My first day of Curriculum Enrichment Week was our Year 8 retreat day at school. We reflected about our journey through life and how problems are like little mountains that we can get over with the help of family and friends. On Tuesday, I completed the 15km hike through John Forrest National Park. It was challenging and difficult especially because of the rain but we persevered on. During the hike we stopped for morning tea and observed the fantastic view of the city and hills from a great advantage spot.
I arrived early at school on Wednesday morning all excited for the journey ahead of me to New Norcia. After the bus ride we unpacked our bags in the dorms, everybody was surprised to find walls in between the beds. We unpacked our luggage, then we listened to the rules of staying at St Gertrudes by Toni the Education Officer. After lunch we were divided in groups to be toured around the Town and were shown through the Museum. The night was concluded with a camp fire with toasted marshmallows and a scary stories by Miss Reynolds. We also went for a night time cemetery walk and then lay on the basketball courts while Mr. Wilson described to us all the stars in the sky. It was great fun. 
On Thursday I woke up at 5:30am to get ready before everybody else. The morning was spent working on our stories for our historical journals and the source analysis assessment . The afternoon we worked in groups on the advertisement video for the town of New Norcia. We broke up into our groups and toured the town and interviewed a few tourists about why they chose to come to New Norcia for the day. This helped us design a video suited to tourists. 
After dinner on Thursday night ( which was really yummy) we were tested with a quiz night, lollies and prizes which made my night a lot of fun. The night was filled with general knowledge questions and the winning group received a family block of Cadbury Chocolate!
On Friday morning the Year 8's conducted a liturgy based around journey and our schools connection with Dom Salvado. All students had a part to play in the liturgy and it was a great team effort by all year 8's. After a sausage sizzle for lunch we departed on the bus back to school. I didn't want the camp to end so soon.
All in all I became closer to my friends, my teachers, myself and God.
Thank you New Norcia for a great experience.
By Keely Prasalowski
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