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Kiran’s writing process
Kiran reveals how she works and why writers can be classed as either oxen or cats!
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    Kiran’s writing process
  2. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
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    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
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  5. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
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  7. Discovering New Words
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    Discovering New Words
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  8. Favourite Scots Words
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  9. He Had a Little Sticker
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    Using Scotland as a setting
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    The right words in the right order
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    Health and Medicine
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    Taking Up Boxing
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    Read a long
  18. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
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    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
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