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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. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
  9. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  10. McLean Primary eco projects
    02:44
    McLean Primary eco projects
  11. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
    04:35
    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
  12. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  13. The Undefeated
    01:19
    The Undefeated
  14. 100 Words on Friendship
    01:14
    100 Words on Friendship
  15. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  16. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
  17. Newton Farm Questions
    05:46
    Newton Farm Questions
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