Creativity, activity, service (CAS) is one of the three essential elements that every student must complete as part of the Diploma Programme (DP).

Studied throughout the Diploma Programme, CAS involves you in a range of activities alongside your academic studies.

It is not formally assessed. However, you reflect on your CAS experiences as part of the DP, and provide evidence of achieving the seven learning outcomes for CAS.

How is CAS structured? 

The three strands of CAS, which are often interwoven with particular activities, are characterized as follows:

• Creativity – arts, and other experiences that involve creative thinking, exploring and extending ideas leading to an original or interpretive product or performance .

• Activity – physical exertion contributing to a healthy lifestyle, complementing academic work elsewhere in the DP.

• Service – an unpaid and voluntary exchange that has a learning benefit for you in response to an authentic need. The rights, dignity and autonomy of all those involved are respected.

You are also required to undertake a CAS project. The project challenges you to:

• show initiative

• demonstrate perseverance

• develop skills such as collaboration, problem solving and decision making.

What is the significance of CAS?

CAS enables you to enhance your personal and interpersonal development by learning through experience.

It provides opportunities for self-determination and collaboration with others, fostering a sense of accomplishment and enjoyment from your work.

At the same time, CAS is an important counterbalance to the academic pressures of the DP.

IB guidance on CAS

A good CAS programme should be both challenging and enjoyable – a personal journey of self‑discovery.

Each of you has a different starting point, and therefore different goals and needs, but for many, your CAS activities include experiences that are profound and life‑changing.

Successful completion of CAS is a requirement for the award of the IB Diploma and for the school-leaving certificate. While not formally assessed, students reflect on their CAS experiences and provide evidence in their CAS portfolios of achieving the seven learning outcomes. CAS programme formally begins at the start of the Diploma Programme and continues regularly, ideally on a weekly basis, for at least 18 months.

For the programme, IBDP students must complete the following:

1. Achieving the 7 learning outcomes

2. Meeting and recording 3 approved interviews with CAS advisor

3. Activity Experience(s) - Independent Experience

     - 6 months Experience 

     - Summary as the Proposal in Managebac

     - Evidence = at least 12 pieces, video and photographs

     - Reflection = at least 6 reflections

     - Supervisor Report

4. Creativity Experience(s) -  Independent Experience

     - 6 months Experience 

     - Summary as the Proposal in Managebac 

     - Evidence = at least 12 pieces, video and photographs

     - Reflection = at least 6 reflections

     - Supervisor Report

5. Service Experience(s) -  Independent Experience

    - 6 months Experience 

    - Summary as the Proposal in Managebac 

    - Evidence = at least 12 pieces, video and photographs

    - Reflections = at least 6 reflections

    - Supervisor Report

6. CAS Trip (as CAS Project) -  Collaborative Experience

     - Complete stages: Investigation, Preparation, Action, Reflection, and Demonstration

     - Individual reflection = at least 5 reflections  (IPARD stages)

     - Evidence =  at least 10 pieces, video and photographs

     - CAS Project Summary as the Proposal in ManageBac 

     - Exhibition Files - individual  or group website  as DEMONSTRATION stage

For the programme, DP Courses  students must complete the following:

1. Achieving the 7 learning outcomes

2. Meeting and recording 3 approved interviews with CAS advisor

3. Combined Creativity and Activity Experience -  Independent Experience

     - 8 months Experience 

     - Experience Summary as the Proposal in Managebac 

     - Evidence = at least 16 pieces, video and photographs

     - Reflection = at least 8 reflections

     - Supervisor Report

     - Exhibition files (poster and video)

4.  CAS Trip (as CAS Project) -  Collaborative Experience 

      - complete stages: Investigation, Preparation, Action, Reflection, and  Demonstration

      - Individual reflection = at least 5 reflections (IPARD stages)

      - Evidence = at least 10 pieces, video and photographs

      - CAS Project Summary as the Proposal in ManageBac 

      - Exhibition Files -  individual  or group website  as DEMONSTRATION stage

5. Planning and Organising the CAS Exhibition (in March - after mock exams)