We will be finding out about the word Messiah.

What does Messiah mean?

Jesus is the Messiah,

i.e.

the Prophet and the Priest and the King.

The words Messiah  and Christ have the same meaning. Their original-language forms are ha-Mashiyach (Hebrew) and ho Christos (Greek), both meaning “the Anointed one”.

What other names do we call Jesus Christ?

We will also listen to a piece of Music called Handel's Messiah. How does it make you feel?

Next week in Maths...

... we will be looking at grid references and coordinates.
This is a game we will play in our maths lesson.
http://resources.oswego.org/games/BillyBug/bugcoord.html

We will look at this video this week.

Remember you can click past the advert after 5 seconds.

Tomorrow we will light the second Advent Candle.

Coming up in our RE work about Christmas...

We will use this video to understand how the shepherds felt at the news of the birth of Jesus.

A very festive song!

Coming up in RE

In RE we will be talking about the Messiah and the Jesse Tree.

Jesse Trees date back to the middle ages. Even some ancient cathedrals have Jesse Tree designs in their stained glass windows.

The idea for a Jesse Tree is inspired from Isaiah 11:1, "A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a branch will bear fruit." (Jesse was the father of King David.)

In Matthew chapter one, the Messiah, Jesus, is traced from the line of King David, and back to Abraham.

Can you make a suitable decoration for a Jesse tree at home?