When can I expect to be done with the reading schemes?

[WimpleOfTheBallet]

I should say when can DD expect this! She's in year 2...and has just strted reading fluently...she had struggled a bit but according to her teacher it's all sudden;y clicked and she's flying.

She is thrilled and since the other day has been going through her shelves checking if she can read this book or that book...and she can....I don't know how long they go on for these schemes....she's never on the same reading scheme....and is only on New Way blue level atm.

It all seems too easy now...but it's such a sudden thing I suppose they'll want her to go on with schemes?

Seems annoying though as the stories are dire and she's enjoying things like The Twits etc at home.

It varies school by school, but the reading scheme books do get better as you progress...

Some schools finish reading schemes at NC level 3 ( so often in Year 2 ) - some schools keep kids on coloured book bands all the way through the juniors.

Just be glad she's enjoying the twits, and get her all the books she wants from the library....

Your DD sounds very much like mine. I pulled out Georges Marvellous Medicine and she started that last night. Still getting banded books from school. I want her to be able to choose her own books soon as we don't have time to read both.

Our school continues reading schemes to end of year 6 and those who are struggling actually continue in the senior school.
However, the children are encourage to read other books as reading out loud (reading scheme) is a very different skill to reading to self. I had a long chat about this with DDs teacher as on reading schemes she is not progressing due to rush and not reading accurately whilst at home she happily reads Jacqueline Wilson.

I'm sure the teacher won't mind what your daughter reads as long as she is reading PoppetUK

Loving George's Marvelous Medicine. Beats the ORT stage 11 :) I've deliberately not asked for any readers so we can enjoy this book over the hols. I guess I'm supposed to be saying it's DD enjoying it yet secretly I am :)

Ah, reading schemes, sigh... I personally question their use when a child is reading within NC level 3 at school and never has his or her nose out of a book at home. My dc's school have loads of levels, I doubt whether some children will even be off them in year six. Seems unnecessarily longwinded as I have said before on mm and I really question the validity beyond a certain level. I am going to mention this at parent's evening soon, will report back.

Forgot to say, as an example there are children in my dc's year five class who are probably reading and writing within level 5, certainly a high 4, probably G&T, who are still on the reading scheme; now you tell me the sense in that?

My DC's school uses reading scheme books at least into Year 4. DS1 (Yr3) and DS2(Yr2) bring banded books home (ORT, Corgi Young readers etc) and we read a couple of chapters a week of those, but they still find plenty of time to read more interesting other stuff at home. Current favourites include Roald Dahl, Mr Gum and Terry Deary. TBH I don't listen to them reading their own books at home as they read in their heads so the school reading books are a good opportunity to get them to read out loud.

I think at parent's evening I'm going to ask if they have non-fiction books that are banded because they are the ones that would help DD (stuck on ORT for too long) and I don't get time to go to the library to sort through ones that 1) she'd enjoy 2) are at the right level etc.

Towards Easter / summer I will definitely subscribe to reading chest but will keep talking to her teacher. She's absolutely lovely and my DD is having the best school experience she's had since she was in Kindy 2 days per week do I don't want to rock any boat :)

My reception teacher allows full student/parental access to the reading scheme - so the kids just whizz through. My son and another student moved off the reading scheme at the end of reception/beginning of year 1. At the same time he was reading Roald Dahl at home - we then only readlibrary books as my son found the non banded school books quite boring. Most of the other students in his class completed the reading scheme in year one or year two - but the whole class is at or above the national average ability wise.

I let my lime readers read books from home, as long as they write what they're reading in the home reading diary. IMO books get more and more boring, the further up the reading scheme you go! (One of the ORT books called 'The Hacker' springs to mind - all about embezzlement... embezzlement for 6-7 year olds!!)
At this stage in their education, I what to encourage the children to have a love of reading. I'm not sure reading scheme books always do that!

I've just ordered some Project X books - Dr X's Top Ten Villians etc and graphic novels to try and combat the boredom

DS brought home The Time Chronicles - the new series of The Magic Key books. Shoot me down in flames but I really enjoy them. Until these, the books were getting more and more boring and, like others, he's a voracious reader of other books at home. Ask them about the new series though - but it might be too expensive for a school to buy if they already have books up to the end of the scheme.