Mason, in Year 10 has written the following write-up:

Broadmead Community Church is a large church in Northampton. It has moved into a new purpose-built building in the last 5 years which the church members have paid for. Here we had a talk from senior pastor Adam Eakins and learned about the church works with the community. We also were able to ask some challenging questions and get answers about the ways in which the church is responding to moral issues in society.

At Northampton Central Mosque, we were shown around and taught by Imam Mosani about the five daily prayers, the making of the first human and the history of the jinn. After removing our shoes, Imam Mosani led us into the prayer hall and started explaining the daily prayers:

1. Fajr (prayed at dawn)
2. Dhuhr (prayed at midday)
3. Asr (prayed in the afternoon)
4. Maghrib (prayed at sunset)
5. Isha (prayed at night)

He explained that it is important to Muslims to be punctual and not to miss the prayers even though you can make them up by doing the prayers you missed by yourself. They do this to teach themselves self-discipline and to keep in close contact with Allah. Next, he explained how Muslims believe the first man Adam was created, he told us that Adam was built from the earth in Paradise one of the levels of Jannah, the Islamic version of heaven. Then Imam Mosani explained the history of the jinn. The jinn are spiritual beings created before humans, made from fire, that still exist today.

Finally, we visited Guilsborough Parish Church, a much older Church of England place of worship in Guilsborough. Here Rev. Allison Twigg talked us through the different historical features of the building, which is over 700 years old. We learned how the different parts of the building are used and what they mean to people as they pray to God.

I found the trip very useful and think it will be helpful in my GCSE years.