Year 6 Ski Trip

On Monday 10th of September most of the year six children went on a ski trip to Porters Ski Field.

We had the option to do skiing or snowboarding,
most of the year us chose to do skiing.
Some of the parents joined in to learn to ski or snowboard as well.

When you did skiing you got put through three beginner levels and they
taught you to...

1.Put your skis on

2. Learn how to stop

3. Learn how to turn.

When you finished those three levels you could go off to the intermediate
slope which was steeper and longer than the beginners.

To get up to the intermediate slope you had to hold onto a pomer.
A pomer is like a flying fox but you don't sit on it, you hold onto it and it pulls
you up the mountain.

If you did snowboarding you would practice clipping and unclipping your
snowboard on and off. Then you headed half way up the intermediate slope
and sat down to clip in your snowboard.

One at a time you'd stand up and go down facing forward learning how to
stop and start. Once you reached the bottom you'd head halfway up again
and finish the lesson.

Thank you to all of your parent helpers. We hope you enjoyed the day as
much as us!

Mason Matthews