Information for Families
Secondary School Open Evenings
As your child enters Year 5, your are encouraged to start looking at their Secondary School options, ready for transfer in September 2026. Please find a list of the Open Evenings for the local Secondary Schools below.
Cornerstone Academy
Tuesday 23rd September
Lytchett Minster School
Thursday 25th September
St Edward's RC/CE School
Thursday 25th September
Parkstone and Poole Grammar Schools
The deadline for registering your Year 5 child for the entrance test is 12pm midday on Friday 5th September 2025.
In year 5, we begin to learn a list of statutory spellings that are expected to be mastered at the end of KS2. As well as these, we also recap on the Year 3 and 4 statutory spellings to ensure these are secure before moving on.
Please find the Y5/6 and Y3/4 statutory spelling lists below, along with suggestions for parents on ways to support learning these spellings at home.
Year 5/6
Year 3/4
Times Table Rockstars
Please regularly practise your times tables. Children in Year 6 need to know times tables up to 12 x 12 and the related division facts.
All children have been given a Times Table Rockstars log in, please contact your class teacher if you do not have this.