SHROVE TUESDAY
Pupils in classes Y1L and Y2T had great fun making pancakes on Shrove Tuesday.
Cooking is always popular with children and is an excellent way in which to motivate them in their learning. The fun element and prospect of ‘making a mess’ and being allowed to eat the fruits of their labour, never fails to catch their interest and curiousity. Pupils from Miss Litchfield’s class and Miss Thorn’s had a wonderful time and gained lots of practical experience with estimating, weighing and wisking their ingredients. They became familiar with the names of their utensils (who has and hasn’t got a whisk at home!) the ingredients required to make a pancake and the method involved. The best part was obviously tossing the pancake. They all had a go and all but one landed back in the pan…quite an achievement! As the chocolate sauce slowly melted into their hot pancakes, most of them relished the end result.
Our children can learn so many things when cooking…it’s amazing how much maths and science for example plays a part in preparing and cooking a meal. If you had pancakes on Shrove Tuesday, hopefully you enjoyed yours as much as the children did theirs…I think the expression on their faces says it all!
