IB Core Class Resources
IB Core Class Resources
2023-24
2023-24
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Year 12 and 13 classes attend one lesson of IB Core per week. This time is spent on the three areas that make up the core of your DP Diploma - Creativity, Action, and Service; the Extended Essay, and Theory of Knowledge (on top of your TOK class). Time in this class will also be spent on university counseling.
All IB Core lessons are currently taking place in LS2.
Resources related specifically to the CAS classes held during this lesson time will be posted here.
Term I
Term I
Week 2
Week 2
Y12 Learning Objectives:
Understanding the three CAS strands (creativity, activity, and service)
Reflecting on passions, strengths, and weakness; and how all of these things can translate into potential CAS experiences
Y13 Learning Objectives:
Meeting target reflection submissions
Addressing common errors in your portfolios
Welcome to CAS @ CCS Presentation - Class of 2025
CAS Brainstorm - make a copy of this and save it in a "CAS" folder in your Google Drive
HW: Please complete your CAS experience Brainstorm and reading of the CAS Learning Outcomes document by your IB Core lesson next week.
Lente_s_CAS_Reflection.pdfWeek 3
Week 3
Y12 Learning Objectives:
Understanding the seven CAS Learning Outcomes
Y13 Learning Objectives:
Meeting target reflection submissions
Addressing common errors in your portfolios
Year 12
Year 12
CAS @ CCS Presentation - Class of 2025 (today's lesson begins on slide 42)
Introduction to the ManageBac CAS Portfolio
Please ensure that you are logged into your ManageBac account and have accessed your CAS Portfolio (IB Manager --> CAS Portfolio)
Let's submit one experience
Supervisor
Service experience
Tutoring
CAS Project
Timeline and Learning Outcomes Meter
HW: Submit at least one CAS Experience to your portfolio prior to next week's IB Core lesson.
Week 4
Week 4
Y12 Learning Objectives:
Understanding the purpose of Reflections in CAS
Y13 Learning Objectives:
Year 12
Year 12
CAS LO posters
World Cleanup Day - September 16
Shuffle & Strides Lapathon - September 16
Going for Gold - September 29
Community Assist - October 21
CAS Portfolio Notes
Description, goals, learning outcome justification
The Art of Reflection (from the Student Support page on this website)
Evidence
Purpose
Embedding photos and videos
HW: Submit at least one CAS Reflection to your portfolio prior to next week's IB Core lesson.
Week 6
Week 6
Y12 Learning Objectives:
Introduction to the Five Stages of CAS Planning and the CAS Project
Y13 Learning Objectives:
Portfolio work
CAS Legacy presentations - Sept 13
Year 12
Year 12
Congrats to the following winners of the Learning Outcome Poster Challenge - Tully, Jack, Helio, Vanessa, Trey, Philein, Alexia, Conner, Zack, Abi
*They may add this as a creativity & service experience*
Term 2 ECA's, BSSA
CAS Portfolio Notes
address any comments from Ms. Abt
HW: Target reflection count: minimum of 5 written reflections by end of term, as well as completing your Green Camp experience
Year 13
Year 13
Update portfolios
Week 7
Week 7
Y12 Learning Objectives:
Brainstorming session for potential CAS Projects
Understand how to conduct a risk assessment
CAS Brainstorming Session
CAS Supervisor Form
Week 8
Week 8
Y12 Learning Objectives:
Write and submit your CAS Project Planner
Year 12 -
Year 12 -
CAS Portfolio Notes
CAS experiences that you should be finished reflecting on and requesting supervisor reviews for: Green Camp, BSSA Football
Term 2
Term 2
Week 3
Week 3
Y12 Learning Objectives:
complete 1st CAS Interview
Y13 Learning Objectives:
Portfolio work
Year 13 -- IB Core
Year 13 -- IB Core
Review of program requirements
Conferences with Ms. Abt
Working on portfolios
Target reflections: 60
Supervisor reviews (ensure minimum number of reflections and evidence have been submitted prior to requesting the review)
Week 6
Week 6
Year 12
CAS Opportunity: Staff Christmas Party Decorations; Gotong Royong x CAS Project Collaboration (Term 3)
Upload 1st interview doc to portfolio
CAS Self-reports
Deadline: 8 AM on Friday, November 24
Target reflections: 10
CAS Project Planners are due Monday, December 4 (shared with Ms. Abt for first approval)
Week 7
Week 7
Year 13
CAS Opportunities: Santa letters, decorating at the staff Christmas party
Missing CAS Self-reports: submit the google form
Target Reflections: 60 by 15 Dec.
CAS and the Holidays!
Year 12
CAS Project Planners are due Monday, December 5 (shared with Ms. Abt for first approval)
Week 9
Week 9
Year 13
CAS and the Holidays! (Santa Letters done?)
Reminder -- you must remained engaged with CAS experiences over your holiday!
Travel experiences with creativity or activity?
Look ahead at Term 3 - Jan-Feb/Mar
T3 BSSA Basketball, T3 Primary ASA or Secondary ECA, Bali's Biggest Clean up
Happy Holidays!!!!
