Year 12 CAS Focus Week Information

Creativity, Action, and Service

Objectives

To engage in Service, Creativity and Action in an unfamiliar setting.
To gain an understanding of different cultures and life styles
To build relationships with each other and with communities in the places they visit
To be able to make a positive difference and impact to the people they meet.
To have a full understanding of the issues facing the populations who they visit.
To understand the philosophy and personal growth that can be gained through CAS

Activities
We will be offering a range of approximately 6 trips exclusively to Year 12 Students. Many of these trips will be in China as it is our closest neighbour and provides a very suitable and stimulating environment to carry out our activities. We have enough students who speak Chinese to ensure that language is not a barrier. Students should not expect luxurious accommodation and in many of the options the food and accommodation may be very simple. A large element of the week will be spent doing service activities which may include teaching or even simple construction tasks, but there will also be elements of Action and Creativity too. In addition to the Chinese options there will a trip offered to Tanzania’s continuing the links South Island School has already with Africa, there will also be options elsewhere in Asia. It is expected which ever trip is chosen that there will be a number of preparation sessions and these will include fundraising, sharing trip objectives with the entire school and planning some activities such as a cultural exchange. The trips will be memorable experiences which will give all students ample opportunity for reflection.
Summary

This year follows a similar pattern to last year where the CAS trips were extremely successful. We very much hope that we will be able to continue the links made year after year. We are partnering with a range of organizations including Les Elfes, Wild China, China Educational Services and Dragon Fly as well as trips organized by staff within the school.

There will be a range of cost options mostly less than $9000 (excluding visas) but with the Tanzania option being considerably more expensive.

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