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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. The World of the Wolf Queen
    04:14
    The World of the Wolf Queen
  10. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  11. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  12. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  13. Emily's Books
    02:27
    Emily's Books
  14. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  15. A monster quiz
    08:19
    A monster quiz
  16. Reading The Undefeated
    03:32
    Reading The Undefeated
  17. Questions from schools
    05:58
    Questions from schools
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