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The life of Matthew Henson
Matthew Henson was a black polar explorer who is little known in the UK.
  1. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  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. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  10. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  11. Our Tower reading
    06:12
    Our Tower reading
  12. Reading from Race to the Frozen North
    02:32
    Reading from Race to the Frozen North
  13. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  14. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  15. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  16. Finding the bear
    01:06
    Finding the bear
  17. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
  18. Questions from schools
    08:14
    Questions from schools
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