What level on the Oxford Reading tree would be expected of a reception child in this stage of the year please?

[TheOneWithTheHair]

I'm just trying to gauge it. Thank you.

End of red, beginning of yellow, I think.
list of bands and ages here

red/yellow

Thank you. Great link. It's just what I needed.

The school I am in aim for stage 3 (yellow) at the end of the school year.

If the parent isn't sure, then isn't the teacher the first port of call? Because if the child still has a pink book and the consensus veers more towards yellow, isn't the mum in question in danger of being advised to sit down and have a good cry?

Isn't the real answer (to pretty much everything in life)

Well, that depends...

In reception a child could be anywhere from pink to gold and beyond

coloumn
isn't the teacher the first port of call

my DD first teacher was brilliant but made it very very clear how busy she was and that she did not want to engage with parents.

You could see at PE as soon as one started to talk her eyes glazed over. Thankfully she did a great job but as for being the first port of call to ask about anything i would sooner have trawled every website in the world than approach and ask her. All the other parents felt the same. She rammed her message home very succesfully.

I'm not worried, just curious. Ds2 was talking about the colours he's on and I've never paid attention to levels really. I just wondered where the average was.

He's between stage 5 and 8. Green to purple, it varies.

I could ask his teacher but in his school they seem to be quite reticent about telling you what it all means.

very very clear how busy she was and that she did not want to engage with parents

I've heard this so many times. I guess if this is the way that any particular teacher feels then this is the way she feels. I guess there's nothing to be done about it. But then, if parents go off and do their own thing, the school can't really complain either, can it. I guess it cuts both ways.

I think it really varies hugely, as mrz says. DD2 was possibly yellow at this point. DD3 is probably pink-red (stage 1+). I'm really happy with how she is progressing though and I think she's getting a much better foundation in phonics than DD2 got (at a different school). I think she'll burn slowly for another little while, then she'll just fly.

My ds is in reception and is on yellow stage, apparently he's in the top phonics group but that has come from him rather than school so might not be true.

Reception is a real melting pot. In dd's class there are children who started reception at almost five years old and have been hot housed to oblivon at the end of the scale there are children who have just turned four and couldn't speak english at the start of the year.

Dd is further on than her older brother was. She is reading blue band books. Inspite of making less progress, I feel that her older brother had a better experience. Dd's teacher is dull and uninspiring. Everything is focussed on phonics and numeracy. There is no sense of excitement or wow factor. For example the role play area has been a house for most of last term. Ds's teacher change the role play area every fortnight, ds had a class bear, he was allowed to bring toys in to show and tell and there was a class assemby once a term.

If your kid is reading Green to purple they are well on their way and I would chill . Job done- well not really, but I think with both my kids when they get to this stage I feel confident that they will read fluently within say six months or so, certainly DS did, and DD is at similar stage- reading green or orange really but I think will spend a fair time on orange, DS did too.
They sort of go in fits and starts, well my kids do/did as some of it is maturity coping with longer texts and comprehension as well as decoding. I think the most important thing is whatever stage they are at they are enjoying books, have the right level books that they can both access and make progress with. THis was true at pink/red level as well as green/orange.

Thanks everyone. I'm really not worried. This is dc3 and it's the first time I've been curious. I know he's doing ok.

His teacher is actually fantastic this year. I don't know what she's like with the other children but she really seems on the ball with ds. She pulls him aside to do different work when he needs it. His talent is actually with maths and she's been fab.

I wish she could move up with him next year.

My Ds was up to Yellow in reception..moved back down to red after holidays in year 1... then went so far through the books needed to go to the year above to get books