Why CAS?

1. "Successful completion of CAS is a requirement for the award of the IB diploma.

2. CAS provides the main opportunity to develop many of the attributes described in the IB learner profile.

CAS should involve:

• Real, purposeful activities, with significant outcomes

• Personal challenge—tasks must extend the student and be achievable in scope

• Thoughtful consideration, such as planning, reviewing progress, reporting

• Reflection on outcomes and personal learning.

All proposed CAS activities need to meet these four criteria.

Learning outcomes

The completion decision for the school in relation to each student is, simply, “Have these outcomes been achieved?” As a result of their CAS experience as a whole, including their reflections, there should be evidence that students have:

-Increased their awareness of their own strengths and areas for growth

-Undertaken new challenges

- Planned and initiated activities

- Worked collaboratively with others

-Shown perseverance and commitment in their activities

- Engaged with issues of global importance

-Considered the ethical implications of their actions

-Developed new skills

All eight outcomes must be present for a student to complete the CAS requirement. Completion requires only that there is some evidence for every outcome."

Those are the requirements as stated and set by our school. However I believe that being creative, active and giving back even is the smallest way is not a requirement to pass school, but rather a way to live life to the fullest and to be a valuable member of our community. I have chosen to use a blog to reflect and post my CAS as I love photography and I want to be able to incorporate it into my reflections.