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

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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