​CAS (Creativity, Activity, Service)

Creativity
Exploring and extending ideas leading ​to an original or interpretive product.
Activity
Physical exertion contributing to ​a healthy lifestyle.
Service
Collaborative and reciprocal engagement ​with the community.
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"A journey that begins in the brains and ends in the heart".

CAS (Creativity, Activity, Service)

The three strands of CAS are Creativity, Activity and Service. Creativity involves Arts and other experiences that involve creative thinking; Activity involves physical exertion contributing to a healthy lifestyle; and Service includes an unpaid and voluntary exchange that has a learning benefit for the student). CAS prompts students to develop their identities, in line with the IB ethical principles and the IB Learner Profile. CAS also contributes to the IB mission, namely to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. This is achieved through several student-led experiences, actions and studies in the IBDP, which culminate to the CAS group project. The CAS project challenges students to:
  • show initiative
  • demonstrate perseverance
  • develop skills such as collaboration, problem solving and decision making.

A good CAS programme should be both challenging and enjoyable – a personal journey of self-discovery. Each student has a different starting point, which develops into different goals and needs. Yet, for most students, CAS activities end up being profound and life changing experiences.