(Student cannot start this activity without this information.) DOES THIS ACTIVITY QUALIFY? Circle the box that best describes your proposed activity and add together the points this indicates. Criterion 1 point 2 points 3 points 4 points A Challenge Attendance only Gives opportunity Presents a difficult Pushes student required for student to and challenging beyond previous extend him/herself target limits B Opportunities for No benefit other Has some benefit to Outcome is directed Results in than to student others towards benefiting identifiable benefit service, benefit to others others to others No level of skill Requires skills any Develops existing Develops new skills C Acquisition of skills and interests rather than required student of this age skills practicing already be expected acquired already to have D Initiation and planning Activity organized by Activity organized by Organized by group Planned, organized by students school outside agency of students with and run by adult leader student(s) E Establishing links with Does not involve Involves working Involves working Involves working community and working with others within the school with the community with and within the furthering community only but may only be with local community international student’s own and/or in the local understanding nationality or language international community F Active rather than No active Student required to Requires active Requires active passive nature participation participate but not participation participation and initiate input from student G Project nature - Activity of Combines two Has elements of all Has a good balance ‘one-off’ combining a range of short duration only activities on more three activities on of three activities activity (Creative, one type than one occasion or more than one combined into a long Action and Service) one for longer occasion or two for term project duration longer duration Total Points: ______ A high score indicates your activity may well qualify for your CAS portfolio. Write a paragraph or two describing why this is a valid CAS activity. (Describe the goals you plan to achieve; reflect on your motivation for choosing this activity; and how you think this activity will affect you and others. Comment on anticipated difficulties and explain how the activity is in the spirit of CAS).
(Student cannot start this activity without this information.) DOES THIS ACTIVITY QUALIFY? Circle the box that best describes your proposed activity and add together the points this indicates. Criterion 1 point 2 points 3 points 4 points A Challenge Attendance only required Gives opportunity for student to extend him/herself Presents a difficult and challenging target Pushes student beyond previous limits B Opportunities for service, benefit to others No benefit other than to student Has some benefit to others Outcome is directed towards benefiting others Results in identifiable benefit to others C Acquisition of skills and interests rather than practicing already acquired No level of skill required Requires skills any student of this age be expected already to have Develops existing skills Develops new skills D Initiation and planning by students Activity organized by school Activity organized by outside agency Organized by group of students with adult leader Planned, organized and run by student(s) E Establishing links with community and furthering international understanding Does not involve working with others Involves working within the school community only Involves working with the community but may only be with student’s own nationality or international community Involves working with and within the local community and/or in the local language F Active rather than passive nature No active participation Student required to participate but not initiate Requires active participation Requires active participation and input from student G Project nature - combining a range of activity (Creative, Action and Service) Activity ‘one-off’ of short duration only one type Combines two activities on more than one occasion or one for longer duration Has elements of all three activities on more than one occasion or two for longer duration Has a good balance of three activities combined into a long term project Total Points: ______ A high score indicates your activity may well qualify for your CAS portfolio. Write a paragraph or two describing why this is a valid CAS activity. (Describe the goals you plan to achieve; reflect on your motivation for choosing this activity; and how you think this activity will affect you and others. Comment on anticipated difficulties and explain how the activity is in the spirit of CAS).