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 Tell a story using notes to cue techniques

Drama
Use dramatic techniques including working 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
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 Explore how writers use language for comic and dramatic effects
Y6 Understand how writers use structure to create coherence and impact

Y6 Understand different 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 how a common theme is presented in poetry, prose and other media
Y6 Compare the usefulness of techniques such as visualisation, prediction and empathy in exploring the meaning of texts

Creating and shaping texts
Use and adapt a range of forms suited to different purposes and readers
Make stylistic choices, including vocabulary, literary features and viewpoints or voice
Y5 To experiment with different narrative forms and styles to write their own stories