Helping your child with Reading over the summer
Although it is really important that your child has a good rest over the summer so they are ready to come back in September refreshed, it is useful to spend a little bit of time each week practising reading skills and promoting a love of reading. This will really help them to be ready for when we return.
Take a look at https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/reading-schemes-oxford-levels/
where you can find reading books at each level. This gives an idea of the sorts of books a child should be able to read at each stage. There is also a link to free Oxford Owl ebooks that your child can listen to and read themselves. If you are not sure which colour book your child is currently reading, please speak to their class teacher.
St Anne’s Book Bands and expectations 2020
(Please remember that children progress at different rates and times over their schooling so this is simply a guide to where we expect children to be at the end of each year)
|
Book Band |
Age-related level |
Oxford Reading Tree stage |
|
Pink |
|
1 |
|
Red |
Reception end of year expected level |
2 |
|
Yellow |
3 |
|
|
Light Blue |
|
4 |
|
Green |
|
5 |
|
Orange |
Year 1 end of year expected level |
6 |
|
Turquoise |
7 |
|
|
Purple |
|
8 |
|
Gold |
Year 2 end of year expected level |
9 |
|
White |
10 |
|
|
Lime |
|
11 |
|
Brown |
Year 3 end of year expected level |
12 |
|
Grey |
Year 4 and 5 end of year expected level |
13 and 14 |
|
Dark Blue |
Year 5 and 6 end of year expected level |
15 and 16 |
|
Dark Red |
17-20 |
Promoting a love of reading