What reading band is your Year 1 child on?

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For those of you whose school follow the Oxford Reading Tree, where is your Year 1, Term 1, child sitting?

I don't want to be THAT mum at the school gates or WhatsApp group, sometimes better to ask these on an anonymous forum without judgement 😊

I don't understand these bands. Iwe have Little Wardle and my dd is on gold level 5. Is that okay? I have no idea.

Wow some outdated views on here. Most schools are now doing a phonics scheme such as Little Wandle which is rigorous. See attached. It is far from just cvc words and covers spelling too. Children can often get taught pronunciation and formation wrong prior to school which is why all children having the chance to learn the whole scheme taught properly from the beginning is so important.

It’s really not a race and making it into one is pointless.

@Longma
When should I expect that my child will have been assessed for the take home books? He is reading picture books he chooses from the library, Julia Donaldson and similar, and we are sharing fantastic Mr fox at bedtime (this is above his level obviously). He can work out many words he doesn't know so seems to have figured out the phonic code, though needs help breaking up long words.

Utterly ridiculous!

DC2 is on orange (level 6). DC1 was nowhere near that level at the same age and was on light blue (level 4).

I agree! Surely just reading anything with the child will take them ahead over a break where you have more time than in term time? DS has taken a leap forward just over half term, we just borrow normal books not reading scheme.

Lots of humble bragging parents on here 🤣

My son’s school doesn’t let the kids move ahead of the class with their class reading books. I do think it’s silly but it’s really not an issue because reading must be the easiest thing to extend naturally at home. We just skim the reading book once a week and read our own stuff the rest of the time. DS is not bored in the slightest.

His class are all on blue atm.

Why can’t you go the free library and share as many books as you like together. Literally no school would discourage that.What is the need to jump ahead on a structured rigorous reading scheme?

Exactly!

A child may be refusing the school books and a parent may be concerned that this may affect their attitude towards school at a young age.

There are many things 4 year olds don’t like about school at the beginning. Refusing books is something their teacher is best placed to deal with.

So I don't need to worry and can just continue to let him read his preferred books at home? He gets such an angry little face at the school book. Should I just leave it?

I also think encouraging a child to go off piste and not tolerate whole class focus at such a young age is setting yourself up for grief further down the line.

There are free libraries in every town and city fit to bursting with books that will foster a love of reading. Racing through dry reading scheme books without the properly taught skills basis does the exact opposite

My dd1 is 13 now but in y1 she was still on pink (level one I presume?) surely she can't be the only one? She's dyslexic.

I can't remember what dd2 was on. I only remember as there was a list of the kids reading colours on the wall (no where near the teachers desk) I commented to say it was unfair. The teacher said it's a list for her but why put it on the wall. Dd1 was the bottom one on the list. We didn't know she was dyslexic at that time.

We don't read reading scheme books. I direct him away from that shelf as I don't know what he will choose or if it will be suitable for his age. He chooses from the picture books boxes. There are board book boxes, then picture books, then the shelves.

Thanks all. DD has been on Green/Band 5 for a while now, I'm waiting for when she goes up a band. Maybe I'm expecting too much too soon.

I'm glad my children aren't being educated now. I had one that was reading well ahead of their class, with comprehension to match. Why are bright kids being held back? Seems like a recipe to create trouble makers to me.

I don't. I think holding children back to accommodate others is setting people up for grief.

Its mumsnet ,I'm surprised they are not all.reading Shakespeare😂😂

Why humble brag? I see no shame in being loud and proud and blatantly brag 😁

How are you holding children back? There is a works of books out there for them to read and enjoy alongside in any library. The scheme is rapid and robust. If anything it’s the other end that are impacted more. There is plenty in it to master- reading,pronunciation , letter formation, spelling.

They are foundation and KS1 not secondary children.😳

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