Mosque Visits
Grange Athletics Championship
Year 9 students visited the Islamic Centre and Mosque in Didsbury, Manchester. Seventy five students and seven members of staff visited the Mosque over three days in May as part of their spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. Arriving at the Mosque, the students all expressed surprise as the building is in an old converted church and does not have the dome and tall towers normally associated with Islam. This immediately challenged the students’ perspectives of what they thought they already knew about Islam.
This year’s Grange Athletics Championship will be held at the Select Stadium in Widnes on the 24th June. All students will be transported over to the stadium in preparation for a 10am start to a fun-filled and enriching day. Whilst at the stadium, students will participate in a number of activities including: track and field events; kurling; table tennis; photography; gym cardio quest; spin classes and be inspired by motivational speakers.
The staff and volunteers at the Mosque were extremely welcoming and taught the students and staff a great deal about Islam. “It was a good experience to learn about other religions,” said one student. The visit helped to eliminate preconceptions some students had about the religion; “I learnt some interesting things and a lot of it has surprised me” said another student. All students thoroughly enjoyed the visit and gained a valuable insight into the religion from the experience, which has become all the more relevant in light of the recent, disturbing events in the news.
workshops tumbled and the MFL classrooms fell unceremoniously to the floor, a new vista opened up. Work will continue at a pace now and the changing landscape will soon become familiar to us once again, albeit in a different form.
We would like to invite all parents and carers to join us and experience our takeover of the Select Stadium. Events and extravagant opening and closing ceremonies will take place between 10am and 2pm. Further The students listened to a detailed presentation about the Islamic faith, details will be made available closer to the day. learning about the beliefs and practices of Muslims. They took part in a I can see for miles question and answer session with Muslims from the Mosque during which they asked some very intelligent questions. They then had a tour of the Our landscape is changing yet again as Mosque around the prayer hall, washing area and women’s area, and were work on the demolition of the old building given a demonstration of the washing and prayer rituals. started this week. As the D&T
The Monthly Newsletter for Parents and Carers from the Head of School, Mr B. Carney.
June 2013 Issue