By far today was the funniest and most productive day of
skiing on the trip to date. All groups progressed deep into the heart of the
mountains, with the beginners 2 group reaching the summit of the mountain.
The day started as always with an early wake up call for the
children, which of course always goes down well. After a filling breakfast, we
were on the slopes within the hour with red runs and blue runs being taken on
by all first thing. People began to fall and slip over as soon as the skiing
began though, with pupils falling off drag lifts and on one occasion 3 pupils
in the intermediate group fell off the same lift, whilst Louis tried to hold
onto it letting himself drag across the snow before finally letting go about 80
meters later. Everyone was safe an unhurt but some of the tumbles were quite
amusing with Lewis taking a dive into some deep snow. Although we did have a few
tumbles in the day, like previously mentioned the progression and development
of all pupils was clear to see and it was great to see how far they had come on
in such a sport space of time. After a stop for hot chocolate the groups were
reenergised and working on their parallel and carving turns. Both staff and
students were having tumbles and developing their skiing techniques but the
bonds between pupils and staff were clear to all and it was a fantastic family
atmosphere on the slopes.
The evening saw the year 11s staying at the hotel having a
night of revision before enjoying a pizza delivery to feast on for their hard
efforts. The rest of the group travelled down the mountain for an evening of
tenpin bowling and games which saw Will win himself a new sword that he is
desperate to take onto the slopes for a sword selfie.
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