On Friday alpine students had their first downhill skiing lesson. We had a quick check in the morning to make sure we had the correct gear, then headed down to the road in wait of Christians bus line.  45 students, 7 teachers and the public all cramped onto the bus.

Once we arrived at Hotham we were split into different skiing skill levels and went to get our ski gear.  We had a quick morning tea then had our ski lesson with Hotham instructors.  We went over the basic moves to begin with, such as snow ploughing, turning to completely stopping.  After a quick turn at that most groups were on the chair lift headed up to the top of the hill.  At the top of the hill we practiced our snow ploughs and turns.  We finally reached the bottom and had another quick go before our lesson ended.  All the students were looking forward to lunch, because Mrs. Hannah had ordered sausage rolls and meat pies. 

After lunch students took the chairlift up the hill another 20 or so times.  We put what we learnt into action and I could see some improvement from my fellow peers as I watched them ski from the chairlift. 

We had all had such an exciting day and wanted to keep skiing, but had to eventually return our skis.  At the end of the day everyone had huge smiles across their faces that wouldn’t leave.  Students chatted about their time and we all can’t wait till our next downhill skiing lesson.

By Laura & Jake