Missing reading day due to illness = falling behind, is it fair for me to request....

[Idonthaveenoughtime]

Some advice please ladies!

My ds is sick today. Unfortunately today is his reading day (friday) and they only get one opportunity a week to read. That means he will have TWO weeks (because of half term) with the same book to read, which he is already bored of because it doesn't have words in and he is already at the stage of being able to read words.
To make matters worse he is already a week or two behind the rest of the class as it took him a while to get to grips with phonics, but he's now ploughing ahead. He is an august baby and the youngest in the class and I think being another week (3 weeks) behind the majority of the class is going to mean he will never catch up as they only have that once a week chance to prove they can 'read'.

My partner thinks I should send him in even though he is ill just to do the reading, but that just makes me really angry. My partner seems to think that timetabling will mean the school won't be able to accommodate him reading time on the monday back so he has a school week to get to grips with the bigger book before he has his reading day on friday.

Considering all the issues I have with this school's teaching methods already, if they don't let him read on monday I'm actually at the point I might very well completely lose my rag and demand to speak to the head and / or change schools, I'm that fed up, lol. I remember reading to a teacher twice a week when I was at school, why has the standard of education slipped so much, class sizes haven't changed??

What would you do?
Am I overreacting?

I got about a dozen reading books (Biff+Chip) from library yesterday, stage 1-3. Wheee! :)

One day won't matter, you seem really over anxious about things. Step back. Calm down. Things will all be Ok.

I remember reading to a teacher twice a week when I was at school, why has the standard of education slipped so much, class sizes haven't changed??

but the curriculum HAS changed (unless you were in primary school after 1999)

THe biggest thing to teach a child in reception is love of books...You need to not only be listening to them daily but also reading to them to learn expression and fluency of reading...

Reception is about learning through play and a simple game with words, libarary..Go to car boots or charity shops and stock up on books your child will enjoy.

It's not a competition ! Just let him enjoy books at home , read to/with him, go to library . Rereading the same book is not damaging , far from it. You can enhance his comprehension skills by discussing the story, the characters , what alternative ways could the story go , does he like/dislike it and why. Could you offer to go in and hear reading or you find that happens when the class is more settled anyway. Just because it isn't timetabled doesn't mean they don't practice reading and literacy at other times. Finally missing a couple of weeks is not going to do long term harm.