Visit to the Mosque in Ilford

On Thursday 23rd June Class 5M went to the Mosque in Ilford. It was on Balfour Road. We left school at 10.15am to get to the mosque. We took the 150 bus which was about a 40 minutes journey. We had a good time on the bus with Romario singing 'the wheels on the bus'. After our karaoke session, we got off and walked about ten minutes up the road to the mosque. As soon as we were at the door of the mosque, we had to take off our shoes before we took a step on the holy carpet. We all placed our shoes on a shoe rack. Then a man called an Imam (a special priest) introduced himself and his friends. After we sat down, he started telling us about the mosque and then he bought us into the room where Muslims clean themselves before they start praying. Imam and 2 of his friends then showed us how they clean starting with their neck and then mouth, and lastly their feet. They then took us upstairs to where Muslim children go to learn about Islam. After a while we had to go - so it was shoes back on, to the bus stop and back to school. When we arrived back at school we were just in time for lunch - delicious!!