Pancake Day, also known as Shrove Tuesday, falls on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent. The holiday is traditionally associated with making and eating, which were traditionally made to use up rich foods such as eggs, milk, and sugar before the 40 days of Lenten fasting began.
In the UK, Pancake Day is commonly celebrated by cooking pancakes with a variety of toppings such as lemon, honey and sugar. More recently toppings involve other ingredients such as banana, maple syrup, chocolate spread and more! In other countries, it is known as Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday.
Pancake Day is a great opportunity to teach children about a variety of things in a cross-curricular way – all linked to pancakes! Some ways to celebrate Pancake Day with your class include:
To help you save time, you can also explore a range of Pancake Day worksheets for KS1, covering a range of curriculum areas, and all aligned with the national curriculum. Our Year 1 English Pancake Day activity booklet is packed full of curriculum aligned activities all linked to Pancake Day. Covering maths, our KS1 maths Pancake Day activity booklet is also aligned with the national curriculum, and contains lots of fun and engaging maths activities for children to complete.