What are the Book Band colours?

Book BandEmergingConfident Exceeding
Blue (Level 4)Reception
Green (Level 5)Year 2Reception
Orange (Level 6)Year 2
Turquoise (Level 7)Year 1

What are Level 5 reading books?

Grade Level 5 Books

  • Run, Run, as Fast as You Can! (
  • Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump, #1)
  • Matilda (Paperback)
  • North to Iron Country: A Dream-Quest Adventure (Hardcover)
  • Alexander Graham Bell: An Inventive Life (Paperback)
  • Who Was Sacagawea? (
  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
  • Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1)

What should my child be reading at 5?

A 5 year old should be able to read short vowel words like: ham, hat, lad, pet, vet, Ben, him, nip, wit, hop, Bob, dot, cup, fun, pup. Keep in mind that I’m talking about a 5 year old that’s been going to Kindergarten for a few months. If your 5 year old has not started Kindergarten, this content is not for you (yet).

What should children be able to read by end of reception?

By the end of Reception, children are expected to be able to write one grapheme (written symbol) for each of the phonemes (sounds) in the English language, which are: The kinds of words will vary from child to child, but most teachers will aim to have children writing CVC, CCVC and CVCC words by the end of Reception.

What age is Level 5?

Level 5. Recommended reading age 5 – 6 years. Children are starting to read quite fluently and take note of punctuation. Usually about 20 pages with 3 or 4 sentences per page.

What maths should a Reception child know?

In Reception, your child will learn to:

  • Count reliably with numbers from 1 to 20, place them in order and say which number is one more or one less than a given number.
  • Use quantities and objects to add and subtract 2 single-digit numbers and count on or back to find the answer.

What age is Year 5 in England?

Key stages

Child’s ageYearAssessment
7 to 8Year 3
8 to 9Year 4Multiplication tables check
9 to 10Year 5
10 to 11Year 6National tests in English reading, maths, and grammar, punctuation and spelling. Teacher assessments in English writing and science