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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. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  9. Joyful Poetry
    00:53
    Joyful Poetry
  10. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  11. Mental Health
    02:25
    Mental Health
  12. Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
    06:54
    Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
  13. Respecting each other
    01:57
    Respecting each other
  14. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  15. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
    03:48
    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
  16. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  17. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
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