We all had a brilliant day yesterday in Cloonlyon where all the children and staff had a feed of pancakes and fruit. 

Thanks to our 6th Class servers who looked after everyone's order and made sure everything was just right.

Huge thank you to our parent's association who provided all the materials for the day. 

A sincere "THANK YOU" to all our parents who graciously gave of their time this morning and provided pancakes for all the pupils and teachers here at Cloonlyon. All the children thoroughly enjoyed the lovely pancakes and the variety of toppings. Thanks again for another very successful Pancake Tuesday. 

The long build up to Easter is called Lent. The day before Lent begins is called Shrove Tuesday. 'Shrove' means being forgiven for wrong-doings. It happens on a different date each year depending on when Easter is. This year Shrove Tuesday is on 9th February, 2016.

Another name for Shrove Tuesday is Pancake Day. Long ago this was a day for feasting and having a good time. People went to church to confess the bad things they had done and would be 'shriven' or forgiven before the start of Lent. As rich foods such as eggs were forbidden during Lent, one way of using them up would be to make pancakes.

Many people make pancakes on Shrove Tuesday and in some parts of the UK run in pancake races. This custom grew up because of a legend dating from 1445. On Shrove Tuesday one woman was still making pancakes as the church bells rang. Rather than be late she took her frying pan and pancake with her.