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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. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
  9. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  10. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  11. Questions
    04:03
    Questions
  12. McLean Primary eco projects
    02:44
    McLean Primary eco projects
  13. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  14. Process of illustration and writing
    01:40
    Process of illustration and writing
  15. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
  16. Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
    06:54
    Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
  17. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
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