Reading in Y1 - which NC level (if any) would be considered G&T or unusually advanced??

[NorhamGardens]

What sort of level would a 5 year old in Y1 be reading out to be considered G&T or unusually advanced?

[rabbitstew]

Why on earth would anyone want their child to be gifted? Apparently most of them seriously underachieve and are a pain in the backside to teach.

[thecaptaincrocfamily]

clearly mine is a dunce then since her report said she was a pleasure to teach >

[rabbitstew]

Oh no, thecaptaincrocfamily - yours is merely very clever, hard working and well behaved, like most people who do well at school.

[thecaptaincrocfamily]

tee hee Not offended at all and completely agree although at home the 'well behaved' bit is debatable

[exoticfruits]

I'm staggered by the poster that said "many" Y1 children could read HP ! Really? I would say it was quite unusual

I think that you misunderstood. I said it. I am going through a sample of hundreds of DCs over a long period. It is unusual. I take Henry Potter just to show the level. I have in actual fact only seen 2 5yr olds reading it, both boys. I have seen more reading the equivalent.
You are not going to get more than 1 or 2 a class-and sometimes none. Most will be on reading scheme books and if they choose a book they will go for a picture book and look at the pictures.
All I was saying was that some 5yr olds are at that level. They are not gifted. DH was a fluent reader at 3yrs-he taught himself apparently. He was not gifted.

[rabbitstew]

Harry Potter is like Beast Quest to young children, only with longer words - they love the excitement and adventure and imagining being a wizard. You aren't likely to find many young children reading it and talking about heroism, self-sacrifice, wisdom, kindness, pride, greed, cruelty, injustice, evil, and death afterwards: they are more likely to run about the house casting spells and setting up wizarding schools, and hoping that the cut on their head will turn into a lightning scar, because that is the level at which it is of most interest to them. In what way the reading of these books therefore indicates any form of hugely superior intellect, I don't know. Ds1 was measured as having a reading age of 14 at age 6, but he certainly didn't have the emotional age of a 14 year old and was equally happy reading picture books as he was reading books like Harry Potter - because he was 6 years old and likes a good story in any form.