In R.E we have been looking at rules. This has included looking at our school rules (non-religious) and also those in Christianity, Sikh and Islam .

Today we talked about the the five pillars of Islam that are very important practices of being a Muslim.    :
1.Shahadah (Belief in one Allah and Mohammad ﷺ the last prophet of Allah)
2. Salah (Five daily prayers)
3. Zakah (Charity)
4. Sawm (Fasting)
5. Hajj (Pilgrimage)

We then watched a video of praying in a Birmingham Mosque.

We then spoke in details about Salah. The second pillar of Islam, Salah (the five daily prayers). Muslims can perform Salah (five daily prayers) at home, at work, at school, in the Mosque. There is no restriction as to where Muslims can or cannot perform Salah (five daily prayers).
Each of the Salah (five daily prayers) are made up of either 2 or 4 units of prayer (except evening prayer, Maghrib is made up of 2 units followed by one unit). There are seven rules of movement in each unit of prayer. Explain the seven movements using the resource sheet. Each movement corresponds to specific word(s) of prayer in Arabic. We watched a video to learn this is more detail.

Toucans were also very excited as we looked at the Islamic Prayer mats. We then invited our fellow Muslim classmates to share with us how they pray.