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Questions from West Calder High School
Pupils from West Calder High School in West Lothian put their questions to Alan.
  1. Questions from West Calder High School
    05:42
    Questions from West Calder High School
  2. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  3. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  4. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  5. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  6. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  7. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  8. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  9. How did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
  10. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  11. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  12. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  13. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
  14. How to draw emotions
    04:34
    How to draw emotions
  15. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  16. A monster quiz
    08:19
    A monster quiz
  17. Rewilding and creating a space for nature
    09:01
    Rewilding and creating a space for nature
  18. Phil’s presentation
    21:56
    Phil’s presentation
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