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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. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  9. Rachel’s books and inspirations
    06:29
    Rachel’s books and inspirations
  10. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  11. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  12. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  13. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  14. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  15. How to Draw Eric Dynamite
    08:33
    How to Draw Eric Dynamite
  16. How to Draw Granville's Body
    07:54
    How to Draw Granville's Body
  17. Read a long
    04:36
    Read a long
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