Purpose of Blog

CAS (Creativity, Action, and Service)

Defining CAS

• Creativity - Arts and other experiences that involve creative thinking.
• Action - Physical exertion contributing to a healthy lifestyle, complementing academic work elsewhere in the diploma program.
• Service - All unpaid and voluntary exchange that has a learning benefit for the student. The rights, dignity and autonomy of all those involved are respected.

How Do I Know If It Is CAS?

When CAS includes:

• Real purposeful activities with significant outcomes
• Personal challenge – tasks must extend the students and be achievable in scope
• Thoughtful consideration, such as planning, reviewing and reporting.
• Reflection on outcomes and personal learning.

Out and about in your town/city

You can:

• • Visit – an orphanage, old people, a hospital, a prison, a disabled workshop, street sleepers, an NGO such as playing, talking, singing, listening, helping out with people, feeding.
  • Help with – clean ups, maintenance/beautification tasks, cultural events.
  • Collect – clothes, toys, other requested small articles for disadvantaged groups with which they have regular contact.
  • Raise money for small articles for disadvantaged groups with which they have regular contact

Nationally

• Intensive work in an orphanage, aged care home, hospital, school: much the same choices as for town and city. More extensive maintenance like larger painting jobs, building jobs, etc. is possible.
• A special project contained in your country, e.g. Tabitha in Cambodia or Habitat.
• But there must be a cheap, safe facility nearby in which to stay. Usually, four days to one week is the limit of a national trip.
• Encourages in your students awareness of the difficulties and culture of the country and its peoples.

Internationally

You can:

• • Make a connection with a project you hear about from another school
  • Read about a group you admire and make contact
  • Use the information on Schools to Schools – projects – to help you