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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. How to draw emotions
    04:34
    How to draw emotions
  9. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  10. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  11. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  12. Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
    05:14
    Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
  13. He Had a Little Sticker
    01:25
    He Had a Little Sticker
  14. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  15. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
  16. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  17. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
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