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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. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
  9. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  10. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  11. Read a long
    04:36
    Read a long
  12. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  13. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  14. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  15. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  16. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  17. School Questions
    05:51
    School Questions
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