talk to me about reading schemes

[nowwearefour]

is it normal ot not know much about the scheme your dd has been on all year in reception? . is there one scheme per year group? pretty sure they use ORT- is that kipper et al? teacher said something this am which i am trying to make sense of. dd has been put onto chapter books as she has finished all the books on the reading scheme. not sure if that means there is another scheme she will go onto in class 1 or whether she has done all the reading scheme and is therefore doing slightly harder (much too hard imo) books with onger stories and chapters etc (wchih she has been given one of for the summer holidays)

[nowwearefour]

just to be clear i do read these kipper books with her at home- she is allowed to choose any book to bring home and sometimes it os those read at home books- i have even bought some. i was considering buying more only this week o am glad i didnt if she isnt using them any more. shouldnt this sort of inforamtion be on theri report? people keeping talking about 2c etc- i havent a clue what my dd is. i guess i should ask but with reports and not parents evening it seems hard to get the chance. i am not 'not involved' which is why i find it strange i know so little.

[Swarski]

I would ask the teacher as all schools have different reading schemes. The ORT books (yes these are Kipper books sometimes) have a level on the back of them (think it is up to 16). It would be unusual for a child in reception to have reached L16, but not impossible.

[nowwearefour]

Thank you for this. Well i guess i wil try to find out if she really has reached L16. She has been given books for class 2 -chapter books - so i am thoroughly confused! problem is that my opportunity for asking has now gone as i am working tomorrow and so not seeing the teacher!

[IndigoBell]

A lot of schools that use the ort only go up to level 10 then after that kids are free readers and can read whatever the want. I think it is unlikely that they would use a diff scheme in year 1 then in reception.

Anyway she is clearly a great reader so just relax and enjoy summer.

[mrz]

ORT level 10 roughly equates to a NC level 2c - 2a reader (ORT levels are very inconsistent in difficulty so one book may be a "c another a 2a ...) which I wouldn't view as a "free reader" although a 2c at the end of reception would a very good.

[Sammiez]

Are the 'levels' the same as stages then?

[nowwearefour]

i really think she is def not level 16 (whatever that is- much too hard i think!). i guess level 10 is poss and they dont do the scheme beyond that in this school. will find out in sept and just let her reaqd whatever she wasnts during the summer!

[mrz]

ORT stage 16 include Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre

[maizieD]

I wonder what the Bronte sisters would make of their novels, written for adults, being rehashed for primary school children?

[nowwearefour]

well def def def not anywhere near ot that level then! must be 10. thanks for the advice. interesting point maizieD! hope they would be pleaed that it might inspire interest in the classics?

[mrz]

stage 10 are books like Dexter's Dinosaurs and Amy the hedgehog girl or the masked cleaning ladies of om

[runoutofnameideas]

I can picture it now "Suddenly the Magic Key began to glow and Mr Darcy appeared with a marriage proposal...."