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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 main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  9. Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
    09:49
    Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
  10. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  11. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  12. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  13. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
  14. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
  15. Konnie’s Favourite Character
    00:58
    Konnie’s Favourite Character
  16. Favourite book
    00:45
    Favourite book
  17. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
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