Glossary

A

• Adjective - a word which describes a noun.
• Air Ambulance Pilot - pilots a air ambulance (helicopter) to help medical staff get to patients where other transportt can't
• Author - a person who writes a book.

C

• Camera - a device used for taking photographs
• Caption - a word or group of words which label something like a picture
• Character - a person or animal in a story
• Christmas - a special festival for Christians celebrating the birth of Jesus.
• Common noun - these nouns name people, places and things, they do not name a specific thing - they do not need a capital letter.
• Community - a group of people who work together to help each other.
• Curious - curious means being interested in something

D

• Describe - when you add detail to something - describing words are known as adjectives.
• Deciduous - these are trees which loose their leaves once a year
• Duchess - a woman who owns land
• Duke - a man who owns land.
• Dynamics - how loudly or quietly the music is played or sung.

E

• Evergreen - these are trees and bushes which do not lose their leaves in winter

F

• Feedback - comments or suggestions on how to improve something.
• Fiction - a made up story
• Firefighter -

H

• Historian - someone who studies and writes about the past

I

• Illustrator - the person who illustrates a book.
• Incarnation - Christian's believe that God became human in the person known as Jesus.
• Instructions - tell us how to do something.

K

• King - the male head of a royal family.

L

• Listening - paying attention to what someone is saying
• Lullaby - a gentle, soothing song to help us sleep.

N

• Nativity - the birth stories of Jesus
• Noun - a noun is a naming word - they name people, places or things.
• Numeral - a symbol that stands for a number
• Nurse - a job which helps people feel better when they are unwell

O

• Observe - To use our senses and look closely at something

P

• Paintbrush - a tool that can be used to put paint on paper.
• Photograph - A picture made using a camera. They are sometimes called photos.
• Photography - the process of taking a photograph
• Plot - the plot is what happens in a story
• Point of vIew -
• Police Officer - helps to keep people safe
• Poor - being short of money, food, clothing or a home.
• Prediction - making a guess about something we know.
• Proper noun - these nouns name specific people, places and things - these always need capital letters

Q

• Queen - the female head of a royal family.
• Question - a type of sentence that asks the listener for an answer.

R

• Reflections - when you see an image of something in a shiny surface (like a mirror or water)
• Respect - treating others kindly and valuing their feelings, ideas and boundaries.
• Retelling - summarising a story in your own words, highlighting key events and details.
• Royal family - a group of relatives who rule a country.
• Rules - expectations to follow that keep us safe.

S

• Safe - something which won't hurt us
• Season - Periods of similar weather, in the UK we have autumn, winter, spring and summer.
• Setting - the setting is where a story happens
• Sing - creating musical sounds with our voice that can be a mixture of high and low sounds.
• Speaking - using your voice to talk to someone.
• Success criteria - a list which helps to see if the object does what it is expected to do.
• Superhero - a person who does something amazing and may have super powers.

T

• Teacher - helps children learn things usually in a school
• Testing - trying something to see if it works so that changes or improvements can be made.
• Theme - a main idea in a story told through the plot

V

• Volume - how loud or quiet someone speaks.

W

• Watercolour - a type of paint that is mixed with water to make it look soft and see-through.
• Winter - winter is the coldest season. It is between autumn and spring