Book bands/levels- anyone know how they work?

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DS is in yr 2. From Reception he was on colour coded books. They go from pink upto white. In yr1 he was on gold/white for ages because they didn't want him to move too quickly to the next stage. Nobody told me what the next stage was.
Now he has moved to a book with a yellow sticker with B written on it.

Can anyone tell me how this next lot of coding works?

Why do we as parents not get any info on this from the teachers?
DS reads quite alot at home (in bed as he wakes earlier than his 2 sisters so he has to do quiet things in the mornings). I would like to know what books to buy for him. We have lots of books already but it's knowing if they are the right level.

I tried looking up our local authorities learning grid but that only gives details of the first lot of colour coding.

His current book is ORT stg 11 Jackdaws.

Any help to make this a bit clearer would be much appreciated.

ha ha ha bonk book is our fave chez Enid

Go on, get to the library!!!

But as I said earlier and Enid said just now, the library's the place you need. Ours isn't a particularly great one, but still have stacks and stacks of reading scheme and post-reading scheme books. And tbh most of them aren't such great literature that you'd want to be shelling out proper money for them.

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I feel bullied into visiting the library now !
Am I a bad mother for not using the library . I'm so disorganised I'd probably lose the books or mix them up with our own books. .

I will give it a go.

Doesn't matter if you lose them for a bit as there are no fines for children. They always turn up in the end. Go on, go on, go on...

thanks for that useful contribution cod!

I am also disorganised with books

we have a method for library books

maximum two each (they plead for more)

they live on a shelf in the sitting room and don't get left in bedrooms

also our library reminds you via text message and email when they are due back

I have just spoken to a friend about the local library (5 miles away in the next village). Each child can have 15 books!!! Oh my goodness, that's alot of books to lose!!!!

I WILL go after school today. I'll let you know how I get on.
Apparently DD2 is entitled to an 18mth bookstart pack with a library book bag. She's 2 and a bit now so hopefully she can still have it.

The email from the library sounds good. Do they remind you which books you have too?

Well we are now all members of the local library.

I limited the children to 4 books each to start with.
There is a charge of 50p per day if they are taken back late.

I must remember to take them back in 3 weeks.

50p per day for children's books? I thought our library was bad for starting to charge 5p a day.