Austria Skiing
Trip 1st- 10th Jan 2016
What an amazing
time we have had in Austria over the last week. 40 pupils travelled with us to
Saalbach, Austria, for 6 action packed days on the slopes.
Pupils have learnt so much from being on the slopes and every single one of
them have made a massive amount of progress.
The young people were
also involved in a range of evening entertainment; this included: bingo, quiz,
shopping, bowling, watching a local ice hockey practice and we even celebrated 3 birthdays.
Every night, after tea, pupils were fined for silly things that had
happened during each day. Their forfeit was to wear the ‘fine wig’ for the remainder
of the evening. Some examples of fines included: Kitty, pretending to be a snow
plough and clearing 20 metres of snow; Callum,
for throwing snow ball after snow ball; Kit, for losing his skiing helmet and finding
it in his room; Holly, for crashing into a piste pole and snapping it into 3
and Will, for spending more time on his back than on his skies.
All the money paid went to good use and was given to the catering staff at
the end of the week for a well-earned tip.
All pupils should
be extremely proud of their attitude and behaviour as they’ve represented the
school in an outstanding manner. Well done to all!
During the trip a
massive amount of footage and pictures were captured and can be viewed using
the following link. Please feel free to look.
A summary of the trip from some of the pupils:
"We will always
remember….
On
the 1st January 2016, the Year 10 and Year 11 pupils left home to travel for 26
hours on a coach to Austria.
The
night we got there we collected our ski boots and skis ready for the exciting
week ahead. The first day began very early at 7.00 am and finished at
3.30 pm with 40 tired pupils. After the long day, we ate our dinner which
began with soup—yum!
After
dinner, the embarrassing fines award ceremony began hosted by
Tweedledee and Tweedledum (aka Mr Morris and Miss Cartwright)!
The
rest of the week was packed full of fun, snow and falls! It was great to
make new friends and form bonds with our instructors.
The
final day came around too quickly and we unfortunately had to pack up and leave
to head home.
We
will always remember the month of January 2016!"
Written
by Amy Harris, Sarah McCrann and Georgie Savery
More pictures and videos can be viewed here:
Photo Link 1
Photo Link 2