La Salle Academy enjoyed some pancake goodness on Tuesday, February 16.
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The year 11 fundraiser was for Shrove Tuesday with all the money raised being donated to Caritas Australia.
Shrove Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, observed in many countries.
It is the 40 days leading up to Easter and was traditionally a time of fasting and on Shrove Tuesday, Christians went to confession and were "shriven", absolved from their sins.
Shrove Tuesday was the last opportunity to use up eggs and fats before embarking on the Lenten fast and pancakes are the perfect way of using up these ingredients.
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