Yr 1 reading level... Not meeting expectations

[MissesBloom]

Can anyone tell me what band my child should be on. We've had his school report stating he's not meeting expectations (or working towards) for English, but this is a total shock for us... We have never been worried. Ds is on orange band, just passed his phonics screening and a very confident reader. Handwriting is behind for sure but this is the first I've heard of any issues.
Just wondering if anyone could give me an idea on what band he should be on when

Thanks

maybe it's a mistake, have you asked the school?

www.readingchest.co.uk/book-bands#a

That doesn’t sound right.
My DS got working towards when he was in Y1 and he failed the phonics and was on yellow books.

Going to have a chat with the teacher but she said he is still working towards the expected level in maths and English. The 'next steps' where she tells him what to work on was asking him to pay more attention and not get so easily distracted.... The maths 'next steps' was to learn his 2 5 and 10 times tables (which he already knows )

As a primary school teacher I would say orange was expected level for year one. I'd be concerned if they were still pink, red or yellow! What was said in the report? Could it be his comprehension of the texts that has caused them to say he isn't at expected?

My ds is working towards, and is on blue in year 3!

Thanks iggy, he is still 5 (August child) so one of the youngest. Perhaps she's basing it on his maturity level but seems a little unfair. Bless him he gets 8 out of 8 for spellings most weeks and works really hard. At least I known there isn't much cause for concern.
Queen did they raise this with you other than in the report? Wondering if they give you a heads up and let you know they'll need some kind of extra support. This is out of the blue for us.

Oh don't worry about it. They push them too hard, too young - and then wonder why the littlies don't measure up.

Yes we knew he was struggling and he was (and still is) waiting for an autism assessment.

My DS is on orange and passed his phonics at got working at. Is it that he isn’t showing them comprehension of what he has read? Predicting the story? My DS’s hand writing is atrocious and he got working towards for that. He also struggles with listening. Our school separated out reading and writing for my son. Could it be because they have combined them? So his writing is pulling down his reading?

This is the report we got for reading... Trying to look at it with an open mind, but english is usually his strong point (poor handwriting aside)

Have they put reading and writing together as English? If so, it could be that his reading is fine but the writing is not yet at expected. Were you aware of concerns about his attention and focus before now? Definitely have a chat with the teaching and try to find out exactly what the issues are.

What MrsK said reading, writing, English and maths are separate for ours. FWIW dt1 failed the y1 phonics screen, I can't remember what book band she was on but it was low and she is now a free reader at end y2. Also late august born.

I'm not sure... There is little feedback from school about how they compile the report or whether they class both reading and writing, I'm guessing they do. He's a leftie so finds writing a little awkward but we will be working on it as usual.

I was just worrying really that he was miles behind as the school are not known for sorting the problems early.

Looking at that report, I would think it is definitely the writing that he is finding difficult. It seems like he is needing a lot of support to complete written tasks. I'm surprised that they haven't talked to you before now about his concentration though. That should have been raised at parents evenings.

Never had a word from them about him being distracted but I can imagine him not listening fully as he can get over excited.

We got him a notebook that he now uses to write his own stories in whenever he fancies it but it's slow progress and I don't like to stand over him to guide him as its supposed to be something fun.

This parenting malarkey is stressful

In our school orange at the end of year 1 would probably be meeting expectations. However as they have put reading , writing spelling and grammar all together I can see why he would be working towards.

Your noted question seems antagonistically phrased. You need to believe the teacher. Perhaps you could practice sustained writing at home. Start at a couple of minutes and build on it with a clear reward at the end. If it is just immaturity this may well help.

Esk have no intention of actually showing teacher this or wording it so basically was just trying to understand what he's doing specifically so I can talk to him about it. I was sort of writing notes to myself. His teacher is terrifying

Definitely need to work on sustained writing, he gets frustrated but he has the understanding, its just getting the pen to paper and writing it he finds hard. He had an amazing teacher in reception who helped us with learning some exercises to strengthen his little hands

Worded that wrong. I am going to ask teacher this but not worded in a sarcastic way

Orange is meeting but on our report English is one section but we get a grade for reading and writing separately.

Gotta be the writing side of it then. Least I know what he needs to work on. No idea why I start worrying so much it's just scary to think they might be getting behind. So glad I asked on here anyway it's calmed me down a bit. Thanks all

The part of the report that you uploaded seems to be just writing. If he's on orange books, passed the phonics screening and has good comprehension then his reading sounds fine.

It is more difficult to achieve ARE in writing. Most of the children in my Year 1 class achieved ARE in reading, with quite a few exceeding, but I had a large number that didn't achieve ARE in writing.
Some of these children do find writing difficult, but many are doing well but just have one area where they are not quite secure eg their letter formation is poor or their punctuation is inconsistent or they are over reliant on phonics and not spelling enough key words correctly.

If your ds is behind enough for it to be a concern then you should already have been made aware of this. It's more likely to be a case that he's making good progress, but just has something to work on.

I would be concerned the first time you are made aware of it is the end of year report. Definitely go and see the teacher and see whether you can help him over the summer. It may be he is doing fine for his age and he is just young in the year?

That definitely reads as a working towards child. He obviously knows his sounds which is great but it sounds as though his level of fluency needs to improve to be closer to the expected standard and have a chance of getting to expected in year 2. Have a look at the year 2 reading paper to see where he needs to be in the next year.

From the comments about writing it sounds like he struggles to think of his own ideas for writing.

You can achieve ARE in writing with a computer though if you have something like DCD/dyspraxia though. Can’t get exceeding but can certainly meet them.