Ski trip

On Thursday the 15th of august the year 7&8's went on a ski trip. We all met at Blackball and jumped into the blackball community van and the newmans truck. (Thanks Ryan for taking me to the ski field.) We left at about 7:25 after about 1 hour of driving we stopped at Arthurs pass for a little walk around, some people also needed to use the facilities. After about 10 minutes we got back on the road.

After about an hour driving we got to porters ski field. when we got there we all got our jackets and pants on and some of us got a little snack, then we all walked down to the gear hire place and got our boots and skies. When everyone was ready our instructor led us up to the ski field, when we got up there we learnt how to stop and go. When we got the hang of it we could go up the conveyer belt and learn how to stay the same speed. After we did that we just kept going up and down until everyone was finished. then we did a test to see if we could go up onto the pomer. Jess and Reagan were the only two from our school that past that test and everyone else including me were stuck this little sucky hill. But after lunch Ms bearings talked to the office people and got us a lesson so that we can go on the pomer.(A huge thanks to Sven who taught us to turn and stop on a steeper slope.) For the first few times we only went up half way, then when we were all ready we went all the way to the top and then went down a couple times. Then after we all came down from the top we then went back to the vehicles and got changed and returned all the skies and boots. when everyone was back into the vehicles we left porters ski field and so the journey began back home.(Thanks Cathie and all the other parents who helped with transport.)