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Alastair’s influences
Alastair discusses the books and authors that inspired him
  1. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  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. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  10. Remembering Kobe Bryant
    01:41
    Remembering Kobe Bryant
  11. Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
    09:49
    Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
  12. Sue's presentation
    11:34
    Sue's presentation
  13. Question time
    04:36
    Question time
  14. Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
    05:18
    Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
  15. A question from Freya.
    01:00
    A question from Freya.
  16. Weather and climate
    00:56
    Weather and climate
  17. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  18. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
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