Happy Holidays!!!!
Term 3, Week 1
Term 3, Week 1
Welcome back!
CAS Opportunities
T3 BSSA, ASA, Ocean Awareness Contest, World of 8 Billion video contest, Fluor Engineering Challenge (Rubber Band Car!), New Year - bullet journals, vision boards, Yoga with Adriene 30 Day Yoga Challenge
What will serve you the next few semesters?
Year 13
Third CAS Interviews (/Exit Interviews!)
Feb 16-23 - schedule
CAS Summary Narrative - written and submitted in ManageBac dropbox by Thursday, 15 February
CAS Exit Questions - will guide the interview
Week 3
Week 3
Year 12
CAS Opportunities/Inspiration
T3 BSSA, Primary ASA, Ocean Awareness Contest, World of 8 Billion video contest, Fluor Engineering Challenge (Rubber Band Car!), New Year - bullet journals, vision boards, Yoga with Adriene 30 Day Yoga Challenge
What will serve you the next few semesters?
Update portfolios - holiday experiences? (get approved, add reflections/evidence, request supervisor review) (ex. Santa Letters)
Are there any gaps in your timeline?!
CAS Project Overview - Class of 2025 - address feedback on planners today
include individual roles and goals
seek approval for any fundraising - Fundraising Event Request Form
all projects completed by 1 April (end of term break)
Week 7
Week 7
Learning Objectives
Update CAS portfolios with CAS project evidence and reflections
Year 12
Share Y13 exit interview reflections/advice - link
CAS Opportunities/Inspiration
Are there any gaps in your timeline?! add new experiences (ex. swim carnival, drama performance, ASA volunteering, )
CAS Reflections
don't have to be written but have to be done!
Practice: record audio/video of peer interviews using MB questions
CAS Project Overview - Class of 2025
put CAS project in portfolio for approval
add ongoing reflections and evidence
all projects completed by 1 April (end of term break)
Target reflections by end of March - 25
LO #6 Issues of Global Significance
Week 9/10
Week 9/10
Learning Objectives
Understand how to stay consistently engaged in CAS experiences
Understand how to maintain your CAS portfolio in ManageBac
Year 12
CAS Opportunities/Inspiration
Register for Row for ROLE (27 April), T4 Primary ASA, T4 Secondary ECA, BSSA Basketball/Cross Country, Trash Hero at Old Man's every Sunday 4:30 pm, Amed Trip, Internship/Volunteer (Youthtopia, Stella's Child)
Reminder -- you must remained engaged with CAS experiences over your term break holiday!
By the start of Term 4
Target reflections - 25
CAS project - approved in MB, all evidence/reflections uploaded, supervisor request sent
All 7 learning outcomes met (green) at least once
At least 1 experience for each strand (C, A, S)
No gaps in timeline from Sept to April
Minimum of 4 experiences
No really, just keep swimming, it counts as CAS!
By the end of Year 12
Target reflections - 35
No gaps in timeline from Sept - June
Minimum of 6 experiences
At least 2 experienes for each strand (C, A, S)
All learning outcomes met (green) at least twice
Planned summer experiences
Have an excellent term holiday!!
Have an excellent term holiday!!
Term 4
Term 4
Week 4
Week 4
Learning Objectives
Prepare for 2nd CAS interview
Year 12
CAS Opportunities/Inspiration:
BSSA Athletics/ Cross Country/Swimming, Math tutoring (talk to Mr. Collins), new Student Council officers, X-factor auditions, Vietnam Business Trip (May)
Wednesday, 8 May 8:15-9:00 All Y12s for 2nd CAS interviews (in small groups) in LS (Mr Rendle, Mr Hayward and Ms Zeiler's rooms)
The Second CAS Interview Overview
The Second CAS Interview Questions - due Mon. 6 May
Reflection - due Fri. 10 May
Week 9
Week 9
Learning Objectives
Reflect on progress in the program so far
Year 12
CAS Opportunities/Inspiration - Ecosite Bali Masters Volunteers, Secondary Sports Day, link to Summer Travel Plans
CAS/Gotong Royong Fair
Wed. June 5 8:15-9:30 am
Requirement for the demonstration component of your CAS project
Plants for People/ Science Support/ Classroom of Hope/ Volleyball Tournament
Upload 2nd interview docs (answers to questions and reflection) to your portfolio under "Documents" tab
Updating CAS portfolio
Address any comments to get experiences approved
Add evidence and reflections
Request a supervisor review
Add new/planned experiences
Mandatory Core Club next Thurs. 6 June at lunch if your portfolio has any of the following:
>25 reflections
gaps in timeline
any of the 7 LOs missing
CAS project is not yet approved
Week 10
IMPORTANT FOR SUMMER CAS EXPERIENCES:
ManageBac is going on vacation over the break from June 28th until the start of school but CAS continues!
Before June 28th
create a Google Drive folder for each of your experiences in your Google Drive
use this over the summer to add reflections and evidence
paste the link in your CAS portfolio for that experience
make sure Ms. Abt has view access to these folders
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