What is CAS?

What is CAS?
CAS stands for:

• Creativity
• Action
• Service

A successful completion of CAS is one of the requirements for obtaining the IB diploma or the school certificate.

Creativity

This can cover a wide range of arts and other activities outside the normal curriculum.

Examples of such activities can be doing dance, theatre, music and art. It may also include creative thinking in the design and carrying out of projects.

Action

In CAS, action relates specifically to physical activity. It can include participation in individual and team sports, and physical activities outside of the normal curriculum. It may also include physical activity involved in carrying out creative and service projects.

Service

Service involves interaction, such as the building of links with individuals or groups in the community. The community can be the school, the local district, or it may be at the national or international level.

Service activities do not only involve doing things for others, but also doing things with others and developing a real commitment with them. The relationship should show respect for the dignity and self-respect of others. There should be prior communication and full consultation with the community or individual concerned. The service provided should be appropriate and you should be able to understand the consequences of what you are doing.

A service activity must provide you with the opportunity to learn. It must be voluntary and unpaid.

Every CAS activity should represent a personal challenge. There should be a definite goal and outcome to the activity. Activities should be planned and evaluated.

CAS involves:

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

An activity must meet all four of these criteria to be considered to be a CAS activity

Taken from the CAS Booklet.

 

Introduction to the site

Hello our names are Alwin, Irman and Ivan, and we are Year 11 students.First of all, we would like to welcome you to our site. We are making this blog on wordpress as part of our requirements to fulfill the IB Diploma’s requirement of Creativity, Action and Service in order to graduate. In this website we will be posting about information related to the CAS activities that are hapenning around in our school. We hope to give you, our readers information about the CAS activities. Thanks for reading our blog and we hope you enjoy it!

 

Pasar Murah(Bazaar) @Kuningan

This is not from the recent pasar murah at school, but the previous and our first one as a year level at Kuningan,West Java. This was one crazy one and this is the scene when the market was open in the first minute. Crazy is one word to describe it.

 

Pasar Murah (Bazaar) Organized by Year 11

On the 23rd of May, the Year 11 Students organized the Pasar Murah event intended for local residents that live nearby the school. The CAS hours were categorized into service and students prepared from as early as 6am on a Saturday for the event. Daily goods such as instant noodles and soap were also given out to the locals. Items Ranged from Free to New Items priced at Rp.15,000. Some of the items were comic books, clothing,shoes to jeans. Although not as intense compared to the Kuningan version of the Pasar Murah, the items were sold out quickly as well and the locals were enthusiastic about it. Thank You for the Donations!(Photos courtesy to Greta’s (11C) Facebook)

Comic Books priced at Rp 1,000 each

Distributing the Daily Items

 

Krispy Kreme-Habitat For Humanity CAS

During the busy months of February and March, the Year 11 students, (mostly IB ones) went to Krispy Kremes in Senayan City and Plaza Senayan to sell community cards for CAS. Each community card cost Rp 50,000 ($4.50) and included 10 coupons. Each coupon entitled the buyer to a half dozen of donuts free if they bought a half dozen. The CAS was worth 3 hours and most groups accumulated above Rp.500,000. 100% of the profit from the event, which is sponsored by Habitat for Humanities will be donated for the building of simple homes for the poor in the Greater Jakarta Area

Other group, Credit to Billy:

 

2008 Year 11 Kuningan Camp 1 CAS Pics

Sorry for the long dates between updates, but during 11 Kuningan Camp in Kuningan,Jawa Barat, that took place from December 1st 2008-December 5th 2008,the year level had an opportunity to increase their CAS hours by 40. The activities that the year 11′s did in the beginning of the camp were making a traditional trash can(Creativity), making a traditional flute(suling, Out-bounding in the historic area of Linggarjati (Action) and making items from clay(Creativity) in the historic Cirebon Castle.Here are the pics below(Credit to the year 11′s on facebook):

 

 

Sahur On the Road

 

Perhaps the most influential CAS so far, Some year 11′s headed to multiple points in Jakarta to donate food to the people who are in need during the fasting month of Ramadhan

 

CAS @ Muara Angke

Some Year 11′s headed north to Muara Angke to help children in the orphanage and teach them some valuable stuff

 

Year 11 Pramuka Island Trip CAS-Beach Cleaning

 

On the Year 11 Environmental Science Trip, the class took the time off snorkeling and tanning to clean up the private beach in the privately owned Semak Daun (Smack Down in pop culture) Island in the Thousands Islands Region.

 

 

CAS Website?

TO ALL YEAR 11 STUDENTS:

Please submit your latest CAS photos/videos to either Irman/Alwin/Ivan. We are the people  who will be fully-in charge of this website. If you have nagging Question(s) regarding CAS please contact Ibu Dewi (Our dear CAS coordinator) or post some here. More updates will be post in the near future.

Thanks [LONG LIVE INTER MILAN]