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title: "Year 1 - English - The Gigantic Turnip"
url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-01-07-year-1-english-the-gigantic-turnip"
school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy"
---

# Year 1 - English - The Gigantic Turnip

  ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/Collage_2025-01-07_17_43_31.jpg)   7 January 2025

Year 1 began their unit on The Gigantic Turnip.  They watched time lapse videos of a turnip growing from a seed into a vegetable.  Then they roleplayed the journey from seed to turnip  They also looked closely at the front cover of the book and  wrote their predictions for the story .

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