY | Free Parking by the Cinema, Tower Park, Poole, BH12 4NY www.splashdownwaterparks.co.uk www.lemurlandings.co.uk Discover 1000’s of creatures come rain or shine! LOVE ? SO DO WE! That’s why at Families, we love going the extra mile to give you MORE! MORE readers Families reaches around 40,000 involved parents & carers in Dorset. MORE success Families has over 75% re-booking rate, so what we do works. 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Design - Matthew Craig mattcraigdesign.co.uk Next Issue September / October 2018 Education News, Back to School, Classes New Fun Rides & Clubs, October Half Term, Halloween Activities and more. at Peppa Pig Booking Deadline: 1 August Copy Deadline: 7 August World Distribution Paultons Park is a great value family day out We distribute in Bournemouth, with over 70 wonderful rides and attractions Beaminster, Blandford Forum, Broadstone, including big rides, small rides, play areas, Peppa Pig World in individual coaches starting Bridport, Christchurch, Dorchester, entertainments and a collection of exotic from the top of the majestic Queen’s Castle. Ferndown, New Milton, Poole, Ringwood, birds and animals all set within 140 acres of Children and parents will also be able to hop Sherborne, Swanage, Verwood, Wareham, the beautiful New Forest National Park. aboard brightly coloured boats at Grampy Wimborne and more. 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[email protected] familiesonline.co.uk Families Dorset 3 Views & New Free School News Opening 2019 A new free school is due to open in Bournemouth town centre next year. The Livingstone Academy will host pupils aged four to 19 and will specialise in preparing pupils for the rapidly-changing digital world. When full, the new school will accommodate 1,370 students but in September 2019 it will only be taking two classes of Year 7 students. Parents can apply through Bournemouth Council from 1 September. For further details, visit livingstone-aspirations.org ‘Mischief Makers’ Summer Reading Challenge 2018 Children's reading can 'dip' during the summer Beano comic, which celebrates its 80th anniversary holidays if they don't have regular access to next year. IN THIS ISSUE Summer books and encouragement to read for pleasure. What’s On Guide Win Paultons Park Children are challenged to read at least six library tickets and more Preparing your child for school Summer activities The annual Summer Reading Challenge helps get books over the school holidays and collect for under 5s three quarters of a million primary school children incentives, such as stickers, to earn their final Issue 1 July/August 2018 familiesonline.co.uk into libraries each year to maintain their reading challenge certificate and medal. Children can To receive FREE copies of skills and confidence. choose, recommend and review books at the Book Families Dorset magazine, Sorter on the Challenge website. 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