Tuesday, 26 June 2012 6:31 a.m.
Hi ladies
Sorry for babbling, but hopefully helped a little.
I am a teacher. National standards set targets for at the end of a year. They are achievable, but not all year 5 children will had 200 weeks at school-it depends on their birthday.
If your child is being tested on Probe for her reading, the questions can be challenging: they include inferring , vocabulary, reading between the lines. Also some children don't respond well to tests.
W.r.t writing and reading , it is often the case that the child is lower in writing than reading.
Her report may be based on assessments, not her classroom work. Ask to have a look at her books, to see what she is doing.
Did the teacher give you suggestions on how to help, or tell you what she needs to do next. For example in my year 2 class, I might say they need to use different sentence beginnings or use conjunctions etc, or simply use punctuation.
Lucie88- if you think your child is higher than teacher says, ask to see her last reading test or talk to teacher at your interview.
Often children can read really well, but don't understand /can't tell you what happens in story.
If they are "at" standard now, they should definitely be above at the end of the year.