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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. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  9. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  10. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
  11. Wishes
    01:04
    Wishes
  12. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
  13. Draw Along
    10:16
    Draw Along
  14. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  15. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  16. Cuiken Primary film
    03:02
    Cuiken Primary film
  17. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
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