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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. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
  9. Draw Along
    10:16
    Draw Along
  10. Joyful Poetry
    00:53
    Joyful Poetry
  11. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  12. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
  13. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  14. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  15. Crackledawn
    02:08
    Crackledawn
  16. Our Tower reading
    06:12
    Our Tower reading
  17. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
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