Hi Ben
I will make the assumption that for this game, you are being assessed by your GCSE PE teacher as I was for this, rather than a qualified assessor.
I'm bound to face some backlash for this, but it's important to remember that some aspects of the game will have to be officiated differently in order to satisfy your teacher, whose knowledge of the laws is likely to be lacking ever so slightly (Mine was and he plays Step 4 football...).
Some things may be considered by an assessor to be perfectly correct (e.g. Not allowing the wrong colour undershorts) but you'll likely find that this will do you no favours with a teacher. There is a 'safety and risk assessment' part which obviously schools will take very seriously, so consider this if there are injuries which you may not stop for in a 'normal' game.
Of course, once the game starts, 'normal service' resumed, but, having reffed quite a few school games, I'm with
@RefJef on the 'cards convention', though I would always exclude SFP, VC and OFFINABUS.
Clear communication and explanation to the players is a sure way to secure a few 'easy marks' if you like.
In case you haven't seen it, I attach the criteria that was used two years ago (don't think anything changes until next year??).
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Hope that makes sense