IB Prospectus 2027 - Flipbook - Page 8
THE CORE
Creativity, Activity and Service (CAS)
Because the IB believes that education should include every aspect of life, an
important part of the Diploma Programme core consists of Creativity, Activity
and Service.
Students complete a programme in all three areas. CAS activity hours are not
formally timetabled. Some take place during the college day, such as team
sports, creative writing or crochet. Others take place at times convenient to
you. Personal tutors meet students individually to help them to organise their
CAS programmes. Students keep a personal log in which they record what
they have done and re昀氀ect upon what they have learned as they progress in
each activity.
IB students at Varndean have undertaken a wide range of CAS creative
activities: acting in plays; playing in a band; baking; learning a musical
instrument; taking part in the college’s creative writing programme. There has
even been an IB knitting group!
For activity, students have played in the College’s netball or football teams,
taken part in 昀椀tness programmes, including cycling, running, hill-walking,
zumba, skiing, yoga, ballet and pilates. Many of our students complete the
Duke of Edinburgh's Award alongside their CAS programme, with many of the
activities they undertake contributing to both awards.
There are many service opportunities available. Some IB students are
active in the students’ union; a considerable number volunteer in the NHS
in Brighton; some have worked with the elderly; others volunteer at the Link
College or local primary schools.
Whatever you do, the CAS programme is a crucial part of the core of the
Diploma Programme and its commitment to a complete and principled
education.
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Pictured clockwise above: Ballet (Saskia), Cake Making
(Lila & Lucy), Year Book (Kas, Tobias & Alexis), Climbing
in the Dolomites (Emma), Running the Brighton Marathon
(Iris), Cycling from Dieppe to Paris (Lilja, Lila, Rosa, Martha,
Iris & Amelie)
