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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. Questions
    04:03
    Questions
  10. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  11. Balloons!
    02:59
    Balloons!
  12. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  13. Joyful Poetry
    00:53
    Joyful Poetry
  14. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  15. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  16. Questions from schools
    05:58
    Questions from schools
  17. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  18. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
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