Good morning everyone.  We will not be having a Zoom meeting today, due to you having one yesterday.  If you do feel like a chat, even just to tell me something you have been up to or to ask a question please feel free to contact me today via my email glenda@tinwald.school.nz. I love hearing from you.  
Today's activity is a wee challenge that might even help out the people in your family.  As always you can decide if you do this, and if you do it in full or just part, but I would love to see you try at least some and send me the results.
THE CHALLENGE
You are to design a delicious meal for the people in your immediate bubble.  It is to be a balanced main meal that has vegetables, protein (meat, dairy, eggs or vegetarian option) and some sort of carbohydrate (potato, pasta, rice etc).  It might be an all in one meal with the vegetables mixed in eg hidden grated carrot in spaghetti bolognese, or a meal with meat, salad and potato...it is up to you.  (Try to use food you already have at home)
You can present the meal as a drawing or photo of your meal on a plate with the food labelled on it, or restaurant style menu with a list of ingredients in description eg a delicious bowl of delicate spaghetti with a rich sauce full of tomato, carrots, onion and spinach. or try any other interesting ideas you have.   You can look up Google or recipe books for ideas, ask a clever cook at your house or even ring someone you know who makes delicious meals. It would be great if you could copy out and share the recipe too.   
I will be looking for these things: a delicious 'balanced' meal (that you like), creative presentation, clear recipe instructions, and if you are writing it on a 'menu' descriptive language to make it seem amazing!!
EXTENSION:  You can plan a whole day's worth of meals.  
Once done you could share it with me on Seesaw or by email, I would love to share some of them next Thursday via Zoom.  I would suggest you try to do this today, but if that is not possible you have until next Wednesday.  Optional: If any of you are great cooks how about offering to help cook this meal and CLEAN UP THE DISHES!!! :-)  
Hope you all have a wonderful day, and be kind to the others at home with you.

This is now ready for you to join at https://e-ako.nzmaths.co.nz/
Have you used eAko before? You can join this year’s class by entering the class code above on your e-ako profile page.
Are you new to eAko? You can create an account and join our class by using the Student registration button on the e-ako home page and entering the class code. Remember to write down your log in and password details. Then just follow the instructions to get started. The website should adjust the level to your skills.

​Wednesday 22nd of April was Earth Day. Read about it at https://www.natgeokids.com/nz/kids-club/cool-kids/general-kids-club/earth-day/
and write an Earth Day haiku poem using the activity I have assigned to you on Seesaw.
 
Remember haiku poems have 3 lines. The first and third lines each have 5 syllables. The second line has 7 syllables. Haiku poems do not usually rhyme. I hope you enjoy writing your haiku.

Good morning.  I am looking forward to seeing you all at 10am this morning.  We might even try to have a wee game and try using breakout rooms.  We will see how that goes (as you know I am not always friends with technology). Today Miss Tomkinson would like you to continue with your ANZAC work and I have a brain teaser for you to try. Please forward your answers to me at glenda@tinwald.school.nz or on Seesaw. 

Can you solve this brain teaser? Post a photo of it on Seesaw if you can or email me a photo.

You had to "think outside the square" for this one. Here's the answer. Well done to the four people who solved it correctly.

​Can you solve this riddle?
 
A cowboy rides into town on Friday, stays for three days then leaves on Friday. How is this possible?
 
Win a prize by being one of the first three to answer it correctly. Leave your answer as a comment. You have until 4:00pm today when I will publish the comments and announce the winners. Good luck!

Today is a challenge day! Prince Charming has hired you to build a castle for him and Cinderella. You can make it out of anything you like such as boxes or Lego but it must be 3D. A guest will judge them and there will be an award for 1st place. You have until 3pm Monday 20th April to complete this challenge. Just upload a photo or photos to your Seesaw page to enter. Happy building!

Note- The judge will be looking for creativity and detail.

Look who hogged the shower this morning! What funny things does your pet do? (This is Inca.)