Brainbuilders | Alexander First School

What is a Brainbuilder?

The children will get a new Brainbuilder homework on a Wednesday and they will then have a week and a half to complete it before returning it on a Monday.

The children are given an opened ended task usually linked to the topic being covered in school and a piece of maths homework.

The children are free to interpret the task as they wish!

They could....

Draw pictures an label them
Take photographs
Write lists
Research from books or the internt
Write a poem, diary entry or story
Interview a family member
Make a collage
Cut out pictures from magazines
Make a model

Or anything else they can think of!

Autumn Term - Stories Near and Far - Ancient Egypt - Homework Help Our Autumn topic is all about Ancient Egypt. Some of your brainbuilder homework's will involve you doing a little bit of your own research into the Ancient Egyptians lives. How they lived, their mythology, what school was like, mummifying and what Egypt is like today. This website is full of information to help get you started!

Spring Term - Classic Tales - Narnia - Homework Help Our classic tale is Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. Since this book is set during World War 2 and the children have been evacuated to the country before their adventures in Narnia begin, some of your homework may involve finding out a bit more about the war. This website might be useful for fact finding.