Glossary

C

• Camera - a device used for taking photographs
• Christmas - a special festival for Christians celebrating the birth of Jesus.

D

• Duchess - a woman who owns land
• Duke - a man who owns land.
• Dynamics - how loudly or quietly the music is played or sung.

F

• Feedback - comments or suggestions on how to improve something.

H

• Historian - someone who studies and writes about the past

I

• 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

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
• Poor - being short of money, food, clothing or a home.

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
• 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.

T

• Testing - trying something to see if it works so that changes or improvements can be made.

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.