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Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
View More From The Gruffalo’s 20th Birthday
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?
    View More From The Gruffalo’s 20th Birthday
  2. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    View More From The Gruffalo’s 20th Birthday
  3. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    View More From The Gruffalo’s 20th Birthday
  4. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    View More From The Gruffalo’s 20th Birthday
  5. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
    View More From The Gruffalo’s 20th Birthday
  6. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
    View More From The Gruffalo’s 20th Birthday
  7. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
    View More From The Gruffalo’s 20th Birthday
  8. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  9. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  10. Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
    06:54
    Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
  11. Room on the Broom in Scots
    08:13
    Room on the Broom in Scots
  12. Scottish words and questions from schools
    08:09
    Scottish words and questions from schools
  13. Our Tower reading
    06:12
    Our Tower reading
  14. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  15. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  16. Joyful Poetry
    00:53
    Joyful Poetry
  17. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
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