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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. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  9. He Had a Little Sticker
    01:25
    He Had a Little Sticker
  10. Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
    05:14
    Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
  11. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  12. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  13. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
  14. Joyful Poetry
    00:53
    Joyful Poetry
  15. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  16. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  17. Questions from schools
    05:40
    Questions from schools
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