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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. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  9. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  10. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  11. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  12. Mental Health
    02:25
    Mental Health
  13. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  14. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  15. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
  16. Introducing Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
  17. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
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