Fun Run

The Fun Run is an event hosted every two years in my school in order to raise money to a neighbouring neuro-disability hospital for children. Each fun run consists of children and teachers in weird and wacky costumes or sporty wear who run for five miles and a whole group of others who organise it all. This is where I came in. In order for the Fun Run to work, people are needed to supervise the event, the children while they are waiting to go, organize them into groups, and give the timings to the children of how long it took them to do the race, which is the job I shared with a few other peers. this was useful for CAS because I planned and initiated activities and worked collaboratively with others, showing perseverance and commitment whilst becoming an  a thinker, a communicator, principled and caring. The activity also engaged with issues of global importance like neuro-disability and allowed me to another way to consider the ethical implications of my actions.


My aims for this activity were to help to organize the event and participate in raising money for such a great cause. My role was to measure the timings of every child which belonged to my house: Discovery, and I aimed to do this efficiently and effectively. 

This was challenging for me because of the large amount of students which participated. When having to collect the times, a it would usually be a group coming up to he finish line and it was difficult to give each coming student their times. There was also a confusion as many children had taken off their race numbers which let us know which house they belonged to, and hence made it difficult to tell which of the senior students had to tell each of them their time. 

Participating in this was of Service because I was contributing to the Fun Run in order to help the greater cause of providing fundraising for the Children's Neuro-Disability Hospital. 

This helped me to become more aware of the different ways in which I can help and participate in campaigns and events, by knowing that it is not only the main part, like running, which is necessary for them, but also their organisation and setting up in order to actually make them reality. I completed all of my aims in this activity and enjoyed seeing the determination of the students to have fun and participate no matter what. 

Nike Training Club

During Wednesday and Friday lunch breaks, I attended the Nike Training Club at school.  its a scheme as part of the Nike training club with the National School's Partnership to improve fitness, strength and flexibility for girls only run all over London and my school is one of many where it is held for students. It is an energetic group workout adapted for young girls and each session was completely different from the next with a different focus and different exercises. Also, after every session, a stamp is provided on a sort of loyalty card. For every ten stamps we receive a Nike Training Club gift, whether it be t-shirts, bottles sweatbands, etc. This was useful for CAS because I had increased my awareness of my own strengths and areas for growth throughout each and every session and I was always undertaking new challenges physically because I always tried to push my body in each session. I had also planned and initiate activities for the club like occasionally leading a session or certain exercises. I constantly worked collaboratively with other girls that were taking part in the club and have shown perseverance and commitment in my activities. I developed new skills like learning how to stretch and cool down properly and learning which exercises and became an inquirer, a communicator, principled, caring, a risk-taker, balanced.

This activity was challenging for me, not just because of the large amount of strenuous exercise done during the club sessions. However any form of exercise is always and should always be a challenge for one's body in order for it to have an real effect so it was an enjoyable kind of challenging. Leading sessions was also challenging because of pressure, however the girls made it easy for me to lead. 

My aims for this activity were to get fitter and healthier with this club and get all of the goodies that were on offer (which I did) and also to gain leadership skills by occasionally run a session.

This activity is CREATIVITY because in some sessions it is necessary to be creative for some activities, especially if I was running the session and created the exercises. it was also ACTION because I did a a variety of physical exercise including aerobics, cardio work outs, core workouts, etc. It was also SERVICE because of the sessions that i had run myself for the girls.

The activity will still be ongoing until the end of July 2015, however so far it is a very fun and fulfilling activity. It is a very good form of exercise and a good way to form relationships with the other girls. I have reached all of my aims so far, but I would still like to reach them to a further extent.