HPW3CStandish

Child's Birthday Party Culminating Activity

Name: ______

Due Date:

Group Members:

Looking for a way to throw a children's birthday party on a generous $600 budget? Easy crafting and good old creativity can balance the budget and still bring joy to all the little party guests. In the party planning business, there is no right or wrong, only a desire to make your client happy.

This Party Planning assignment is a helpful tool for you to learn what you need to know to get started in one of the options available to you that closely works with children. For those who enjoy creating the life of the party, this course takes you through setting up and running a business, finding clients and planning everything from social events to major corporate events.

Ensure that you are developing an appropriate theme, arranging entertainment, estimating start-up costs and completing a marketing analysis for your event-planning business. You'll learn to work with and search out the best photographers, entertainers and performers, caterers, and other vendors who can make or break a party planner's career. You'll understand how to think out of the box and how to gain knowledge of the latest trends in party decor, cocktails and food.

*this is worth 15% of your final grade, late marks will be applied.

Things to be included in your binder:

____ Brainstorm List

____ Survey (30) on Theme, Goody Bag, etc.

____ Event Planning Team; Name, Qualifications

____ Entertainment

____ Timing/Planning Checklist

____ Guest List

____ Map of your Venue and Activities

____ Master List of Supplies

____ Finances Record

____ Visuals for Presentation

____ Day Plan/Food, etc

____ Invitations, Print Materials, Dividers, Thank you note

____ Goody Bag

____ Health and Safety Issues addressed

____ Contacts

____ Resources

Instructions:

Split up jobs and record who will be doing what.

_____ Complete Brainstorming, Group decisions

Submit all the sections in a binder with party-themed dividers

_____ Come up with a 10 minute presentation to the class, you must incorporate some media!!!!

Final Copy

Look over your final submission, make changes as you read through it.

Check for completeness

Ask a friend, outside of your group, in the class to read over your work and make suggestions

FORMAT (consistent font, font size, headings, spacing, etc)

Print off a FINAL copy, with cover page, and place in your Binder for submission.

Assessment:

Knowledge/Understanding

Using terminology and concepts, including child development.

Thinking and Inquiry

Using creative decision-making in presenting the information:

In a booklet form and media for presentation.

Related to preparation for working with children, career requirements and a stage of development.

Communication

Written or presented clearly and concisely.

Organization displays and highlights the learning.

Application

Preparation and planning of a booklet and class presentation:

Integrates aspects of the guide.

Makes connections to young children.

Category / Level One
(50–59%) / Level Two
(60–69%) / Level Three
(70–79%) / Level Four
(80–100%)
Knowledge and
Understanding / • The booklet demonstrates limited knowledge of facts and terms by highlighting with limited effectiveness:
– Preparation for working with young children
– A stage of development. / • The booklet demonstrates some knowledge of facts and terms by highlighting with some effectiveness:
– Preparation for working with young children..
– A stage of development. / • The booklet demonstrates considerable knowledge of facts and terms by highlighting with considerable effectiveness:
– Preparation for working with young children.
– A stage of development. / • The booklet demonstrates a high degree of knowledge of facts and terms by highlighting very effectively:
– Preparation for working with young children..
– A stage of development.