A Shining Beacon OF LYBS Values, CAS

As a shining beacon of LYBS values, the new CAS framework will enable students to demonstrate attributes of the IB learner profile in real and practical ways, to grow as unique individuals and to recognize their role in relation to others. Moreover, it will support students to enhance their personal and interpersonal development. Through CAS, our students will continue to strengthen the approaches to learning they have encountered and developed over the years of their studies. In approaches to learning, students are encouraged to grow both personally and socially, developing skills such as cooperation, problem-solving, conflict resolution and creative and critical thinking, as well as developing their own identities.

——LYBS International Head of SchoolMr. Antony GERALIS

CAS is organized around the three strands of creativity, activity and service defined as follows.

· Creativity—exploring and extending ideas leading to an original or interpretive product or performance.

· Activity—physical exertion contributing to a healthy lifestyle.

· Service—collaborative and reciprocal engagement with the community in response to an authentic need.

The options provided will complement a challenging academic programme in a holistic way, providing opportunities for self-determination, collaboration, accomplishment and enjoyment. 

CAS Learning Result

1)Identify own strengths and develop areas for growth

2)Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process

3)Demonstrate how to initiate and plan an CAS experience

4)Show commitment to and perseverance in experiences

5)Demonstrate the skills and recognize the benefits of working collaboratively

6)Demonstrate engagement with issues of global significance

7)Recognize and consider the ethics of choices and actions

Finally, we will end our sharing today with the words of Principal Antony: CAS will ensure that our students continue to develop their ability to engagein critical reflection, offering increasingly sophisticated opportunities forthem to analyse their own thinking, effort and performance. Students will alsolearn how to set challenging goals and develop the commitment and perseveranceto achieve them. In addition, during CAS our students will continue to developindividual and shared responsibility, and effective teamwork and collaborationabsolutely essential for their future studies at university and of course theirlife as professionals!