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About Our Tower
Growing up in a tower block provided the inspiration for a magical storybook.
  1. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  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. Our Tower reading
    06:12
    Our Tower reading
  10. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  11. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  12. Questions from West Calder High School
    05:42
    Questions from West Calder High School
  13. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
  14. Meeting the Wolf Queen
    02:20
    Meeting the Wolf Queen
  15. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  16. Room on the Broom in Scots
    08:13
    Room on the Broom in Scots
  17. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
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