Reception - what can your child do now?

[goingmadinthecountry]

I'm asking as a supply teacher, not a competitive mum. Only one of my 4 went through reception after EYFS was introduced.

Can your child recognise all sounds? Write his her name? Read? Form all letters properly? Write numbers fairly consistently? Put own socks on after PE? Can they do all the things you expected they'd be able to?

I'd really appreciate any input as I have reception children all term. The school is very different from the one my youngest (Y2) attends, so they have different skills and expectations though both are rural state primaries. Trying to get a bit more perspective.

You know, I have absolutely no idea about the numbers.

DS (5 in March) comes home with reading books and a home-school book in which I am, I assume, expected to write comments on his reading, but nothing else.

No number work at all comes home.

That's given me something to ask teacher tomorrow...

(PS Ofsted 'outstanding' primary, but utterly useless at communication).

My ds is 5.2.
He can recognise all his sounds. However, he could do that before he started as well as blend short words. He is on ORT red level so I don't think he's made very much progress there. He completely refuses to read at home with us so we are entirely dependent on school reading with him, maybe once every two weeks.

Write his name- sort of. Again he sort of could before he started, another thing he doesn't seem to have made much progress in.

He forms very few letters or numbers properly. He has only done four pages in his work book that have any writing on at all (a 'word' or two) for the whole year.

I think he can put his own socks on after PE, but it takes him ages!

We have said we are worried about his lack of progress (as far as we can see almost none) to the teacher but she says not to worry.