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Which book band is your Y1 on?

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Wornout8 · 27/01/2018 21:44

Just that really

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Youreadthebabybooks · 27/01/2018 21:48

The oxford level you mean ?
Mine is a young year 1 and is on level 11

Mayhemmumma · 27/01/2018 21:49

It's colours in our school and mines on aqua?

Mayhemmumma · 27/01/2018 21:51

Or maybe it's turquoise!

Youreadthebabybooks · 27/01/2018 21:52

Oh colour wise he is on lime

IggyAce · 27/01/2018 21:53

Blue, green and orange are the typical levels for year 1.

froggers1 · 27/01/2018 21:54

Green I think...

Foxedme · 27/01/2018 21:54

Please don't worry about this. In Year 1 you'll have children ranging from pink to even free readers! You'll probably get a very wide range of answers. You can google book bands to see and suss out what your LO 'should or could' be on for his age. They'll all get there in the end and all at different rates.

Also worth noting that different schools have different systems/stickers/rate of moving up.

thepatchworkcat · 27/01/2018 21:55

I think the bands can vary between schools so this may not be that useful OP!

Wanderingbluebell · 27/01/2018 22:09

My dd is on blue. She’s a bit of a reluctant reader. Her friends are on turquoise / white. I think there’s a pretty wide range at this age tho.

QGMum · 27/01/2018 22:36

Puce, I think ....

Norestformrz · 28/01/2018 06:34

"I think the bands can vary between schools so this may not be that useful OP" book banding is a universal standardisation system so in theory there should be no difference but it's based on multi cueing strategies that don't match the current National Curriculum so is an ineffective measure although it's still loved by some parents and teachers.

Chrisinthemorning · 28/01/2018 06:46

Just moving from ORT 4 to 5. He’s 6 in June.

MrMeeseeks · 28/01/2018 06:54

Free reading ds here but as another poster pointed out the range is really wide at this age.

MissRainbowBrite · 28/01/2018 06:55

DD is 6 next month and is on purple, she's been on this since just after October half term. She flew the levels at a rate of knots over the Spring and Summer term in Reception but seems to have plateaued now. She seems ready to move up again now though.

Foxedme · 28/01/2018 08:02

They can vary though... in the way that some schools use different colours for stickers which can be confusing, some schools keep children on levels for longer for different reasons, some schools have limited supply of a certain colour band so skip it or move up quicker...

Also worth noting that it's common practice to put children on a comfortable reading level for home reading and a harder level for guided reading within the classroom.

If you're worried then talk to the teacher. It could be that your LO is due to be assessed and might go up a level anyway.

unlimiteddilutingjuice · 28/01/2018 08:08

No books yet.
He's learned his sounds and is beginning to blend. He came home with a sheet of words to practice on.
As it's Gaelic school- I'm hoping to get some guidance from his teacher that they are all pronounced the way I think they are before we start tackling them!

NapQueen · 28/01/2018 08:11

No idea. Dd's teacher has written "level seven now well done" in her book but Ive no idea what the levels mean or what they go up to. 7 of what?

Wish it was standardised across the country tbh.

All I know is she can read the books shes got and enjoys reading so Im thinking that means she is doing ok.

Norestformrz · 28/01/2018 08:12

"Also worth noting that it's common practice to put children on a comfortable reading level for home reading and a harder level for guided reading within the classroom." If the school is in England books should be matched to current phonic knowledge and skills as per the statutory National Curriculum requirements.
Book banding as I said is a universal method some schools use stickers to cover the old publishers levels which predate book banding and to bring them in line.

crazymumofthree · 28/01/2018 08:15

DS is on torquoise books, he loves to read and I feel is quite good, with me he can read chapter books with only minor help on some words but he is distracted very easily. His elder brother in year one went from red books through about 6/7 more stages so don't panic too much!

user789653241 · 28/01/2018 08:19

Mine was lime/free reader but that doesn't mean he was greater reader, it only meant he was good decoder.
Reading is not just be able to read(decode) harder words. It's about everything else as well.

By yr3, most of NT children become similar levels, and there will be not much comparing levels. So I think if your child is less advanced than average MN children, don't worry and keep reading. If they are struggling, you may need to be proactive about teaching phonics.
If they are ahead, just give them books to read and keep reading as well.

traumwerk · 28/01/2018 08:22

My DTs will be six in a couple of weeks. One is a free reader and one is on gold. There is such a vast range in their class though.

MiaowTheCat · 28/01/2018 08:35

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nuttyknitter · 28/01/2018 08:42

This is like asking how tall is your child. There's a huge range at this age and it bears no relation to eventual outcomes.

BlueTablecloth · 28/01/2018 09:29

Blue- for a smart but not child prodigy kid at a bog standard primary in a pleasant working class area.

Tomorrowillbeachicken · 28/01/2018 09:32

Gold ish. They limit children to purple at our school but he has read all those so is on grey, but most. Of those books are gold on ort.
He does them very easily though.

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