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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. Truth and Lies
    13:33
    Truth and Lies
  9. What is the Nowhere Emporium?
    00:45
    What is the Nowhere Emporium?
  10. Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
    02:35
    Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
  11. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
  12. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  13. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
  14. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  15. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  16. Questions from schools
    06:40
    Questions from schools
  17. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
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