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Questions from West Calder High School
Pupils from West Calder High School in West Lothian put their questions to Alan.
  1. Questions from West Calder High School
    05:42
    Questions from West Calder High School
  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. Social media and influencers
    03:10
    Social media and influencers
  10. There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 1
    04:07
    There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 1
  11. How to Draw Granville's Head
    04:23
    How to Draw Granville's Head
  12. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
  13. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  14. Diving Poem
    02:24
    Diving Poem
  15. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
  16. Chris McQueer – reading
    03:07
    Chris McQueer – reading
  17. Draw Goldy the Gecko
    04:43
    Draw Goldy the Gecko
  18. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
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