Go on honestly what reading stage is your reception child on

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Not meant to be competetive I know they all come on at different rates and get there in the end just curious nobody discusses this at school

Just wanted to add my experiences of this - because I remember with ds 1 how obsessed I was with reading levels - he was not very advanced in reception and didn't really take off until end of year one when he could suddenly read fluently - the next two children were the same - so dd2, who's currently in reception is "only" bringing home stage 1 and 2 books, can only work out very simple words and regularly forgets words she's learned, but I am not concerned at all, and nor is her teacher.She's a november birthday so not young for the year, and I read to her loads at home. Has anyone else's children followed this pattern? if not, at least I might have given some people hope! All three elder children are bright, and the ones at secondary got into grammar school so it really isn't necessarily an indication of much if they can't read fluently at this age.

dd is one of oldest in class and is on stage 1 still. Baring in mind she could barely talk til four she is doing fine. We have also just found out she has poor vision in both eyes, never even noticed

ORT Stage 9, just about to start 10. He has just turned 5 so he's slap bang in the middle of the reception age range.

littleshebear- my friends dd refused to read until yr 2.
All were very worried and about to refer for assessment etc,then she one day decided to read and suddenly was at the same level as most of the others in her class.
She is now 16 and planning to be a doctor .

ORT +1 here and I am so proud of him I could burst.
Learning does not come naturally to Ds and nursery raised several concerns about him before he started reception, but he is doing so well.

He has gone from not even being able to draw a circle, stick man or anything, or being able to read, to being able to write his name and other short words, and read.

At this point in Reception, DD was on stage 1+. And I kept reading this kind of thread and worrying.

She has skipped up about 8 levels in the last two terms.

Just for the benefit of anyone with Reception children who is reading this and thinking "why isn't my child on level 11 (or whatever)."

Honestly, don't get sucked into the competition. It just makes you stressed!

I am about some of these really high levles. Do the children really understand what they are reading?
I teach Year One and my most able children are on ORT Stage 7 and it is a pretty high-achieving school. We use loads of different schemes and the Literacy Co-ordinator has labelled them all and put them into groups of roughly the same level. So, at Red Level (the first one)children read a set of books from about 4 or 5 different schemes. This gives them a great breadth of reading material. Also, different children respond differently to different schemes, some are very phonetic and some use keywords. We also consider it important to throw a few non-fiction books in for good measure - they usually appeal to the 'not-keen-to-read boys'.

DS3 can't read at all. He flits between Rigby Rockets and ORT but I read to him and he joins in the bits he remembers.

DS is on 1+ and is at the older end of the class, tbh I'm happy with his progress and so is school. Unlike his sisters he didn't know any letters except his initials before starting school and I think he's done well. I'm not allowing myself to be worried by all these high levels.

Fwiw my dc's school operates exactly like AbbyLou describes, so much so I had to think if she might work there! Year 1 teacher doesn't have dc's, so think not. Anyway, my point is that it's a great system.

I can understand what you are saying, abbylou. Something we always have to do is the old 'check for comprehension' business when DS is reading. But as long as that is being done and he is understanding most of it (which he does) and learning the rest (which is great)then there's no problem really.

My dd has just started on some stage 2's. There is one child in her class who is on level 3 and the rest are between 0 and 2. (I help with reading).
I love this school and the deliberately non rushing / pushing through the reading levels. It does well by the time the SATs are sat.
They are still so young and reception (for me) is about a lot more than learning to read.

The scheme is based on ORT but has other books too like AbbeyLou's school they are graded by colour.

dd3 is still on the first stage (pink here), dd2 is in year 1 and was still on pink books novemeber time she has now gone up at least 6 stages since !!!!!! Just goes to show when it clicks it clicks. Mine are both summer babies too so the young ones of the year.

Just started on ORT stage 2, which is about average for her class I think. I am also very proud of her.

Pssst

I had a reading level of 11 when I was 5

I am now a single mum on benefits on a council estate

Reading is not indicative of later success, and to be honest I don't think intelligence is the definitive indicator either.

Self Efficacy is a good thing to have, but Gawwwwd, you try instilling it!

LOL

Sorry

I didn't mean to piss on your cornflakes!

Lol colditz I think you have said it all

Stage 3
She is doing fine for an August baby
Like MP's she can read "fairy" "princess" and "beautiful" with aplomb but frequently gets "there" wrong

goodness I was hearing readers today in FS2 (summer babies) and most of them are on ORT level 1+.

Are we a bit thick here in East Mids then?

DS2 fwiw has a stage 2 book. He is in the older class.

nobody in FS2 in our school is on level 7 (or level 10) ORT unless you all mean something very different from what I mean. There is one boy in the summ er class who is reading Magic Key 32-page books but his reading is quite extraordinary for a 4yo IMO and E.

we don't do ORT we do something else dd is on stage 1 and is in the top group.

Try not to get hung up on stages! It tends to get the kids obsessed with them by the time they're in Year 2 and they find 'real' books more difficult to read and enjoy. (Yes I'm a teacher).

our school does a mix of schemes, the last ORT's ds had was back in Jan and they were level 6. He just has short chapter books now.
but the vast majority of children learn to read at some stage, it just clicks earlier with some and later with others.