The Ski Trip
Saturday 11th February, 33 students and five
members of staff departed Winston for the sunny slopes of Ponte Di Legno,
Italy. After a 22 hour coach (and ferry)
journey, we arrived at the Bella Vista Hotel, settled in and sorted out our ski
hire! The students got an early night
before our first morning on the slopes!!! Students were awoken by a cheery
knock on the door at 7.00am every morning and then they skied/snowboarded for 5
hours a day and for 6 days! The slopes
were amazing and the sun shone every day!
Every lunch time we were spoilt with hot meals and a three course dinner
in the evenings! The Italian cuisine was
amazing! Students enjoyed the luxury of
heated lockers so their boots were warm every session, an escalator ride up to the
gondola and truly fantastic ski instructors! The resort was absolutely
incredible!
In the evenings, students participated in bum boarding, a
film night, a games night, a quiz and ventured out to the local pizzeria for
some spectacular traditional Italian pizzas! On the last evening, we also had a
presentation from the ski instructors to award students with their certificates
and results of the slalom race which students participated in the previous
day!! One of the student’s favourite
things when they got back from a hard day’s skiing was to visit the crepe and
gelato shop over the road from the hotel!
They were to die for!!!
It was great to see how much excitement and enjoyment the
skiing brought to all students and it was fantastic to see how much they
progressed from day to day! They were a
credit to the school whilst away and it was a pleasure to spend the week with
all of them!
We would like to say a massive thank you to Dany and
Elemental UK for such as amazing trip and thank you to our reps Tony and Penny
who made the week a trip to remember! We
look forward to organising another trip with you again in two years’ time and
look forward to taking even more students away with us!
What can I say…..such an amazing trip with amazing
students!! I would also like to say a
big thank you to Mr Toovey, Mr French, Miss Singleton, and Mr Daniels for all
their help on the trip as well!
Miss Howe
@winstonski2017 – Thank you for all your lovely tweets after
the trip!!
Thank you to all the staff that went on this year’s ski
trip. My children are buzzing with great
stories’ – Mrs Herring
Massive thank you to you all for looking after the kids! Fed
had an amazing time JJJ
- Mrs Carleschim
Thanks for all your hard work and for organising such an
amazing trip! Nathan had a great time! – Mrs
Powell
Thank you all for an amazing trip. Jake had a wonderful time and is very proud
of what he achieved. Thanks J
- Miss Cummins-Taylor Pratt
Thanks for giving Ewan such a fab skiing experience! – Mrs Howell
Thank you for this week’s skiing. Neve has returned tired
but very happy! – Mrs Sempels
Thank you to all who made the ski trip such an unforgettable
experience. Eve had such an awesome time!
#thankyou – Mr Jasper
Thanks so much to you all, sounds like everyone had a
brilliant week, Tilly certainly did! #veryhappy #verytired – Mrs Kingsford
A big thankyou to all staff who looked after our kids so
well and made Eves first ski trip amazing! – Mrs Jasper
Please pass a huge thank you on to all staff and helpers
on this years ski trip #winstonski2017. Both Josh and Ellie have had the holiday of their life's.
Grateful. X – Mrs Johnston
Year 7 Maths Challenge
This morning was the first session of the Year 7
Maths Stretch and Challenge Workshops. These have been organised by both the Year 7
Leadership Team and the Maths Department. Thirty-seven of the top Year 7 mathematicians
where coached by thirteen of our Year 10 maths students. Each of the topics aimed to
challenge the thinking of the Year 7s and to help them to develop their problem solving ability. Once all the groups were underway
there a brilliant buzz about the room.
The session run every Thursday during morning registration.
The session run every Thursday during morning registration.
