Tuesday 11 April 2017

CAS is Complete

Does your CAS portfolio look like this?
That means you have completed your CAS. Congratulations!!!!!


Some of you still have a couple of small things to fix and I am sure you will do that this week.  if they are not marked complete by next week, you will be called for an interview during the study week.  Once I see everything is in order I click the complete box on my page and the above image appears on yours.  That means that you can take a cat nap.
My cat - a CAS blog always needs a cat

It has been great to meet with all of you and talk about what you have done for CAS.  There has been such a wide range of experiences and many challenges faced by students over the CAS period making it hard for me to choose just one person for the CAS award.  In the end, I have chosen more than one.  The awards will be announced at the Graduation Ceremony.

Here are some the experiences that this year graduates have completed:


  • Directed a play
  • Started a film club
  • Made several films
  • Organised collections for refugees and helped with a refugee party
  • Ran campaigns for Amnesty International
  • Held a fund raiser and participated in a march for Rhinos
  • Made major contributions to MUN in Scandinavia
  • Ran student council along with fundraising efforts for Nepal
  • Wrote articles, and edited the student newspaper
  • Volunteered for film festivals and sporting events in Stockholm
  • Wrote blogs and took photos
  • Made websites for charities
  • Started a sports group
  • Participated in school sports teams
  • Performed musical items at various concerts/events and made music recordings and wrote lyrics
  • Produced a webpage for a charitable group
  • Ran activities such as football, maths club  and story telling for younger children
  • Gone to the gym, yoga and dance classes
I have certainly not covered them all.  It was a pleasure to hear all your reflections and thoughts about the IB learner profile.  It's been a great 2 years and you will all be missed - even if you will not miss my constant reminders!   I will send a CAS report to all of you once they are all complete.  Download it as you might find that it comes in use someday!  I have had students asking me for them years after they have finished so put it somewhere safe. Don't forget to unsubscribe from the blog for next year. And do well in your exams. 

And this final blog would not be complete without a corny blog.  I know that congratulations might be a bit early but this is such a great song.