Lapinou Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Should have said, you're welcome to PM me too for further information Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirl Posted June 10, 2008 Author Share Posted June 10, 2008 Thanks. We have considered HE because DDs school was up for sale and we didn't know if it would be bought in the time scale allowed and if we'd like the buyers. I hope (and pray) that the new school which take over on August 1st will be slightly better at dealing with children outside of the "normal" realm. I don't actually think DD is particularly bright she just has a massive love of reading which we've encouraged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little chickadee Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Hi I'm an ex primary school teacher My son has just gone onto level 7 Oxford reading tree. I've bought them either from ebay or in packs from Amazon/ waterstones, My son is suspected Autistic, and loves the set characters/ format. He's coming on great guns. His school has some of the scheme and we've been supplementing what they've got with some of the extension stuff they havn't got. The books sell really well second hand on ebay, so you could try selling some of the stuff you've already got to finance other stuff. One of the problems that your school may have with you whizzing ahead with the reading scheme is that they may only have this scheme and aren't prepared with what they can do with her when she's finished them!! Some schools are flexible and encourage children to whizz ahead and some arent'. We had a similar problem with my eldest. She was way way ahead with her reading, but the (different) school didn't want to give her anything harder because she "wouldn't have anything to read next year! " I agree that it's something you need to talk about, especially if this is the school she will be attending for a long while. If she's about the same reading age as my son, try the Ladybird Puddle lane books. He absolutely loves them. We read one a day at the weekend (which I've bought from ebay) She should be able to read the left hand pages (the long story) We do read lots of other books too, but he loves the scheme books. Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirl Posted June 10, 2008 Author Share Posted June 10, 2008 Thanks for the suggestion. We do have a single Puddle Lane book somewhere so I'll dig it out. I've read it to her in the past and she did enjoy it. Haven't seen it recently because we have so many books I think I might look and see if I can get any of those cheaper than the ORT. Yes her teacher said something like if we keep pushing ahead she'll have to go onto independent reading books when she goes into reception. I don't see that as a problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lapinou Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 We got heaps of puddle lane books at car boot sales - i wanted them as I remember them from my childhood. My DDs like the stories but not really interested in reading them but then the other day I caught my DD1 reading one to my DD2 (DD1 likes to keep her reading a secret from me ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirl Posted June 10, 2008 Author Share Posted June 10, 2008 I don't go to car boot sales. Typically how much do they charge to get in? I don't want to pay loads to get in and find they don't have any there. Can't think of anyone I know that goes either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lapinou Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 I think it depends. I've never paid to get in at all! If you go to a big one, there are usually heaps of parents selling off old children's stuff. Also, why not ask on your local freecycle for some? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Thanks for the suggestion. We do have a single Puddle Lane book somewhere so I'll dig it out. I've read it to her in the past and she did enjoy it. Haven't seen it recently because we have so many books I think I might look and see if I can get any of those cheaper than the ORT. Yes her teacher said something like if we keep pushing ahead she'll have to go onto independent reading books when she goes into reception. I don't see that as a problem I may be a little more coherent now than I was earlier. I just stuck to my own reading with my children and didn't worry at all about the school. If my children didn't want to read the school books, then they didn't and I was quite happy to say so if it came up. My son liked reading them. It was relaxing for him because they were so easy and he like the stories. As Louise said, don't let anything spoil your child's love of reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirl Posted June 12, 2008 Author Share Posted June 12, 2008 Well I spoke to her teacher again today. I decided to say something again after DD came home with a prereader book and I was really unimpressesd. The teacher told me she couldn't give her any ORT books because it it against school policy so I went to see the Headteacher. To the HTs credit she saw me straight away and spent about 45 minutes discussing it with me. The upshot was she will speak to the Nursery Teacher and see if she has some harder books of the nusery's reading scheme for DD. The HT is also going to try and find a novel for DD to read from the reception class. I have to go back after school to see the head so we'll see if this has done any good. Thanks for the advice everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riane Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Good Im glad somebody has listened to you. It shouldn't be too difficult for the reception staff to meet her needs. well done you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
