Creativity, Action, Service (CAS)

CAS (Creativity, Action, Service) is not only an integral part of the Middle Years and Diploma programmes, at Southbank the spirit of community involvement and service embraces every pupil.

The IB goals of educating the whole person and fostering a more compassionate and active citizenry come alive in an immediate way when students reach beyond their books and themselves.

The three areas of activity covered are:
Creativity - interpreted broadly to include a range of arts activities as well as the creativity students demonstrate in designing and implementing service projects
Examples at Southbank might include: working in the school play or on the yearbook; designing posters and flyers for fundraising events; Christmas Carol singing for charity

Action - includes not only participation in individual and team sports, but also taking part in expeditions and in local or international projects
Examples at Southbank might include: our long-standing link with the Mwereni School for the Blind in Tanzania, where students have helped install a water system

Service - this encompasses a host of community and social service activities both within and outside of School.
Examples at Southbank might include: organising and hosting a Tea Dance for Age Concern members; taking elderly people Christmas shopping at a local shopping centre; computer coaching for local people.