The overarching core learning outcomes for the key stage are indicated in italics. Relevant objectives from Years 5 and 6 are indicated under the strands.

Speaking
Explore, develop and sustain ideas through talk
Y5 Present a spoken argument, sequencing points logically, defending views with evidence and making use of persuasive language

Drama
Use dramatic techniques, including work in role to explore ideas and texts
Create, share and evaluate ideas and understanding through drama
Y5 Reflect on how working in role helps to explore complex issues
Y5 Perform a scripted scene making use of dramatic conventions
Y6 Improvise using a range of drama strategies and conventions to explore themes such as hopes, fears and desires

Understanding and interpreting texts
Retrieve, select and describe information, events and ideas
Deduce, infer and interpret information, events and ideas
Y5 Make notes on and use ideas from across a text to explain events or ideas
Y5 Infer writers' perspectives from what is written and from what is implied
Y6 Understand underlying themes, causes and points of view

Engaging with and responding to texts
Respond imaginatively using different strategies to engage with texts
Evaluate writers' purposes and viewpoints and the overall effect of the text on the reader
Y5 Compare the usefulness of techniques such as visualisation, prediction and empathy in exploring the meaning of texts
Y6 Sustain engagement with longer texts, using different techniques to make the text come alive
Y6 Compare how writers from different times and places present experiences and use language

Creating and shaping texts
Use and adapt a range of forms suited to different purposes and readers
Y6 Select words and language drawing on their knowledge of literary features and formal and informal writing