IB CAS Hub

What is CAS?

  • Opportunity to have the things you do outside of academics recognised.
  • Opportunity to try some new activities.
  • Chance to show your creative side.
  • Chance to help others.

What do You do?

You choose a variety of CAS Experiences throughout the Diploma Programme beyond the study that meet the CAS requirements.

You have FREE choice on the experiences you wish to pursue.

Learning Outcomes

  • Identify own strengths and develop areas for growth
  • Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process
  • Demonstrate how to initiate and plan a CAS experience
  • Show commitment to and perseverance in CAS experiences
  • Demonstrate and recognize the benefits of working collaboratively
  • Demonstrate engagement with issues of global significance
  • Recognize and consider the ethics of choices and actions

Recording, Communicating and Reflecting

WHAT

Record which experiences you are undertaking, or planning on. (some will need approval)

WHY

Show you are meeting your learning outcomes.

FEELINGS

What impact it had on you as a person.

NEXT

What this might change for you in the future.

You can Write, Photograph, Vlog, Podcast.

You can Do it on your own, with a friend, with a group, with a teacher.

Don't be afraid to ask for help and suggestions!

Pssst... TODDLE is the platform we use to make this easier.

Student CAS Requirements

  • Meet all the Learning Outcomes
  • Balance of C, A, and S
  • One Project (a more indepth experience)
  • Reflect and Record (Portfolio)
  • Meet for at least 3 interviews
  • 18 Months Continual Involvement
  • School based and outside school service experience

CAS Portfolio

  • The CAS portfolio is the place where you keep your evidence.
  • Evidence comes in the form of planning documents, letter, emails, certificates, acknowledgement of participation and achievements, photographs, videos, etc.

Your CAS coordinator

Ms Linda Kande

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The three CAS strands

Creativity

Exploring and extending ideas leading to an original or interpretive product or performance

  • Performance
  • Photography
  • Website
  • Singing
  • Art

Activity

Physical exertion contributing to a healthy lifestyle

  • Outdoor Adventures
  • Playing in a team
  • Sport or Training
  • Dance

Service

Collaborative and reciprocal engagement with the community in response to an authentic need

  • Advocating for something
  • Helping others directly
  • Helping indirectly

Some activities are multiple strands, e.g. Sewing face-masks would be Creativity and Service. A sponsored swim would be Activity and Service.

CAS Stages

Investigation

Students identify their interests, skills and talents to be used in considering opportunities for CAS experiences, as well as areas for personal growth and development. Students investigate what they want to do and determine the purpose for their CAS experience. In the case of service, students identify a need they want to address.

Preparation

Students clarify roles and responsibilities, develop a plan of actions to be taken, identify specific resources and timelines, and acquire any skills as needed to engage in the CAS experience.

Action

Students implement their idea or plan. This often requires decision-making and problem solving. Students may work individually, with partners, or in groups.

Reflection

Students describe what happened, express feelings, generate ideas, and raise questions. Reflection can occur at any time during CAS to further understanding, to assist with revising plans, to learn from the experience, and to make explicit connections between their growth, accomplishments, and the learning outcomes for personal awareness. Reflection may lead to new action.

Demonstration

Students make explicit what and how they learned and what they have accomplished, for example, by sharing their CAS experience through their CAS portfolio or with others in an informal or formal manner. Through demonstration and communication, students solidify their understanding and evoke response from others.

Responsibility of the CAS student

  • Self‐review at the beginning of their CAS experience and set personal goals for what they hope to achieve through their CAS programme.
  • Plan, do and reflect (plan activities, carry them out and reflect on what they have learned).
  • Undertake at least one interim review and a final review with their CAS coordinator.
  • Take part in a range of activities, including at least one project, some of which they have initiated themselves
  • Keep records of their activities and achievements, including a list of the principal activities undertaken
  • Show evidence of achievement of the seven CAS learning outcomes.

Typical Programme

Semester 1 Get started. Continue any activities you do and record them. Try something new.
Semester 2 Review your balance, stop anything you have completed and try something else. Start and complete a CAS Project.
Summer break Reflect and review. Fill in any Gaps. Undertake something different on your own or with friends.
Semester 3 Find a balance. Anything needs changing? Stick with what you are passionate about. Are you having enough fun?
Semester 4 Final Stages. Have you completed all requirements? You can focus on your exams but use your CAS experiences to take a break if they are something you love and enjoy.

Student examples