During one of our English lessons Toucans were challenged to sort lots of different words into what they thought should be adjectives (describing words) and which should be magpie words (extra special words not often used). They had a table with which to sort them and they worked in pairs to decide. The children worked very well together and they worked out where each of the words would work best. We heard the children discuss between themselves and reason with each other as to why the words were put in their final place. Hopefully this will give Toucans the confidence and understanding to use adjectives and magpie words in their written work.