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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. Bear Moves
    02:28
    Bear Moves
  9. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  10. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  11. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  12. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
  13. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  14. There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
    06:17
    There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
  15. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  16. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
    03:48
    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
  17. Balloons!
    02:59
    Balloons!
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