Creativity, Action & Service (CAS)
Through the CAS programme of non-academic activities we encourage students to:
- Explore new areas of creativity
- Further an existing interest
- Join projects that take them out of school into the community
- Learn to recognise and respond to the needs of people they work with, both in and out of school
- Evaluate their own strengths and weaknesses in different situations
- Take the initiative in planning and performing the activities that they choose.
Examples of activities recently available in the CAS programme include:
- Chess
- Cookery
- Science Club
- Model United Nations
- Art
- Basketry
- Crochet & Knitting
- Current Affairs
- Choir
- Gardening
- Tree Nursery
- Pottery
- Visiting long-stay patients in a nearby hospital
- Carrying out small building programmes with the local community
- Visiting local children's homes
- English language support for a local primary school
- Teaching swimming to young children
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 | Each activity is supervised by a staff member or, if appropriate, by an IB diploma student.
IB diploma students are required to choose at least 3 hours of CAS activities each week involving a balance between Creative, Service and Active (eg Sports) elements. They are encouraged to keep regular notebooks about their activities and are required to complete a self-evaluation for each activity each term. Other secondary students are required to choose one creative or service activity, but they may do more. |
Most students find that their activities offer a welcome and refreshing change from the rest of their school programme; senior students often feel that they need to take initiatives and responsibilities which are both challenging and rewarding.
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