Aldi Ski wear

A big thank you to every one who turned out to our trip information evening last week. In a little over 90 days your son or daughter will be skiing in  the heart of the Canadian Rockies. Please ensure that all the remaining paper work is in to your lead teacher asap. If you have not yet done the eTA with the Canadian government online service, then please do. If you send a copy of the electronic confirmation email into school that would be appreciated. Please do not pay any more than 7 CAN $ for this travel authorisation.

Ski clothing is starting to appear in all of the shops that offer discounted garments. Please note that Aldi will be stocking their range from Sunday 25th November. Stocks do not last long, so it is worth being there for the opening or going to their online sales and seeing what is available there. The past two seasons have seen the store split clothing. Sometime they have a release of clothes in November and January. Both dates should enable parents to get good value appropriate clothing.

Lat minute items can be found at Aldi!On Sunday 20th January Aldi launched their pro range. See the following link. Ski wear.

Canada 2019 - Marmot Basin

QM Snow Patrol head back to Canada

Check out On the snow for great advice and resort information

The QM Snow Patrol are pleased to announce that we are teaming up with Select School Skiing this year. They have put together an amazing package, which will see the group skiing for 5 hours a day for the 6 days they spend in resort. We will be staying at the Lobstick Lodge which is renowned for its hospitality and convenience to the slopes of Marmot Basin nestled in the heart of the Jasper National Park, Alberta.

Our resort is due to open on the 16th November and they have had good early snow; so by the time we arrive it will be simply be perfect. Please checkout the current conditions with the Web cam link on the blog.

We are holding our ski information evening on 8th November at QMHS. It will be in the Richardson Hall and starts at 6.45pm. We are pleased that Mark Scarrett will be joining us to share information about the company and the ski holiday to Marmot Basin. We will also introduce the team, go through the kit list for skiing, share expectations placed upon the students and answer any questions that parents and students may have.

QM Snowsports Awards 2018

Snow Patrol Awards 2018

Best Beginner - Tom Burns
Most Improved Skier - Autumn-Skye Dixon
Slick skier - Christian Sargant
Stylish Skier - Celeste Lewis
Alberta Tomba- Matthew Truege
Biggest Bruise - Maisie Degville- Jones

Speed Demon of Aprica- Dominic Hall
Most Wipe Outs - Jessica Anson-Boynton
Best Helmet - Amelia Freeman
Most Psychedelic Skier - Neave Russon

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Most Punctual - Queen Mary's High School
Most Spectacular Wipeout - Joseph Hyett
Poser of the week - Joel Pepper
Bradder's Lift blooper of the week - Taran Patel
Lift Master - Jude Bushell
Most outfits (at the same time)- Rahul Sohal
Panda eyes - Evie Towner
Looking 'on fleek' on the slopes- Lydia Bradbury
Keeping Aprica Arcade in business- Luke Fisher

Bambi on Ice- Reuben Sidhu
Facing her Fears- Iram Khan
Botox Lips- Jas Bachu
Jelly on a drag lift- Harbinn Mann
Reddest Nose- Miss Murray
20 metres of mat walking in a gondola station- Mr Vause

Staff reenactment

Best Fancy Dress:

Individual Awards

The return journey

We are currently winding our way down the mountain whilst having our packed lunches. We left on time at 7.00pm local time.

A few staff snacks!

Progressing well through Switzerland. Sleep time now.

Good morning everyone, we are doing very well. Most of us are still asleep as we make our way through France.

Most of us are awake now Mrs. Rochfort

We are just under a hour from Calais now.

We are hoping for breakfast on the ferry Mrs. Rochfort!

We are at Calais and are going through passport control.

We're hoping for an early ferry... the most up to date information is that we are on the 11.35 but we may have a chance of the 09.50. Let's hope we get that one.

Unfortunately the 09.50 did not happen, we may get the 10.45. Unfortunately due to a mix up by the coach handlers we are getting the 11.35. It will be brunch on the Pride of Canterbury.

Dover Ahoy!

We are in Dover, just switching drivers. We will give an accurate eta once we have made our motorway stop. We would like all parents to be waiting for our arrival. Please keep the access to Upper Forster Street clear. We will drive into the yard for gate 1.

Please check the blog and twitter feeds for regular updates.

We have been slowed down by an accident ahead of us. This means we will have to stop for 45 mins due to drivers hours regulations.

So the eta is now around 5.30pm. We will review this after our stop.

We have stopped at Watford Gap services we are about 1 hour from school. After this 45 minute stop we will confirm our ETA.

We have been on the road for a while now. We will be avoiding the Birmingham traffic by using the toll road. We will be at:

QMGS 17.50

QMHS 18.15

Please do not park in the entrance to Upper Forster Street and keep the bus stop clear on Sutton Road near QMGS entrance.

Thanks to all staff, pupils and parents for making this years trip a success. All times worked a treat and we left school efficiently due to all families being on time. Really appreciated.

Day 6 - Fancy Dress

Our final day in Aprica. All the students have had their breakfast and are now busy getting ready to get their fancy dress costume ready to ski in. We have had a fabulous holiday. Lets have a fabulous last day on the snow...

Bags are currently being loaded on the coach and room switching has commenced ready for showering after our days skiing. Whilst walking back to my room I came across some students that were, "too hot to handle" they exclaimed...

We are almost ready for our last days skiing. We shall have a hot lunch as usual and ski this afternoon. We have ski return, lift pass return and showers to sort all before 7.00pm local time. We are taking a packed lunch onto the coach to help speed up the process.

The trip has been a huge success and this was down to an effective team who have given generously of their time to make this trip so great. A big thank you goes to our 2 amazing Equity reps, Anne and Denise.

Fancy Dress

This year the QM SnowPatrol have raised the bar again with some excellent costumes showing lots of thought and creativity. This is the 17th year of this tradition and as a result we have many winners. All were amazing but the 21 'winner' costumes really stood out on the slopes.

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Mr Rendu fancy dress... spot the difference. 😁

Day 6 photos

We are just commencing our final lesson. First we must catch Pac-man!

Day 6 videos

Group 6

QM Snow Patrol 2018

 Well that was a fabulous ski trip, everyone has made their mark on the mountain and no matter how you got around it, it was your tracks. People have learnt new things and have made new friends. I am Mr Hinks and I hope to see you here next year; same time, same place.

"Remember if you don't ski this year you will be one year older when you do."

Warren Miller