Creativity, Activity and Service (CAS)

Creativity, Activity and Service (CAS) is part of the IBDP Core and is a compulsory component of the IB Diploma programme. CAS allows balance to the academic demands of the IBDP and teaches the students many important like skills that they will take away with them to university and their future career.

All IB DP students will follow the CAS program and are expected to embrace CAS aims enthusiastically and with a genuine sense of commitment and purpose. IB requires students to show commitment to CAS over the 18 months of their programmes. This is through experiences in each strand of Creativity, Activity and Service plus the CAS project.

Students are expected to spend 1-2 hours a week participating in CAS related experiences throughout Year 12 and Year 13.

CAS aims to develop students who:

•   enjoy and find significance in a range of CAS experiences

•  purposefully reflect upon their experiences

•  identify goals, develop strategies and determine further actions for personal growth

•  explore new possibilities, embrace new challenges and adapt to new roles

•  actively participate in planned, sustained and collaborative CAS projects

•  understand they are members of local and global communities with responsibilities towards each other and the environment.

LO 1 Identify own strengths and develop areas for growth

LO 2 Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process

LO 3 Demonstrate how to initiate and plan a CAS experience

LO 4 Show commitment to and perseverance in CAS experiences

LO 5 Demonstrate the skills and recognize the benefits of working collaboratively

LO 6 Demonstrate engagement with issues of global significance

LO 7 Recognize and consider the ethics of choices and actions