{"id":158,"date":"2025-01-15T15:15:52","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T15:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/se.uwcstaging.co.uk\/creativity-activity-service-cas\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T02:31:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T02:31:59","slug":"creativity-activity-service-cas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/se.uwcstaging.co.uk\/en\/life-at-uwc\/creativity-activity-service-cas\/","title":{"rendered":"Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-studio14-blocks-site-banner-block\"><section class=\"about-banner text-sideBySide about-banner--gradient-green\" style=\"background-color:transparent\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"about-banner-bg\" src=\"https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Campus-UWC-USA-2-1.png\" alt=\"Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS)\"\/><div class=\"about-banner-main \"><h1 class=\"about-banner-heading\">Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS)<\/h1><\/div><\/section><nav class=\"custom-sticky__nav 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style=\"--custom-fontfamily:&quot;Source Serif 4&quot;, sans-serif;--custom-fontsize-mobile:24px;--custom-marginright:50px;--custom-marginright-tablet:50px;--custom-marginright-mobile:50px;--custom-marginleft:50px;--custom-marginleft-tablet:50px;--custom-marginleft-mobile:50px\">Many schools worldwide now study the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, a curriculum that promotes creativity, activity and service as part of its core requirements.&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-however-we-take-its-principles-further\" style=\"--custom-fontfamily:&quot;Source Serif 4&quot;, sans-serif;--custom-fontsize-mobile:24px;--custom-marginright:50px;--custom-marginright-tablet:50px;--custom-marginright-mobile:50px;--custom-marginleft:50px;--custom-marginleft-tablet:50px;--custom-marginleft-mobile:50px\">However, we take its principles further.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:80px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Copy-of-13A_8892-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"UWC Mahindra students planting trees\" class=\"wp-image-1364701\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/2;object-fit:cover\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/UWC-Dilijan_Danil-Kolodin_Tennis-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"UWC Dilijan students playing tennis\" class=\"wp-image-1364702\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/2;object-fit:cover\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-studio14-blocks-content-wrapper-block content-wrapper\">\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"--custom-fontfamily:&quot;Source Sans 3&quot;, sans-serif\" class=\"\"><strong>Our diverse school communities encourage students to explore different perspectives with their fellow classmates, rather than just learning them from books and online media.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"--custom-fontfamily:&quot;Source Sans 3&quot;, sans-serif\" class=\"\">We explore the art and culture of our surroundings and each other\u2019s backgrounds first-hand and consider how creativity and imagination can help us understand and change the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"--custom-fontfamily:&quot;Source Sans 3&quot;, sans-serif\" class=\"\">Our focus on community service goes far beyond fulfilling the IBDP requirements or boosting students&#8217; university applications. We help young changemakers discover causes that matter to them. Students learn how to turn ideas into initiatives, projects and activities that can help those around them for many years after they have graduated, and that can help transform their own communities back home.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"--custom-fontfamily:&quot;Source Sans 3&quot;, sans-serif\" class=\"\"><strong>This means that, as a UWC student, you will build habits and skills that aren\u2019t just for school, but for life.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"--custom-fontfamily:&quot;Source Sans 3&quot;, sans-serif\" class=\"\">Our specific activities vary by school, because it will be the specific surroundings of your campus that will determine the activities that are possible and the service initiatives that are needed. At the same time, the UWC mission and values lie at the heart of everything we do across our movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-studio14-blocks-content-wrapper-block content-wrapper\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-creativity\" style=\"--custom-fontfamily:&quot;Source Serif 4&quot;, sans-serif;--custom-textcolor:#000000;--custom-textcolor-tablet:#000000;--custom-textcolor-mobile:#000000\">Creativity<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"--custom-fontfamily:&quot;Source Sans 3&quot;, sans-serif\" class=\"\">Art and creativity aren\u2019t just about being able to paint or play an instrument. They are about discipline, collaboration, imagination, and being able to express the things you experience and feel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--background-color:transparent;--width:100%;--max-width:80rem;--margin-top:0;--margin-right:auto;--margin-bottom:0;--margin-left:auto;--padding-top:0;--padding-right:0;--padding-bottom:0;--padding-left:0\" class=\"wp-block-studio14-blocks-section-block\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/CDD0E058133FE7B78D10FE44C3985F08.png\" alt=\"UWC