Today we went to Midlothian Sports Centre.   When we arrived, we were introduced to our instructors who told us what we would be doing.

Next, were measured for our skis and boots.  Each set of skis had a special letter which we have to remember for the next time.   We were then shown how to put on our boots and how they attached to our skis.

Then we collected our helmets.  They came in different colours and sizes to fit our heads.

Once we were all ‘suited and booted’ we went to the nursery slope where we were split into two groups and then taught how to walk using one ski and then two skis.  Once we were able to walk around in our skis, we went further up the slope and then came down.  Some of us were taught how to get up when we fell down which was very handy indeed!

Finally we were shown how to ski down the slope and how to stop.  We were told it was ‘pizza and chips’ – to slow down we pointed our skis inwards to make a pizza-style shape and to speed up our skis became parallel – just like two chips.

We all had fun and here’s some of our highlights.

Primary 6

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