Benchmark 1

Part One 

You are to create your own carnival program for the Year 7 Splash Carnival. The carnival program must meet the needs of the students involved. You will need to consider the ability level and interests of your students when structuring the event.

Include the following in your carnival program

• Order of events

• A variety of events

• Catering for special needs

• Timing of events

• Organisation of events into heats and finals

• Breaks

• Presentations

• Other activities that may be run throughout the day

Upload your program to Google Classroom. 

Part Two 

Justify the selection of events and the order of the program, making specific reference to a variety of the participants’ needs (300 words). Upload your justification to Google Classroom. 

Self assessment: Benchmark 1

Grade: Level of achievement

A

• creates a carnival program that is realistic and includes a variety of relevant events and meets the specific needs of the participants

• Extensively justifies the selection of events and the order of the program, making specific reference to a variety of the participants’ needs.

B

• creates a carnival program that is mostly realistic and includes a variety of relevant events and meets the needs of the participants

• Justifies most of the selection of events and the order of the program, making reference to a variety of the participants’ needs.

C

• creates a carnival program that includes some relevant events 

• justifies some of the events and the order of the program, making reference to the participants’ needs

D

• creates a carnival program that includes few events

• provides some reasons for the selection of events and the order of the program

E

• creates a carnival program that includes limited events

• provides some reasons for the selection of events OR order of the program