Brian Hunt Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 My school has the typical 50-50-50 but they tell us not to focus on the hour counting (we do anyway!) It's incredibly easy to meet this standard though so my school requires 30 hours total during your second year. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
giantclank3 Posted June 2, 2011 Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 ehh, im finishing up grade 11 in 2 weeks with ~350 hours, and i have around 50 for volunteer, the rest are creativity and sport .. but our school requires 150 hours 50 from each.. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbiftu Posted July 17, 2011 Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 My school doesn't bother counting...I was told the new IB didn't care about hours. We would automatically get our 150 hours as long as we did 3-4 hours of a CAS activity every week. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChikkyD Posted July 17, 2011 Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 My school doesn't bother counting... I was told the new IB didn't care about hours. We would automatically get our 150 hours as long as we did 3-4 hours of a CAS activity every week. This is what my school does. They spun something about it not being about the amount of hours, but rather what we gain from the activities and how they build us as people So the 150 is used as a guide in my school but our CAS coordinator advises 2-3 activities per category. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymi Posted July 17, 2011 Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 We have to do the minimum requirement 50-50-50 so in total 150 hours thank god im done, but i ended up getting between 300 - 350 hours, handed all my CAS stuff in a while ago so i dont really remember the actual amount of hours i did o.O But we HAVE to do a 25 hour project as a year group for IB which consists of all the three elements of CAS. That was actually really fun! we ended up fixing up a rural school. Creativity: painted a new classroom for the little kindergardeners (on the inside and outside of the little building) including doing an amazing mural on the inside. Made a library. Painted every single chalkboard in the school so it looked brand new. Action: We planted a vegetable garden, a maize field (the digging was terrible!)and filled their reservoir. Played soccer and cricket with the grade kids. Service: threw a little party for the kindergardeners:) Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edithsdotir Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 (edited) 150 hrs with 25 hr cap, 50-50-50. We got a new CAS mentor who seems a bit confused though... for example, dance only counts as creativity if you choreograph your own dance. Going by the same logic, you'd need to create your own piece if you were to count music as CAS. Edit: I think schools have different regulations based on how strict they are in terms of monitoring activities. A not-so-strict school would need students to complete more hours than necessary in case some activities are rejected while a strict school would have no problems with just the 150. Local education requirements also have to be fulfilled so that may change things further (i.e. compulsory community service hours, fitness hours?) Really getting quite worried about CAS, as my school has told us it is 80 hours in total, everything counts.in fact it is a bit of a joke. Do schools get inspected or challenged on this? I don't want to fail my IB because my school couldn't be bothered! Edited August 29, 2011 by edithsdotir Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dessskris Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 Do schools get inspected or challenged on this? I don't want to fail my IB because my school couldn't be bothered!CAS is only moderated, but not graded. so your CAS forms (actually only a number from your class/batch) will be sent to some moderators to check and look through. I'm not exactly sure how they determine whether you pass but as long as you complete the requirements (which I'm not sure what they are) you shouldn't be worried. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmi Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 We only have to do 150 hours, There's not a set amount for each, but you're not allowed to have like 100 service hours, 45 action hours, and 5 creativity hours lol. You have to spread it out and make it somewhat balanced. We're also advised to have at least one major project or long-term activity. But the school actually encourages doing a lot more as it looks good for universities and stuff. I record everything I do. I do a ton of service and action (creativity not so much but I do enough ) and have over 500 hours from just those two alone. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fani Posted September 25, 2011 Report Share Posted September 25, 2011 40 action, 40 creativity, 70 service. Still 150 but service is like the hardest! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Award Winning Boss Posted September 25, 2011 Report Share Posted September 25, 2011 50 for each. That's all for us, i'll probably end up doing more because its not like the activities of CAS were foreign to me in the first place Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
holly Posted October 1, 2011 Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 Our school is really slack on CAS, which isn't even needed because pretty much EVERYONE is involved in something and we have pretty much something to do after school everyday... We need a minimum of 150 hours but if we're kind of close, I think it's fine. It's not 50 hours per category, either. All 150 hours can go in one category. About 270 hours of mine are in creativity and like not even 10 hours in the other categories, haha. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostafa Man Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 From westdale in Canada, We have to do just 150 hours. 50 from each activity. But good job to the one who managed to get 500 hours! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
URA BOAT Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 yeah, our schools just follows the 150 hours standard set by the ib. don't know how i'm gona get all the creativity though (only got 4 hrs so far )use your imagination…be creative..lol Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam :) Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 150 total:75- service25- action25- creative50- any combination of the 3 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Szczebrzeszyn Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 Our school is satisfied with the usual 50+50+50, but they are very picky at accepting something as CAS :< For example, only 10 hours from each area can be done without supervisor, and the remaining 40 must be done with some kind of instrustor (obviously not our relative or acquaintance) that will verify our efforts. That means almost all of the things I planned for CAS (painting, running, and so on) went to hell Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
custardapple101 Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 I have to do 150 total including the 75 involved for the CAS project. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wid.m Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 is the requirement set by the iB or the school? how come some of you have a minimum of 300?? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procrastination Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 150 for Creativity150 for Action150 for ServiceFML Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xerou Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 150 for Creativity150 for Action150 for ServiceFMLo____________othat's insane!thankfully, my school enforces the 150hrs and I've already completed my 50hrs for activity. .____. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWL Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 As far as our school is aware, the IBO scrapped the idea of hours this year and now it's just expected that you participate in each area for a prolonged period of time (without a prescribed number or hours).But on the IBO webstie it says:"Students are expected to be involved in CAS activities for the equivalent of at least three hours each week during the two years of the programme."So im not sure how it's 'supposed' to work... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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