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Years 1–2 The Arts · learner making cardsYear 1 Subjects · T1 W1–2 · Learner prompts

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These are original small creative tasks. Use paper, pencil, gentle taps, safe movement, paper puppets or an optional school-approved device aimed only at your paper work. No one must perform to a class, have their face/voice recorded, copy a song or use a cultural design without permission. You can share privately with a teacher. Use the A4 idea planner or selectable text. Point, sign, speak, use AAC, draw, compose silent symbols or direct an adult to move marks.

Day 1 · A reading-corner sign

Prompt: Use a circle, line and rectangle to make an original quiet-reading-corner sign. Try two arrangements. Which mark should a visitor notice first?
My choice: First arrangement _ · changed arrangement _ · I wanted viewers to notice ____.

Day 2 · Four-beat tidy-up cue

Prompt: Put tap or rest into four boxes. Make a second version by changing one box. Perform softly or point through the symbols.
My pattern A: [][][][]
My pattern B: [][][][] · I changed beat ____.

Day 3 · A path with an idea

Prompt: Compose start → straight → curve → stop with safe movement, hand/eye movement or a paper token. Change one size, level or speed to express a new idea.
My path: start _ · straight _ · curve _ · stop _ · changed ____.

Day 4 · Two paper frames

Prompt: Make a two-frame paper story about a book moving from table to shelf. Use only original shapes. Choose which frame comes first and a short title for the viewer.
Frame 1: _ Frame 2: _ Title: _ · viewer _.

Day 5 · Change a sign after a question

Prompt: Make or revisit the reading-corner sign. What might a new viewer ask? Change one shape size, spacing or line position, then show both versions to a chosen person or teacher.
Before: _ · after: _ · my reason ____.

Day 6 · Pip and Dot at the library

Fictional scene: Pip wants a book that Dot is reading. Prompt: With two paper puppets or words, make two different next actions. How does the scene change? No one must act as a real child.
Action 1: _ · action 2: _ · different result/feeling ____.

Day 7 · Three-frame hall notice

Fictional source: A visitor wants a quiet reading area. Prompt: Make three invented paper frames: a sign appears; the visitor looks; the visitor finds the space. Change one frame to make the sequence clearer.
First: _ · next: _ · last: _ · I changed _ for the viewer.

Day 8 · A welcome cue

Prompt: Compose four original beats with tap/rest symbols for a gentle welcome. Change one beat. Share softly, silently with cards, or privately with a teacher.
First: [][][][] · revised: [][][][] · I changed ____.

Day 9 · A movement welcome

Prompt: Choose three safe path or movement marks for an imagined school event. Make a start, middle and end. What could a change in speed or size communicate? Standing, seated, rolling, hand and paper-token ways are all options.
Start: _ · middle: _ · end: _ · I wanted to show _.

Day 10 · Choose, make, change, share

New fictional purpose: Help a visitor find a quiet reading area. Prompt: Choose one art form—shape picture, four-beat cue, movement path, puppet scene or paper storyboard. Make a small first version, change one thing for the viewer, then show or describe it privately to a teacher/chosen audience.
My art form: _ · first choice: _ · changed choice: _ · my message: _ · audience: ____.

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