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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. Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
    05:14
    Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
  9. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  10. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  11. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  12. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  13. Social media and influencers
    03:10
    Social media and influencers
  14. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
  15. Bumble and Snug reading
    04:07
    Bumble and Snug reading
  16. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
  17. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
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