What is CAS?

CAS is experimental education

CAS is DOING!

Min. 150 hours (~2,5 h. per week)

What is CAS?

C – CreativityDrama, music, artwork, sculpture, writing...

A – ActionTeam sports, bike riding, golf, tennis...

S – ServiceSocial unpaid service

Aim of CAS (I)

That students GROW AS COMPASSIONATE AND

AWARE CITIZENS BY learning FROM their own personal CAS experience

THROUGH ongoing reflection

Aim of CAS (II)

CAS

Student Self-Development

•Socially aware

•Healthy, active life

•Creative

Personal qualities e.g.

Humility

Interpersonal qualities e.g.

Respect

Personal skills e.g.

PlanningInternational awareness e.g.

Other cultures

Personal achievement, e.g.

Learn new skills

CAS....

• ...is learning FROM experience

• Learning from experience is only possible THROUGH reflection

Reflection• BEFORE: Setting goals

• DURING: Monitoring, assessing

• AFTER: Evaluation, improvement

HOW?By using diaries

Important:

You should ENJOY the activities

Try something new and challenging

HAVE FUN

What is CAS about?

• Education of the whole person

• Experiential Learning

• Learning by doing

• Setting goals

• Ongoing reflection

• CAS without a goal is not good CAS

• CAS without reflection is not CAS

ATTITUDE is what counts, not hours. CAS is about real commitment, being

involved with others, and giving of your time and talents. It’s not about counting.

It’s doing it because you want to, not because you have to.

OR…

A Good CAS Project

• as a new role for the student

• is a real task with set goals

• it does have consequences

• there is Learning by Doing

• there is ongoing, guided Reflection

How to start

• Find an interesting activity– From the school or chosen by you

• Find a supervisor– Teacher at the school, CAS coordinator,

sport trainer etc.

– Neither friends nor close family members

• Start your reflection• Make plans• Start your activity

Possible projects at MH (courses)

• P.E. (leikfimi, LÍK) (A)• The school choir (kór, KÓR151) (C)• Theatre (leiklist, LEI103) (C)• NFMH (C,A,S)• IB representative• IB Gathering in september –

introduction to Pre-IB (C,S)• Lagningadagar (next semester)• IB trip next semester (C,S)

Possible service projects

• The Red Cross (several projects)

• UNICEF

• Association of the Blind (Blindrafélagið)

• Rescue teams

• Other?