the spirit of sharing - and to have a feast, of course, says Marianne Sargent.
Pancakes are the stuff of so many happy school memories: cooking them, flipping them, racing with them and, of course, eating them. Pancakes are very simple to prepare and this, together with the wealth of possible flavour combinations, makes them ideal for cooking in the early years.
Shrove Tuesday falls on 4 March this year and is an important date in the Christian calendar. It is the last day before Lent, during which Christians abstain and take time to look inwardly. Shrove Tuesday - also known as Pancake Day - is a good opportunity to expand on this theme by reading stories about sharing and kindness, before cooking up a stack of yummy pancakes.
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