My poem.

I have been taking some poem work shops. We have been learning about different types of poetry some types of poetry is Haiku and free verse. Haiku is a poem that goes 5 7 5. 5 7 5 are syllables. So Haiku is a syllable poem.

Free verse is just a normal poem. My poem started off to be a Haiku but then I changed it into a free verse. My poem is about Spring. This is my poem

Spring.

Flowers blooming

Spring is here

scenting the air.

Busy bees flying in the sky

Flowers sending their smell around the town.

Children playing all day long,

Spring is here where it belongs.

Gifted Week.

This week is gifted week. I am going to say what it means to me to be gifted. I find gifted is being different in a good way. I mean that by that you think differently than other people.

When I come to Enrich I learnt more things that I wouldn't learn at my other school like Fibonacci numbers and Renzulli's model of giftedness or P4C. I like learning about these different things because I have never heard of some of them before!

Casein Pockets.

Last week I made casein pockets out of milk. You can use casein as an edible thickener, or you can make simple plastic products with it - such as buttons. I tried some, but it tasted yuck!

Here's how you make it:

How to make Casein from Milk

Ingredients:

2 Cups of Full Milk (Dark Blue Top)

1 of Baking Soda

1/4 Cup of Vinegar

You will also need:

Medium sized pot

Wooden Spoon

Measuring Cup/Spoons

Small dish

Sieve

Something to use as a mold to set your casein on

Paper Towel

Instructions:

1. From the 2 Cups of Milk, measure out 2-3 Tablespoons into a small dish. Add 1 Teaspoon of Baking Soda and mix until there are no lumps.
2. Pour the remaining Milk and the Milk/Baking Soda mixture to your pot.
3. Heat on a low-medium heat until the mixture starts to bubble (simmer), you don’t want to boil it.
4. Turn the heat off
5. Add 1/4 Cup of Vinegar and mix at the same time. (The mixture will start to bubble and thicken)
6. Drain the mixture through a sieve until you are left with the lumpy part only (casein).
7. Place the casein mixture onto your mold to set (the top of a large yoghurt pottle is a good mold to use).
8. To remove excess moisture, pat with paper towels.
9. Leave to set overnight.

I hope you enjoy making it!