Negative numbers today. Every time I take the two sided counters approach to teaching it I get a bit better at it. A nice selection of tasks too. Particularly happy with the "off the cuff" addition pyramids one - a bit more thought involved than a bunch of ready made problems.

Uploading some #HigherApps tasks to TES. Started with this one purely so I could use the preview image. tes.com/teaching-resou…

Some directed number + and -. The "work out or find the missing number" task was particularly good. At first looks like more calculations with bigger values but once pupils got into it it was clear there was lots of opportunity for thought and discussion. donsteward.blogspot.com/2011/03/adding…

Last call for Movember donations. Team "Tash for Cash" has raised £355. Thanks to all who donated though would love it of we could add a few more quid to the total. movember.com/t/bucksburn-ta…

Did a wee blast of ratio revision with my #n4apps class today. I've taken a pictorial approach to ratio in the past so was interested to see how they'd tackle the bottom two questions. Like thus pupils approach (overlooking the × being used in place of +).

Some variation / minimally different lists with #s1maths this morning to start the lesson. Later on pupils were tasked with creating their own lists that had a specific last question answer.

Getting pupils to create their own indices questions in the style of Darren Carter bronze and silver questions at the end of today's lesson.

Clearly a frustrated artist at heart.

Final Movember update. After a couple last minute cash donations myself and Mr Byrne were able to push our total raised to over £600 (£615 to be presice!). Thank you all who donated!

Fermi estimations with #HigherApps. Estimating important quantities like "How many potatoes would be needed if every pupil in school had mash for lunch?" and "How many packs of chewing gum have been stuck under the English dept desks in the 15 years or school has been open?"

I'm quite pleased with the list of Fermi estimate questions I came up for pupils to do. I'm even more pleased with the questions the pupils came up with themselves.

Lots of pictorial representations of mixed numbers and improper fractions with #s1maths today.

Looking forward to the ceilidhs on the last day of term. Staff band are sounding fabulous and thanks to the seniors for decorating the hall.

File names are important. Knew I'd be using this before I even opened it!

Quite pleased with this wee set of compound volume questions I came up with on the fly for my #s3maths class. They definitely had the desired effect of getting pupils to think as I over heard a few comments like "Aren't q5,6&7 all the same... oh wait a minute!"

My #HigherApps class are well into their projects after starting them earlier this week. I've reflected on the dataset links and guidance I've given them and made some improvements for next year. While it's a work in progress I'm happy to share what I've done.