Sorry, maybe I should give some background. DS (Y1) has been able to 'read' for ages now. He reads comics, recipe books, lists of ingredients, simple books like Horrid Henry or The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark, Top Trumps, instructions for board games, basically everything and anything. He is getting really frustrated and annoyed that he's on ORT level 5 at school (BTW it is him getting annoyed, not me, I make sure he has access to any literature he wants at home, so I have no worries about his 'progress').
Anyway, he got this book out of the library and just read it to me (no problems - had to sound out 'compartments'; appropriate expression; demonstrated amazing comprehension bearing in mind he's never seen the film Star Wars!) and I thought maybe if I could say to the teachers 'this is the sort of book you have at school, apparently it's level x, could you please move him onto that level?' they might go for it?
Maybe I'm wrong and he should be on level 5. I dunno. I don't want to seem pushy - it's a great school and I have every faith in their teaching methods but he hasn't struggled or stumbled on a word in his school books since about this time last year.
He has had some very serious problems with another child in his class - a child who he idolises and who DS believes is amazing at everything. I just feel it would be great for DS's confidence to have what appears to be a natural talent for reading recognised in school in a way that is meaningful to him.
Thanks for reading!