Service as Action (SA) aims to encourage students to become responsible and caring citizens to help shape a better future for everyone. Students participate in four main SA service learning activities for each year in the MYP.  These are unpaid and voluntary work that has a positive impact on the community, both local and global. Activities include reading for the elderly, helping at a Kinderboerderij, helping special needs young adults at the Madurodam and active membership of service learning clubs at school, such as the EcoClub and the Chickeneers. 

Students should aim for two long term activities and two short term activities and students in Years 10 and 11 also complete a Service Project. Students complete written reflections on Managebac, where they demonstrate how Learning Outcomes have been met, and they are supported by their Mentors who guide and aid their progress, ensuring that activities and reflections are at the expected standard. 

Creativity, Activity and Service (CAS) is a Core component of the IB Diploma Programme (DP) and aims to develop the whole person by complementing the academic side of the DP by encouraging students to take part in arts and creative activities, participating in sport and physical activity and contributing to the community through service learning. Reflective practice is a key aspect of CAS and helps students to build on their prior knowledge and background, enabling them to make links between their academic disciplines and their CAS experiences. 

The key purpose of CAS is for students to be involved in activities that will make a significant difference to their lives and also to the lives of others, as well as challenge themselves to extend existing skills or learn new ones. CAS should be both challenging and enjoyable and is a personal journey of self-discovery that will be different for each student. Examples of activities completed by ISH students include performing in the musicals, competing in ISST tournaments and volunteering at soup kitchens and shelters for the homeless. 

Students need to participate in  a variety of CAS experiences as well as complete a CAS Project during the two years of the DP. They work towards 7 CAS Learning Outcomes for which they record evidence before, during and after their activities. This involves written reflection, but may also include documents, links, photographs and other media, and is recorded on Managebac.  

Mentors play a significant role as CAS advisors by working with their mentees in order to ensure that they develop meaningful experiences which will have a positive impact on them and their communities, write authentic reflections and carry out three CAS interviews with students over the two-year programme. 

Service Learning (SL) is a Core component of the IB Career-related Programme (CP) and  provides opportunities for students to understand their capacity to make a meaningful contribution to their community and society. Through service learning, students develop and apply academic knowledge, personal skills and social skills in real-life situations involving decision-making, problem-solving, initiative, responsibility and accountability for their actions. Service learning emphasises reflection and builds upon students’ prior knowledge and background, enabling them to make links between their academic disciplines and their service experiences. In the past, SL activities have included volunteering at homes for the elderly and disabled, organising charity tournaments in aid of charitable organisations and working at homeless shelters. 

Students need to complete 50 hours of service in the two years of the program. Students complete written reflections on Managebac, where they demonstrate how Learning Outcomes have been met and they are supported by their Mentors who act as advisors to guide and support their progress, ensuring that activities and reflections are at the expected standard. 

Mentors play an important role as SL advisors by working with their mentees in order to ensure that they develop meaningful service learning experiences which are linked to their career learning. Mentors in the CP need to carry out three SL interviews with students over the two-year programme.