Low Furness School

This morning Sarah and I went to Low Furness School to do the assembly.  After singing Creator God Sarah asked what day it is today - pancake day came a warm shout from the children.  We then did a pancake flipping contest with a child from each year group.  We gave them a frying pan and a pancake and counted how many flips they could do in 15 seconds.  We then explained the idea behind pancake day or Shrove Tuesday - it is about forgiveness and tomorrow is Ash Wednesday which is the start of Lent.  Lent is the 40 days leading up to Easter and it a time when Christians think about Jesus in the desert before he is tempted by the devil.  I displayed pictures to reflect this part of the talk.  It is also a time when people give up things, hence the pancake came about because people would remove certain food stuffs from the house ready for Lent - the pancake was born.  after the talk we sang the Chicken Dance song then Sarah closed the assembly with a prayer.