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The life of Matthew Henson
Matthew Henson was a black polar explorer who is little known in the UK.
  1. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  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. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
  10. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  11. Draw Goldy the Gecko
    04:43
    Draw Goldy the Gecko
  12. Flirting and locker room talk
    06:28
    Flirting and locker room talk
  13. Our Tower reading
    06:12
    Our Tower reading
  14. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  15. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
  16. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  17. Draw along
    10:28
    Draw along
  18. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
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