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Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
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James tells us why he thinks there’s such enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic in schools.
  1. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  2. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  3. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  4. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  5. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  6. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  7. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  8. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
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    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  10. Schools questions
    09:55
    Schools questions
  11. How to Draw Granville's Head
    04:23
    How to Draw Granville's Head
  12. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  13. Rewilding and creating a space for nature
    09:01
    Rewilding and creating a space for nature
  14. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
  15. There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
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    There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
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    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
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    The life of Matthew Henson
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