students painting wall\" class=\"wp-image-1348935\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/A65C1BBA2A6EBBACB0FDCB004D3EB763.png\" alt=\"UWC student singing and teacher playing piano\" class=\"wp-image-1348936\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-studio14-blocks-content-wrapper-block content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-studio14-blocks-content-quote-block\"><div class=\"quote\"><q class=\"quote-text\">\u201cEven if you\u2019re not going to pursue art, you learn to think like an artist here<\/q><p class=\"quote-author\">Ramila Patel, Former Head of Visual Arts, Waterford Kamhlaba UWC of Southern Africa<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"--custom-fontfamily:&quot;Source Sans 3&quot;, sans-serif\" class=\"\">At UWC, we\u2019ll encourage you to explore your creativity and channel what matters into art, dance, photography, music and other media through co-curricular activities, workshops and school events. Whether you want to engage in creative activities to get loud and make your voice heard or develop a creative practice for quiet mindfulness, you will have plenty of choices at your fingertips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"--custom-fontfamily:&quot;Source Sans 3&quot;, sans-serif\" class=\"\">We explore the culture and craft of our local areas and give you the confidence to perform and play with others. This might involve taking to the stage for theatre or dance, learning about art history, writing for the student paper, visiting cultural sites, or performing for your school community and beyond. Creativity also plays an important role in design thinking for social impact, something UWC seeks to develop in all of its students and that deeply connects with the Service component of CAS.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-activity\" style=\"--custom-fontfamily:&quot;Source Serif 4&quot;, sans-serif\">Activity<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:22px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"--custom-fontfamily:&quot;Source Sans 3&quot;, sans-serif\" class=\"\">Every UWC school draws from the community around it and that applies to sport and physical activity as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--background-color:transparent;--width:100%;--max-width:80rem;--margin-top:0;--margin-right:auto;--margin-bottom:0;--margin-left:auto;--padding-top:0;--padding-right:0;--padding-bottom:0;--padding-left:0\" class=\"wp-block-studio14-blocks-section-block\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/904BFA3832E142FCDE7666C2D295092F.png\" alt=\"Students and teachers on snowy mountain with hands raised\" class=\"wp-image-1348937\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/F74B3A556E391825FFA4E25883FE367B.png\" alt=\"WKUWCSA students playing rugby\" class=\"wp-image-1348938\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-studio14-blocks-content-wrapper-block content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-studio14-blocks-content-quote-block\"><div class=\"quote\"><q class=\"quote-text\">It\u2019s not just about competition. If you want to play basketball at another school, you might have to be really good. But at UWC, if you\u2019re really good, you teach other people so they can play too. It\u2019s an environment in which you learn, and learn that it\u2019s okay to fail, and that gives you the opportunity to try.<\/q><p class=\"quote-author\">Saijai Liangpunsakul (Pearson College UWC, 2006-2008)<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"--custom-fontfamily:&quot;Source Sans 3&quot;, sans-serif\" class=\"\">You have the opportunity to play many of the sports you grew up loving, from football to basketball and tennis. Many of our students also make regular use of gym facilities for cardio and strength training, while all UWCs have regular access to on- or off-campus swimming facilities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"--custom-fontfamily:&quot;Source Sans 3&quot;, sans-serif\" class=\"\">Outdoor education plays a key role in a UWC education, so we make full use of the environments around our schools. Depending on the school or college you attend, this could mean kayaking and sailing in the ocean or local lakes, hiking amidst mountains and tropical forests, exploring winter sports in locations that experience snowfall, or simply finding time for quiet contemplation on nature walks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"--custom-fontfamily:&quot;Source Sans 3&quot;, sans-serif\" class=\"\">Activity and exercise are not only crucial in bringing UWC values such as personal challenge and mutual responsibility to life, they are also key in maintaining balance and wellbeing in a busy and stimulating environment. Beyond the four walls of an indoor gym, they also give us a chance to explore our surroundings, connect with nature and truly experience the world around us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-service\" style=\"--custom-fontfamily:&quot;Source Serif 4&quot;, sans-serif\">Service<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"--custom-fontfamily:&quot;Source Sans 3&quot;, sans-serif\" class=\"\">We aim to make sure that every student realises that they can use their education to make a difference, and take local action towards global issues. 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