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If your 5-6 yr old was in ski school over Feb half term...

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dameofdilemma · 22/02/2018 16:36

How was it? How big were the groups? How good were the instructors? Did your kids love/hate it?

We're thinking next year we may put dd in ski school, she'd be an advanced beginner having learnt through private lessons this time (can make it down an easy wide blue with snow plough turns if reminded to turn so not a beginner but def not intermediate).

Am put off though by the size of the groups we saw having lessons in half term (Austria) - lot of kids seemed to be waiting around for others to catch up/stand up or waiting their turn to do exercises. The ski company rep said the groups can be up to 12-14 kids in groups in Feb half term. And this isn't a cheap ski company.

Dd is sociable and will like learning with other kids and having lunch with them etc but I don't want to ruin her new found love of skiing with a grumpy instructor, tedious lessons and slow progress.

Ultimately I want her to catch up with dp and I (we're only intermediary) so we can all ski and learn together.

Any advice welcome...

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memyselfandmoi · 12/03/2018 17:45

My kids have been through the ESF system and have loved it at every step but it's true half term lessons are ridiculously large and too short. In Les Gets they do a 'prestige' lesson which has a maximum of 6 I think and is at different times to the other lessons. 360 is also a good school, I don't know if they have restricted sized lessons during half term though.

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