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Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
Catriona and James explain why language is all about who we are.
  1. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  2. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
  10. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  11. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  12. Newton Farm Questions
    05:46
    Newton Farm Questions
  13. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
  14. Questions from schools
    04:02
    Questions from schools
  15. Scottish words and questions from schools
    08:09
    Scottish words and questions from schools
  16. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
  17. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  18. Diving Poem
    02:24
    Diving Poem
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