Arrival · retrieve

Think about how artists use a choice to shape a work. In visual art, this could be colour, texture, size or space. In a performance, it could be rhythm, pace, movement or voice.

Choose a feature you would like to notice as an audience member. Write a question such as: How does the use of space guide my attention? Keep it open so the work can surprise you.

Look at the shared event information with an adult. Separate what is confirmed from what still needs arranging. Record the actual event title and route only when they are known.

Agree how to keep notes without missing the work itself. A sketch after looking or a spoken note afterwards can help you recall a detail. Use only methods allowed at the experience.

Starter · create the need

Compare these two review notes. First: I liked it. Second: The repeated shapes led my eye towards the large circle, which made that part feel important.

The first note gives a view, but we cannot tell what supports it. The second links a feature to an effect. That link helps another person understand the reviewer’s response.

An artistic quality is something about how the work is made or performed. Creative impact is what its choices make you think, feel, notice or want to try in your own art.

Your impact can differ from someone else’s. You do not need a dramatic feeling. Noticing a new way to arrange shapes can be a useful response to explain.

I Do · model

Watch how I turn an observation into a review point. For this practice only, I arrange three small paper squares beside one large circle. This simple display models a method; it is not your audience experience.

I first describe what is there: three small squares lead towards a large circle. I name the artistic choice as scale and placement. I can point to the size change and the gap.

Then I judge the effect: the larger shape draws my attention. I give a reason based on the display. Finally, I explain an impact: it makes me want to test a larger focal shape in a collage.

I could also find a choice less effective. I would still identify the feature and explain why. A review can include praise, doubt or mixed views without guessing what the artist intended.

Keep the model separate from your notes. At the actual experience, gather your own observations as an audience member and retain the original record.

We Do · everyone commits

I Do 2 · connect

After the real experience, a review and its sharing record have different jobs. Your review communicates what you thought about the work. The sharing record shows that someone actually received that review.

I model the check without inventing a recipient. Before sharing, I have only a draft and a plan to share. After I communicate the final review, I can record the person or role, the method and the evidence location.

If I read my review to a willing adult, a factual record can say what was shared and how. If I send an agreed digital copy, I keep evidence of that real action. A promise to send it later remains a next step.

Keep your original observations when you shape the final review. They help you check that your examples match the work you experienced.

We Do 2 · lab

Use your actual experience notes to test a review point with a partner or adult. Identify the work or moment, name an artistic quality, and explain its effect. Then add your own creative impact.

The listener points to the part they can follow and asks about a missing link. Use that question to refine your words. Keep this exchange labelled draft feedback.

Check the event title, the maker or company where known, and the record of attendance. If the experience has not happened, practise with the model and label the whole account preparation.

Independent · evidence

Make your final review from the real experience. Include the artistic qualities you noticed and their creative impact on you, using clear examples. Keep your own view, even when someone else disagrees.

Now share your review with a willing person through your chosen method. Record who received it, how you shared it, and where the evidence of that action is saved.

• Core: use prompts, a reader or an exact scribe. Attend the real experience, make your own review of artistic qualities and creative impact, then actually share it and keep the sharing evidence.
• Extend: organise the same attendance record, supported review and evidenced final share in your own format.
• Challenge: retain the same attendance, review and sharing evidence; weigh two artistic choices and explain how their effects shape your overall view.

You may speak privately, show a labelled visual review or use an agreed digital form. A long performance is not required. Check that the person receives the finished review, not only a request to hear it later.

Exit · check the trail

Find the audience record, the review and the record of its final share. Can a reader tell which arts experience you attended and what you communicated about it?

Save them under Silver Unit 1 Part 1C. Use the actual file name plus page, slide or timecode for each item. Keep the receiver’s name or agreed role and the sharing method with its evidence.

If an action is still missing, name it honestly. If all actions happened, point to a review idea that might influence your own arts practice. Keep that connection in your own words.