CAS Programme @ FLAG

CAS (Creativity, Action & Service) is a fundamental part of the IB Diploma programme and takes seriously the importance of life outside the world of scholarship, providing a refreshing counterbalance to academic studies. One very important component of CAS is service, which comprises of a host of community and social service activities through liaisons with NGOs as well as independent student initiated activities. Besides community service, IB Diploma students are also encouraged to explore their artistic and athletic potential through various creative and action oriented activities in school.
As part of the CAS (Creativity, Action, Service) Program at FLAG, IB Diploma students participate in the following activities:
- Sculpting: Students learn the nuances of sculpting using Plaster of Paris and a range of sculpting tools.
- Photography: Students are introduced to the different features of cameras, the different types of photography and the aesthetics of photo-taking. The photography workshop is lead by a professional photographer and is followed by a practical session where students are encouraged to use their cameras and its features to the maximum. The students also use their photography skills for school events and yearbook.
- Creative Writing: The Creative Writing sessions at FLAG enhance the writing skills of students and give them an opportunity to explore the world of words. Students learn about the different aspects of creative writing such as story complications, resolutions, dialogue, characters, description, settings, style etc.
- Yearbook Compilation: Diploma students with a flair for writing team up to put together an entire year's school work and play into print for the school community to recollect.
- Child to Child Program: The Child to Child Program is essentially a skills sharing program between FLAG students and the students from Mumbai Mobile Creches (MMC, an NGO that works for the education of children on construction sites). FLAG and MMC students meet on a monthly basis to share skills that either group is proficient in. FLAG students have taught the MMC students football, computers and table tennis whereas the MMC students have shared skills like warli painting and puppet making.
- Guitar Classes: Students attend guitar lessons in school once a week. They are taught basic tunes in the first few months after which they learn to strum more difficult tunes. The students are trained so that they may later be able to take the Trinity UK Music Exams. Students are encouraged to use the Music Room to practice during breaks and free time.
- Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon: The IB Diploma students participate in the Mumbai Marathon which is a 7 kms run organized on a massive scale to raise funds and awareness about NGOs and the causes they support. FLAG students participate along with students from Mumbai Mobile Creches (MMC) in support of the education and well being of underprivileged children on construction sites. Students also help to raise funds for MMC.
- Collection Drives: Students organize collection drives for NGOs in need of materials for village schools, slums, orphanages, old age homes, etc. Posters are put up in the school premises and students campaign to collect books, clothes, newspapers, toys, utensils and more for the needy. This year the students collected materials over a 2 week period for the people of the flood hit areas of Karnataka.
- School Events: IB Diploma students plan, organize and participate in schools events like Teacher's Day and Annual Day. They tap their potential to put together a show for their teachers and parents and bring out their talent on stage be it in the area of music, dance, drama or elocution.
- Interact Clubs: The FLAG Interact Club is a youth group that participates in different activities during the year ranging from visits to The Society for the Education of the Crippled to Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA). The main aim is to make a difference to society through small initiatives.
- Arts & Craft: This includes a variety of creative activities like marble painting, warli art, 'Best out of Waste' (craft using recycled materials), backdrop painting; mask making, greeting cards etc.







