The Carrigaline Educate Together National School is holding a Pancake-Day with the children in school on Tuesday, 24th February from 11 o‛clock.
Included in actualising the multi-denominational approach of the Educate Together ethos is the teaching about many different events during the year in relation to various religions.
Pancake-Tuesday, also known as Shrove Tuesday, is before the beginning of the Christian season of Lent. Lent includes a forty-day fasting period towards Easter-Sunday. The day before its start, all rich food items, like eggs, milk and sugar must be used up. Thus it has become traditional in many countries with Christian denominations, to have pancakes on the day before Ash-Wednesday, the start of Lent.
In relation to this, on Pancake-Tuesday from 11 a.m., the children of Carrigaline Educate Together National School baked their own pancakes. In rotation they mixed the ingredients, while former chef and current SNA, Angela, showed each child how their pancake was cooked. The biggest fun for everyone was tossing the pancakes high up in the air and back into the pan. Seeing the joy of the children tasting their own productions was the final highlight of CETNS Pancake-Day .
In this practical way, a tradition, that has become very strong in Ireland, is being passed on to our next generation. And as a holiday of religious origin, the children will learn about the background of the day, while Lent is the topic in class.