Lesson video

Hello there! Welcome to this lesson.

My name is Mr. Robertson and I love RE.

Our lesson today is called "Belonging to a Mosque", and we're going to be finding all about what a mosque is and how Muslims feel they belong to it.

I'm so glad you've joined me and I can't wait to begin this lesson with you.

Are you ready? Then let's make a start.

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to describe how different Muslims might belong to a mosque.

We have four key words in our lesson today.

I'll say the word first and then I'd love it if you could repeat it back to me as clearly as you can.

Let's start.

Our first word is mosque.

Fabulous! Our second words are Jummah prayer.

Amazing! Our third words are salah.

Brilliant! And our final word is community.

Amazing! So what do these words mean? Well, a mosque is a place of worship for Muslims. Jummah Prayer is a special prayer on a Friday.

Salah is daily prayer performed facing towards the Ka'bah in Makkah.

and community is a group of people who have things in common.

We are going to meet all these words as we go through, so don't worry if you don't understand them yet.

Our lesson today has two parts.

And in the first part of the lesson, we're going to be asking this question, what happens at a mosque? This is Ahmed.

Hello Ahmed! Ahmed lives in Cambridge.

Ahmed is Muslim and he has a Muslim world view.

Let's find out more about Ahmed, shall we? This is Ahmed's Mosque.

Wow! Isn't that a beautiful building? What do you see in it? I can see some beautiful trees.

I can see a fountain with some water in it.

I can see what looks like lots of wood and glass and some writing at the top, but the writing's not in English.

I think it's in Arabic.

A mosque is a place where Muslims go to worship God.

Ahmed explains when he visits his mosque.

Ahmed says, "Every week I go to the mosque with my family.

I love seeing my friends, hearing stories, and sometimes even eating yummy food.

But the best part is when we pray salah together." Ahmed describes his experience at the mosque.

A mosque is a very special place for Muslims. Everyone can go to the mosque, including children.

Muslims do lots of different activities at the mosque.

Let's check our understanding again.

True or false? Only adults can go to the mosque.

Hmm.

Let's think about what Ahmed said.

Pause the video and have a think.

That's right.

It's false, isn't it? It's false because Ahmed said that mosques are for people of all ages, including children.

Everyone prays Salah together.

What can you see in this photograph? I wonder what it might show.

Can you see some different shoes? I wonder why they're there.

They look like they've been arranged very carefully, don't they? Let's find out, shall we? Ahmed says, "I always take my shoes off as I enter the mosque.

Muslims do this to show respect to God and keep the mosque clean." What can we see in this illustration? What might be happening inside Ahmed's Mosque? What can you see? I can see lots of different people.

They're all facing in the same way.

They haven't got their shoes on and they're kneeling down.

"Many Muslims pray together at the mosque.

This is called salah.

I like to pray with others at the mosque each week." Thank you, Ahmed.

Ahmed explained more about the mosque.

He says, "Many Muslims learn how to read the Qur'an at the mosque.

I go to the mosque for lessons so that I can read the Qur'an for myself." The Qur'an is a very special book for Muslims. Thank you very much for telling us about that, Ahmed.

What does Ahmed do as he enters a mosque? A, play with his friends; B, remove his shoes; C, read the Qur'an? Hmm, can we remember? Pause the video and whisper to the person next to you.

Excellent.

It's B.

He removes his shoes.

He does read the Qur'an, but he does that later, not when he enters the mosque.

Brilliant if you got that right.

Let's have a task now.

Jun's been listening to everything that's going on.

He says, "I've seen the outside of a mosque, but I've always wondered what goes on inside." Can you explain to Jun what happens at the mosque? You might want to use these sentence starters to help you.

When they enter a mosque, Muslims will, can you remember what Ahmed did when he entered the mosque? Each week at the mosque, Muslims will, what did Ahmed say Muslims do when they go to mosque? And Muslims might also learn.

Can you remember Ahmed went and did some lessons.

What was he learning to do there? Pause the video, have a go and I'm really looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

Okay, brilliant.

You've had some amazing ideas.

So we're trying to explain to Jun what happens at the mosque.

You might have said: When they enter a mosque, Muslims will take off their shoes.

Do you remember that picture of the shoe rack we saw? Each week at the mosque, Muslims will pray Salah together.

Salah is prayer all Muslims praying together.

Muslims might also learn how to read the Qur'an.

Well done if you've got that right.

Did you have any other ideas? For the second part of this lesson, we're going to be asking this question, how might Muslims show they belong at the mosque? This is Noor.

Hello Noor! Noor lives in London and she's also Muslim.

