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Diving Poem
Joseph reads a poem all about the courage you need to jump from the highest diving board.
  1. Diving Poem
    02:24
    Diving Poem
  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. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  10. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  11. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  12. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  13. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  14. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  15. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  16. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  17. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  18. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
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