Pancake Day / Shrove Tuesday lesson pack - suitable for KS2 or possibly younger students in KS3.
In this lesson the students will investigate the religious significance of Shrove Tuesday, Lent, and the Bible story that inspires the tradition.
We will retell the story of Jesus in the desert and reflect on the modern tradition of eating pancakes.
The lesson includes a detailed PowerPoint presentation, a video clip with questions, a scaffolded main activity, and a plenary task.
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This worksheet uses the topical theme of Pancake day to practice using il faut + the infinitive, it has activities including a gap-fill, recognition of words and sentence structure, translation, grammar guidance and find the French. There are extra tasks to keep those students who work through it at a faster pace, or you may wish to use the extra tasks for differentiation. I have used this with year 8 students for cover work and also for when I am assessing spoken French as students can work independently through the tasks with minimum guidance. I have included the answer sheet for self/peer checking.
Prior to the assembly, get each tutor group to nominate a 'flipper' and a 'counter'. You will need to buy a pack of ready made pancakes & borrow a frying pan from Food teacher for each tutor group. I spoke about giving up biscuits é signing up to Race for life - you may want to change these slides. The 'flipping slide' has a link to a stopwatch - 1 minute was plenty. I got the counters to count for a different tutor group.
Pancake Day / Shrove Tuesday resource pack - suitable for upper KS2 or lower KS3. The pack includes a PowerPoint full of information as well as a quiz, a differentiated clip task, a creative activity (the frying pan of knowledge) and measurable LOs. It is designed to last an hour (perhaps would last over) and everything is editable, well-differentiated and all information included, so you can just pick it up and go.
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Read the CVC word, then check you have got it correct when you flip up the pancake to reveal the picture on the back! Children can also reverse this, beginning with the picture side up, spelling the word, then checking they have spelt it correctly by flipping the pancake.
Perfect for…
Segmenting and blending practise
Pancake Day topic
Fine motor skill development + Gross motor skill development
Spelling practise
Working in pairs (one child to read, one child to check the word has been read correctly by flipping the pancake)
Working independently (children can self assess)
Writing once the pancake has been flipped.
Have fun!
The Teacher Traveller
Set 1 phonics sounds on pancakes (All single letter sounds and first digraphs).
CVC, CCVC and CVCC picture pancakes
Includes question card for provision
Pancake Day Presentation - Flippin' Pancakes! This resource contains a 35-slide PowerPoint presentation on fascinating and fun-filled facts about pancakes and Pancake Day (Shrove Tuesday - the day before Lent begins).
The PowerPoint focuses on:
- the biggest pancake ever
- the most flips of a pancake
- the highest pancake toss
- the most pancakes made by an individual
- the most pancakes eaten by an individual
- the most pancakes made by a team of people
- the total number of eggs used on Pancake Day
- the most-watched Pancake Day video (Pingu) with links to the video
- the biggest crowd of people taking part in tossing pancakes
- the famous pancake race that takes place on Shrove Tuesday in Olney, Buckinghamshire with links to the race
Please note, the watermark on the preview images is not present on the resource itself.
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This resource includes a pdf file and a powerpoint presentation .It is a fun activity for EYFS and KS1 to be used on Shrove Tuesday/ Pancake Day. There are a variety of writing and drawing activities. I have included an information sheet on Shrove Tuesday with a few simple comprehension questions. The story of the Runaway Pancake, written in child friendly vocabulary could be read to the class or by the children themselves. Follow-on activities include drawing activities, writing an acrostic poem, my favourite topping for a pancake, a recipe to make pancakes and a sequencing activity. I have also included a sheet If the pig hadn't eaten the pancake what would have happened. Hope you all have fun using this.
Maths - Pancake Day. I’ve taken the other two resources from the TES here and changed the numbers so that they fit together! Thanks guys! Starter: Using simple multiplication techniques to find out quantities needed for recipe (word file) Main: Using ratio to change recipe for 6 so that it fits for the whole class (powerpoint) Plenary: Any ideas…?