CAS & Global Citizenship: Activity

Activity–Any activity that improves your physical, emotional, and mental well-being and contributes to a healthy lifestyle.  

Approaches to activity: 

Ongoing: A student may already be engaged in activity as part of a school team or club, or through some other form of sustained physical exercise. Students may continue in this as part of their activity; however, they should set personal goals in keeping with the principles of CAS. Students can also be encouraged to further extend and develop their participation if appropriate. 

School-based: Students are encouraged to participate in meaningful activity that benefits their physical well-being. In school there may well be appropriate activity opportunities in which the student can engage. These activity experiences could, for example, be part of a school sports club, or timetabled sports sessions. Students may elect to initiate a school-based activity such as basketball or tennis and engage other CAS students or any student within the school. 

Community-based: Participating in activity within the local community advances student awareness and understanding of interpersonal relationships, particularly if the activity experience involves members of the local community. However, single events of activity can lack depth and meaning. When possible, activity experiences best occur with a regularity that builds and sustains relationships while allowing the growth of physical well-being of the students. For example, rather than a single activity experience at a community-based fun run, students could be encouraged to join a community-based running club, a dance class, an aerobics class or an out-of-school sports group.  

Individual: Students may decide that they wish to engage in solitary activity experiences such as, for example, attending a gym, bicycling, roller-skating, archery, horseback riding or strength conditioning. Such activity experiences are of most benefit when they take place over an extended duration of time. Students can be encouraged to set personal goals and work towards these in a sustained and correctly applied manner.

• Take up running – why not set yourself a goal of running a 10km race, or even a marathon?​ 
• Start a running club​ 
• Go climbing, whether that be indoors or outdoors!​ 
• Spend a day at an outdoor adventure park
• Join your local gym​ 
• Try a Zumba class​ 
• If you enjoy dancing, try ballroom styles – foxtrot, waltz, cha cha etc…​ 
• Or give breakdancing a try. You could even organize your own dance show at your school!​ 
• Go on a yoga retreat​ 
• If you’re an adventurous type, give windsurfing a go​ 
• Or try paragliding!​ 
• Skiing/snowboarding​ 
• Try kayaking​ 
• Or white water rafting​ 
• Go mountain biking​ 
• Commit to cycling to school for a certain number of days per week​ 
• If you like swimming, cycling and running, train for a triathlon​ 
• If you’re already a swimmer, try diving​ 
• Take part in a team sport – netball, football, wheelchair basketball, hockey, etc…​ 
• Give blind soccer a go​ 
• Try archery​ 
• Juggling 
• Take up orienteering​ 
• Horse riding​ 
• Try boxing, or a boxercise class​ 
• If you live near the coast, play beach volleyball​ 
• Or open water swimming in the sea​ 
• Give judo, taekwondo or karate a try​ 
• Play tennis, or table tennis​ 
• Have a go at ice skating​ 
• Go on a hiking expedition​ 
• Try playing golf​ 
• Skateboarding​ 
• Aerobics 
• Badminton 
• Basketball 
• Personal gym programme 
• Kickboxing 
• Triathlon 
• Rugby 
• Soccer 
• Tournament participation 
• Surfing 
• Swimming 
• Trekking 
• Tai chi 
• Tennis