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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. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  9. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
  10. Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
    06:54
    Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
  11. Wizards of Once reading
    04:24
    Wizards of Once reading
  12. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  13. School days
    03:57
    School days
  14. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  15. Prez
    01:14
    Prez
  16. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  17. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
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