We can see a photograph of Noor's mosque.

That's beautiful.

It looks quite different, doesn't it to Ahmed's mosque? Noor says, "I go to my mosque every day to pray Salah and learn to read the Qur'an." Now, let's listen to Noor she's going to explain what her mosque community means to her.

We are going to listen very carefully to what she says, and let's see if we can find out what she thinks is important to her and how she belongs to her community.

<v ->Mosque is a special place for me</v> because it teaches me more about my religion.

Mosque is a sacred place for many Muslims because they get to learn the Quran and pray salah together.

When I go to the mosque, I get to meet my extended family and friends.

Many Muslims take a part in the community service at the mosque.

I help my mosque community raise funds too.

<v ->Wow, Noor that was amazing.

</v> Thank you so much for sharing that with us.

It was really fascinating to find out what the mosque means to you.

Noor said she loves going to her mosque because a mosque is a sacred place for Muslims, many Muslims go to mosque to pray salah together, many Muslims meet their family and friends at the mosque, many Muslims take part in the community service at the mosque.

Did you hear her saying all of those things as well? Now, I wonder what two things might a Muslim do to show they belong to the mosque? A, play games together with others; B, pray Salah together; C, meet family and friends? Pause the video and whisper which two do you think are right? (indistinct) it's B, pray Salah together and C, meet family and friends.

Fantastic if you've got that right.

Noor is going to explain a bit more about how she belongs to the mosque.

She says, "Muslims can help clean the mosque so that it's tidy when people come to pray." What a great idea! That's lovely that that can help people belong, isn't it? I wonder which day Ahmed goes to mosque.

Ahmed says, "Most Muslims go to the mosque on Friday to pray.

Friday prayer is called the Jummah prayer.

It is a sacred day so we make a special effort to go and pray salah." Oh, interesting! So Friday is a really special day for you Ahmed and for Muslims. Which day of the week do Muslims meet for Jummah prayer? Is it A, Monday; B, Sunday; C, Friday? What did Ahmed just say? Pause the video and whisper to the person next to you.

Did you get it? It's C, Friday.

Brilliant if you listened and you got that right.

Noor explains about how she feels about Fridays.

Noor says, "Friday is a very important day for Muslims. It feels similar to the way many people look forward to the weekend or special days." Ahmed talks about Jummah prayer in a mosque.

He says, "On Fridays, mosques are very busy as many Muslims try to pray together at the mosque.

Many Muslims wear clean clothes and are happy to be at the mosque." Oh, thank you so we know that's a really important and busy time, Ahmed.

Noor explains more about Friday prayers.

"Some Muslims pray at home instead of going to the mosque.

When I was little, my mum stayed at home and we prayed in the living room.

We felt that we were part of the community because we prayed at the same time as everyone else." Thank you so much for that Noor.

So although many Muslims go to mosque to pray on a Friday, you can stay at home as well.

Thank you.

Let's check what we've just heard.

True or false? All Muslims go to Friday prayers at the mosque.

Is that true or false? Pause a video and whisper to the person next to you.

It's false, isn't it? Why is it false? Because some Muslims might pray at home instead, like Noor said she did when she was little.

We've got our final task now.

Sam has been thinking about Muslims. She says she's not sure how Muslims show they belong to the mosque community.

I wonder if we can think of two ways to help Sam understand how Muslims show they belong to the mosque community.

Can you remember what Ahmed and Noor do at the Mosque? Think about some of the things that Noor said in her video.

Think about is there a particular day of the week when Muslims can show they belong to the mosque and what do they do in the community as well? Pause the video and have a think.

I look forward to seeing what you come up with.

Or you have been working hard, haven't you? I wonder what you managed to come up with.

You might have said Muslims gathered it together on Fridays for Jummah prayer.

You might have said Muslims meet their family and friends at the mosque and so they feel they belong that way.

You might have said that Muslims might help clean the mosque to become part of the community together.

I wonder if you had any other ideas, anything we didn't mention? Brilliant if you managed to come up with those ideas.

Fantastic understanding everyone.

So we've been learning today about belonging to a mosque.

We've learned that many Muslims belong to a mosque community.

We've learned that different events can take place at the mosque, but daily prayer is the most important.

It's called salah.

And we've also learned that Friday is a sacred day in a mosque.

Muslims gather together on Friday for Jummah prayer.

I really hope you've enjoyed learning about belonging to a mosque today.

I hope you've enjoyed meeting Ahmed and Noor and finding about about what they do.

I look forward to seeing you in another RE lesson soon.

Take care and goodbye!.