Good morning boys and girls. I hope you are all enjoying our ‘Health Week’ so far, keeping active and healthy!
Let’s start today as always with our morning prayer.
God Our Father, as we prepare to begin our work, we ask you to help us to use properly the many gifts that you have given us, so that we may fully benefit from our day together.
St Barbara Pray for us.🙏
Feast of the Birth of John the Baptist.
During the month of June, we celebrate the Birth of John the Baptist. We celebrate his birth on the 24th June. So today, we are going to be learning about the ‘Birth of John the Baptist’.
Who is John the Baptist?
John was the first man to publicly identify Jesus as the coming Messiah.
Before he was born
John the Baptist is a very special Saint, before Saint John the Baptist was even born. God announced his birth to John’s Father Zechariah through the angel Gabriel. We know of someone else who had a visit from the angel Gabriel? Can you think who this might be?
Let’s have a listen to the video below to find out more about his birth and why it is so important:
God had a plan. He had chosen John to be the special prophet who would announce the coming of Jesus the Messiah.
Before you were born. God already knew who you were going to be. In fact, before any of the World was created He already knew every person who was going to live in it!
Just like God had a special plan for Saint John the Baptist. He also has a special plan for you. He wants you to be a prophet-that is, a witness- to Jesus for your friends and family. To do this, you need to stay close to Jesus through prayer and the sacraments. Do your best to live out God’s special plan for you!
Shortly before he died
John announced that the Messiah was coming soon, then baptised Jesus in the Jordan. After this, Jesus went into the desert for 40 days. When He returned, John pointed Him out to the first of Jesus’ disciples. Shortly after, John was arrested and Jesus’ public ministry took off.
Let’s listen to this story to find out more about Saint John the Baptist:
Task–
Let’s test our knowledge on how well we now know the ‘Birth of John the Baptist’ by completing one of these tasks below.
Challenge- write in the correct answer if it it false.
Here is a lovely picture that you could print off and colour in or you might like to try have a go at drawing this yourself. 
Please send your work to your teacher’s glow email or tweet us @St_BarbarasPS.
I hope you all have a terrific Thursday!
