{"id":360,"date":"2026-02-27T15:12:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T15:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary72526\/?p=360"},"modified":"2026-03-04T22:25:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T22:25:34","slug":"shrove-tuesday-in-p7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary72526\/2026\/02\/27\/shrove-tuesday-in-p7\/","title":{"rendered":"Shrove Tuesday in P7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Primary 7\u00a0 have been learning about Shrove Tuesday and the religious beliefs and traditions behind it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">We discovered that Shrove Tuesday is a Christian celebration that takes place the day before Ash Wednesday, marking the beginning of Lent\u2014a time of reflection and preparation leading up to Easter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"> We\u00a0 explored how, traditionally, people would use up rich ingredients like eggs, milk, and sugar before the fasting period began, which is why pancakes became associated with the day. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">After learning about its meaning and history, we put our knowledge into practice by making our own delicious pancakes. We really enjoyed eating them too!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-352\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary72526\/uploads\/sites\/20814\/2026\/03\/04211702\/DED1ACE3-C619-488F-8F80-7987DF4AF7FF-169x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary72526\/uploads\/sites\/20814\/2026\/03\/04211702\/DED1ACE3-C619-488F-8F80-7987DF4AF7FF-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary72526\/uploads\/sites\/20814\/2026\/03\/04211702\/DED1ACE3-C619-488F-8F80-7987DF4AF7FF-576x1024.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary72526\/uploads\/sites\/20814\/2026\/03\/04211702\/DED1ACE3-C619-488F-8F80-7987DF4AF7FF-rotated.jpeg 709w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-351\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary72526\/uploads\/sites\/20814\/2026\/03\/04211658\/IMG_7575-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary72526\/uploads\/sites\/20814\/2026\/03\/04211658\/IMG_7575-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary72526\/uploads\/sites\/20814\/2026\/03\/04211658\/IMG_7575-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary72526\/uploads\/sites\/20814\/2026\/03\/04211658\/IMG_7575-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary72526\/uploads\/sites\/20814\/2026\/03\/04211658\/IMG_7575.jpeg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-350\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary72526\/uploads\/sites\/20814\/2026\/03\/04211655\/IMG_7576-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary72526\/uploads\/sites\/20814\/2026\/03\/04211655\/IMG_7576-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary72526\/uploads\/sites\/20814\/2026\/03\/04211655\/IMG_7576-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary72526\/uploads\/sites\/20814\/2026\/03\/04211655\/IMG_7576-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary72526\/uploads\/sites\/20814\/2026\/03\/04211655\/IMG_7576.jpeg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-328\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary72526\/uploads\/sites\/20814\/2026\/02\/05213145\/Global-goal-4--300x135.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary72526\/uploads\/sites\/20814\/2026\/02\/05213145\/Global-goal-4--300x135.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary72526\/uploads\/sites\/20814\/2026\/02\/05213145\/Global-goal-4-.png 362w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-361\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary72526\/uploads\/sites\/20814\/2026\/03\/04222303\/Article-14.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"260\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-107\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary72526\/uploads\/sites\/20814\/2025\/09\/12123149\/Article-28.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"260\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Primary 7\u00a0 have been learning about Shrove Tuesday and the religious beliefs and traditions behind it. We discovered that Shrove Tuesday is a Christian celebration that takes place the day before Ash Wednesday, marking the beginning of Lent\u2014a time of reflection and preparation leading up to Easter. We\u00a0 explored how, traditionally, people would use up &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary72526\/2026\/02\/27\/shrove-tuesday-in-p7\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Shrove Tuesday in P7<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16587,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[61,36,64,56,63,62],"class_list":["post-360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-article-14","tag-article-28","tag-cooking","tag-globalgoal3","tag-idl","tag-rme","eportfolio_category-none"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary72526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary72526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary72526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary72526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16587"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary72526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary72526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":362,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary72526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360\/revisions\/362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary72526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary72526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary72526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}