CAS Week 2012-13

We are completing our planning for next year’s CAS week which will be held Nov 5th to 9th.  The programme will be very similar to last year, but with one additional trip for senior students:

• Year 7 – Camp: Building our Community (Lantau) – Camp Skills, Canyoning, Hiking, Waterfall Abseil, Sea Kayaking, Forestry, Bouldering, Boogie Boarding, Swimming.
• Year 8 -  Language Immersion (Guilin)– Language Immersion, Biking, Hiking, Rock Climbing, Service Learning (Teaching English at a local primary school)
• Year 9 – Camp: Outdoor Adventure (Sai Kung) - First Aid, Life Saving, Surfing, Kayaking, Rock Climbing, Caving, Abseiling, Hiking and Camping.
• Year 10 to 12 - Three Options: Service Learning, Work Experience, Service Learning & Adventure (Thailand). Possible placements for work experience include a Veterinary Surgery  and a Hotel. Possible service learning opportunities in Hong Kong will include Crossroads, CAS film crew, camp leaders, Kadorei farm and others.

The Year 10 to 12 students will already have received further information about the possible options.

 I would like some feedback from parents about one change to the Year 8 trip.

Following feedback from students and parents last year we have decided to keep one train journey but return from Guilin by flying. This will likely bring the cost of this trip to approximately $9000 from $7000 last year.

I would appreciate your thoughts your thoughts on whether we should proceed with this change to year 8, particularly if you have a student currently in year 8 (and thus have an understanding of the trip) or if you have a child in year 7.

Regards

Roy  White

Head of School