Active maths: sport and the outdoors · Maths CAS idea
Start a running club that tracks pace
ActivityProject-ready
Start a weekly running club with friends, set personal goals and track pace and distance to see improvement over a term.
Where the maths comes in
Speed, pace, averages and graphs of progress over time.
Which CAS strand it fits
- Activity: Physical exertion that contributes to a healthy lifestyle.
Your CAS coordinator decides how an experience counts at your school. Strand summaries are provisional (our words, being checked).
How to run it
- Agree a safe route, time and supervision with the PE department.
- Set individual goals with each member.
- Run weekly and record times.
- Review progress together each month.
This can grow into a CAS project if your CAS coordinator agrees: see planning a maths CAS project.
How to evidence it
- Training log
- Progress graphs
- Members' comments
Date everything and keep it in your school's CAS portfolio as you go. More on what counts as evidence.
Reflection prompts
Questions to think about, not answers to copy. Write your reflections in your own words, in whatever form your school accepts.
- How did tracking numbers affect your motivation?
- When did you want to quit, and what kept you going?
- How did you support slower runners?
Learning outcomes this often gives a chance to show
- Commitment and perseverance. When did you feel like stopping, and what kept you going? What does your record of sessions or meetings show about how regularly you took part?
- Strengths and growth. Which part of this did you find easiest, and why do you think that is? What would someone who watched you say you need to work on?
- Collaboration. What did someone else bring that you could not have done alone? Describe a disagreement or a mix-up in the team. How was it resolved?
Whether you meet an outcome depends on what you actually do and reflect on, not on the idea. Outcome labels are our short summaries, being checked.
Safety and ethics
- Follow PE department guidance on routes, warm-ups, hydration and weather; run in pairs.
- Keep members' personal data private.
Agree every plan with your CAS coordinator first. Safety and ethics for maths CAS.
Rates, averages and graphs of your data: try the online grapher.
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