How to deal with CAS: Ideas for IB Students | Part 2 | 100 CAS Ideas

As IB graduates, we know how easy it is for CAS to seem like a massive burden. But it doesn’t have to be! Although it might seem impossible to juggle your CAS experiences around your six subjects, try to view it in a positive light. CAS is a great way to actually have fun alongside your studies! Should you be struggling with any subjects or need some extra guidance – we have plenty of free resources for each subject to help you smash them alongside CAS. We also offer more personalised help through our private online tuition service from experienced IB graduates who got top scores at the IB – including 3 core points! 

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Creativity

1. Take up baking
2. Take up cooking
3. Take up vegan cooking
4. Create a recipe book for your latest bakes
5. Start a YouTube channel for your cookery
6. Host a supper club
7. Take up knitting
8. Make your own clothes/accessories – check out this video for some inspiration!
9. Create a Depop account for your handmade clothes/accessories (then donate the money to a charity for it to also count for SERVICE!)
10. Take up photography
11. Produce a documentary – read about Ingrid’s experience here!
12. Write for your school magazine, or start one if it doesn’t exist!
13. Join/set up a book club
14. Write a novel or some short stories
15. Make a film of your novel/short story
16. Make a stop motion animation film (see the film Chicken Run for inspiration!)
17. Write poetry
18. Start a blog for your poems
19. Start calligraphy – it’s soooo pretty! 
20. Make handmade cards that feature your calligraphy
21. Join/start a choir
22. Organise an open mic event
23. Join/start a band
24. Join/start an orchestra
25. Learn a musical instrument
26. If you already play an instrument, try conducting!
27. Play video games (if you don’t believe me, check out this blog!)
28. Design a new video game
29. Make homemade candles
30. Take up sketching/painting
31. Create an Instagram account for your sketches and paintings
32. Make handmade bath bombs
33. Put on a play – how about one of the ones you might be studying for your Language A?

Activity

34. Take up running – why not set yourself a goal of running a 10km race, or even a marathon?
35. Start a running club
36. Go climbing, whether that be indoors or outdoors!
37. Spend a day at an outdoor adventure club – if you’re UK based, the Go Ape parks are amazing!
38. Join your local gym
39. Try a Zumba class
40. If you enjoy dancing, try ballroom styles – foxtrot, waltz, cha cha etc…
41. Or give breakdancing a try. You could even organise your own dance show at your school!
42. Go on a yoga retreat
43. If you’re an adventurous type, give windsurfing a go
44. Or try paragliding!
45. Skiing/snowboarding
46. Try kayaking
47. Or white water rafting
48. Go mountain biking
49. Commit to cycling to school for a certain number of days per week
50. If you like swimming, cycling and running, train for a triathlon
51. If you’re already a swimmer, try diving
52. Take part in a team sport – netball, football, wheelchair basketball, hockey, etc…
53. Give blind soccer a go
54. Try archery
55. Take up orienteering
56. Horse riding
57. Try boxing, or a boxercise class
58. If you live near the coast, play beach volleyball
59. Or open water swimming in the sea
60. Give judo, taekwondo or karate a try
61. Spend an afternoon at a trampoline park (they look AWESOME)
62. Play tennis, or table tennis
63. Have a go at ice skating
64. Go on a hiking expedition
65. Try playing golf
66. Skateboarding

Service

67. Volunteer at a local charity shop
68. Spend an hour a week volunteering at a nursing home
69. Volunteer at your local hospital
70. Start a Junior CPR Program, like Kira!
71. Or organise a talent show at school, charge an entry fee, and donate the funds to charity
72. Run in a charity fun run – check out the Race for Life events in the UK
73. Hold a bake sale at your school and raise money for charity
74. Or even bigger, hold a summer fair at your school for charity – have stalls such as face painting, a coconut shy, a second-hand book stall, hook-a-duck etc…
75. Organise a charity raffle
76. Or hold a ‘Guess the Baby’ charity competition at school. Ask you teachers to submit photos from when they were younger, and see if students can guess who is who! Charge a fee for entering, and have a prize for whoever gets them all correct.
77. Volunteer at an after school club, either at your school or another local school
78. Take part in a Fridaysforfuture climate march
79. Volunteer at your local government
80. If you have a local green area, set up a butterfly conservation space
81. Organise a tree planting event in your local community
82. Organise a plastic pick-up event at your school/local community
83. Or if you live near the coast, arrange a beach clean-up event
84. Learn how to perform CPR
85. Go on a wildlife conservation volunteering trip
86. Or volunteer at an animal shelter
87. Do you have an elderly neighbour or relative? Offer to tidy their garden, or maybe walk their dog a few times a week.
88. Help out at a soup kitchen
89. Take part in Amnesty International campaigns
90. Volunteer at your local library
91. Or if there’s a local museum in your area, volunteer there
92. Apply to be an Oxfam festival volunteer – a free trip to a festival and CAS too!
93. Organise a CAS fair at your school. This is an event where your IB year group presents your CAS projects and activities to the years below. This should give them some help and inspiration!
94. If you’re bilingual, volunteer to help someone or an organisation with translations
95. If you’re taking up knitting as a CREATIVE project, try knitting hats or clothing for premature babies
96. Organise a charity car wash at your school
97. Start, or join, a neighbourhood watch programme
98. Organise a clothes collection at your school, and then donate them to a local charity
99. Campaign for better recycling facilities at your school
100. Our last one is actually a fun fact: did you know that Lanterna started out as a CAS project in 2002? A group of older IB students decided to support younger students with their academic performance – everything from helping out with homework to teaching whole topics that students had missed or not understood. So we’re living proof that CAS is totally worth it in the end!

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And there we go! I hope these IB CAS ideas have provided plenty of inspiration. Remember, it’s all about making CAS fun – it definitely shouldn’t feel like a burden. Do things that you will enjoy! 

If you want more guidance, check out Part 1, Part 3, and Part 4 of this series – they all contain different help for acing CAS! Also, don’t forget to check out our IB Survival Guide for more tips with CAS!

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