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About Our Tower
Growing up in a tower block provided the inspiration for a magical storybook.
  1. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  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. A bit of a read
    04:28
    A bit of a read
  10. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  11. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  12. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
  13. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  14. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
    03:48
    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
  15. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
  16. Cardboard Cowboys reading
    05:01
    Cardboard Cowboys reading
  17. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  18. Phil’s presentation
    21:56
    Phil’s presentation
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