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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.
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    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
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    Discovering New Words
  7. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  8. McLean Primary eco projects
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    McLean Primary eco projects
  9. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  10. Favourite book
    00:45
    Favourite book
  11. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
  12. Why comics matter
    06:03
    Why comics matter
  13. Cuiken Primary film
    03:02
    Cuiken Primary film
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    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
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    Being Children’s Laureate
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    Draw Goldy the Gecko
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    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
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