Poster: A snowHead
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Hi, we are possibly looking at Tignes ski hols the week beg 10/11 December
We’ve got a 4.5yr old and want to put her in morning ski school.
She has been to ski school before when she was just 3 but it was ESF in les arcs and a bit daunting and all of the other kids were French and she was very lonely
Anyone have any recommendations?
I know ESF have English speaking instructors and Evo do but if the rest of the class are non English speaking I’m worried she won’t enjoy it
Thanks
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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New Generation - mixed nationalities but excellent English.
Ultimate All Brits, I think
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Forgive me for highjacking the thread but it is related! Our youngest will be 2 years and 11 months when we are in Tignes next March. Any recommendations on any suitable ski school for a child that age? I see Evolution 2 have kids club for 2.5 - 3 year olds. Just wondering if anyone has experience of that or of putting a child of that age into lessons / club? We will have non-skiing grandparents with us and they are more than happy to mind her while we get some time on the slopes. But if I thought she would enjoy age appropriate lessons / snow activity in the mornings I would put her in that. She's the youngest of 3 and is well able to go. But i'm concerned that a couple of weeks shy of 3 is young to be sending any child off.
In relation to the OP - we used New Generation in Courchevel for our then 4.5 year old and we found them excellent. We'll probably be putting our older girls with New Gen in Tignes in March.
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@adriangrogan, We used Evo2 quite a lot, when the Kids were young - but it's so long ago, I can't remember just how young they were....though I suspect they were a little older than that.
I have yet to have a bad experience with EV02.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@adriangrogan, I don't know for definite, but almost certainly at not even 3 years old, there won't be that much skiing, mainly playing in the snow and they might push them down a small hill in a straight line, but certainly don't expect your child to come back able to snow plough everywhere.
Just imagine nursery like they might go to in the UK with some outdoor fun in the snow, and that's probably more like what you'll get.
I could be wrong though, and happy for any parents with experience to correct me!
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swskier wrote: |
@adriangrogan, I don't know for definite, but almost certainly at not even 3 years old, there won't be that much skiing, mainly playing in the snow and they might push them down a small hill in a straight line, but certainly don't expect your child to come back able to snow plough everywhere.
Just imagine nursery like they might go to in the UK with some outdoor fun in the snow, and that's probably more like what you'll get.
I could be wrong though, and happy for any parents with experience to correct me! |
Thanks for that. Yes I shouldn't have even used the word "lessons" in my post. Having fun and safe play in the snow is all I'd be looking for.
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Old Fartbag wrote: |
@adriangrogan, We used Evo2 quite a lot, when the Kids were young - but it's so long ago, I can't remember just how young they were....though I suspect they were a little older than that.
I have yet to have a bad experience with EV02. |
Thank you.
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adriangrogan wrote: |
Not sure what the prevailing language among kids in Evo2 would be (in a non half term week)? |
IME The amount of Instructors in Evo2 that speak decent English, is quite high. If you ask at the time of booking and get an undertaking - I'd expect that to be honoured.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Thanks for the recommendation.
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My fave English ski schools in tignes are TDC and BASS. I don't have kids, but I've definitely seen youngsters on group lessons with the tdc guys. They are fantastic at making snow sports fun! Worth giving them a look!
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You know it makes sense.
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Thanks all - I'll check out all your recommendations. I think I've had a lesson with TDC before!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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chocksaway wrote: |
New Generation - mixed nationalities but excellent English.
Ultimate All Brits, I think |
Hi - did you mean UltimateSnowSports?
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Poster: A snowHead
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@lauralime, we've used Evo2 many times and always had a good experience. We're going with Oxygene this time, never used them before, but they make a point of saying on their website that lessons will be taught in English. They kids groups are split by age 3-4, 5-12 etc. I believe that it's a maximum of 3 kids per instructor in the 3-4 age group.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@lauralime, Yip, they generally go by just Ultimate.
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