Curriculum: core - Creativity, ACTIVITY, service
"CAS is at the heart of the Diploma Programme.
CAS is organized around the three strands of creativity, activity and service defined as follows.
CAS enables students to enhance their personal and interpersonal development. A meaningful CAS programme is a journey of discovery of self and others. For many, CAS is profound and life-changing. Each individual student has a different starting point and different needs and goals. A CAS programme is, therefore, individualized according to student interests, skills, values and background.
The school and students must give CAS as much importance as any other element of the Diploma Programme and ensure sufficient time is allocated for engagement in the CAS programme. The CAS stages offer a helpful and supportive framework and continuum of process for CAS students.
Successful completion of CAS is a requirement for the award of the IB Diploma. While not formally assessed, students reflect on their CAS experiences and provide evidence in their CAS portfolios of achieving the seven learning outcomes.
The CAS programme formally begins at the start of the Diploma Programme and continues regularly, ideally on a weekly basis, for at least 18 months with a reasonable balance between creativity, activity, and service."
From the Diploma Programme Creativity, activity, service guide, © International Baccalaureate Organization 2015.
The CAS program at ISG continues throughout the diploma years. The total time involved is approximately three-four hours per week for two years. Participation in each of the three areas is required each year. Each student develops a program in consultation with the CAS coordinator and a record of work done must be maintained. Students usually fulfill these requirements by combining participation in extracurricular activities offered either in or outside the school and service to the school community or outside community.
Students and families should never assume that participation in any activity, even one sponsored or organized by the school, will fulfill the IB’s CAS requirements. Students should never undertake participation in any activity for CAS credit without first obtaining formal approval from the CAS coordinator.
CAS is organized around the three strands of creativity, activity and service defined as follows.
- Creativity—exploring and extending ideas leading to an original or interpretive product or performance
- Activity—physical exertion contributing to a healthy lifestyle
- Service—collaborative and reciprocal engagement with the community in response to an authentic need
CAS enables students to enhance their personal and interpersonal development. A meaningful CAS programme is a journey of discovery of self and others. For many, CAS is profound and life-changing. Each individual student has a different starting point and different needs and goals. A CAS programme is, therefore, individualized according to student interests, skills, values and background.
The school and students must give CAS as much importance as any other element of the Diploma Programme and ensure sufficient time is allocated for engagement in the CAS programme. The CAS stages offer a helpful and supportive framework and continuum of process for CAS students.
Successful completion of CAS is a requirement for the award of the IB Diploma. While not formally assessed, students reflect on their CAS experiences and provide evidence in their CAS portfolios of achieving the seven learning outcomes.
The CAS programme formally begins at the start of the Diploma Programme and continues regularly, ideally on a weekly basis, for at least 18 months with a reasonable balance between creativity, activity, and service."
From the Diploma Programme Creativity, activity, service guide, © International Baccalaureate Organization 2015.
The CAS program at ISG continues throughout the diploma years. The total time involved is approximately three-four hours per week for two years. Participation in each of the three areas is required each year. Each student develops a program in consultation with the CAS coordinator and a record of work done must be maintained. Students usually fulfill these requirements by combining participation in extracurricular activities offered either in or outside the school and service to the school community or outside community.
Students and families should never assume that participation in any activity, even one sponsored or organized by the school, will fulfill the IB’s CAS requirements. Students should never undertake participation in any activity for CAS credit without first obtaining formal approval from the CAS coordinator.