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How do you come up with names for your characters?
Arlo and Augustus are great names for characters, but how does Catherine dream them up?
  1. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  2. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  3. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  4. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  5. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  6. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  7. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  8. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  9. Weather and climate
    00:56
    Weather and climate
  10. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  11. Balloons!
    02:59
    Balloons!
  12. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  13. Questions from schools
    06:40
    Questions from schools
  14. Flirting and locker room talk
    06:28
    Flirting and locker room talk
  15. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
  16. Making the change
    03:33
    Making the change
  17. McLean Primary eco projects
    02:44
    McLean Primary eco projects
  18. Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
    02:35
    Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
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