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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. There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
    06:17
    There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
  9. Inspired by travelling
    14:41
    Inspired by travelling
  10. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  11. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  12. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
  13. School days and writing
    07:07
    School days and writing
  14. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  15. Sport brings us together
    02:36
    Sport brings us together
  16. Hand on the Bridge
    02:28
    Hand on the Bridge
  17. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
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