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Writing Haikus
Brian explains how haikus work and challenges you to write your own!
  1. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  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 from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  10. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  11. Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
    09:49
    Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
  12. Poet recommendations
    02:45
    Poet recommendations
  13. Questions from schools
    08:43
    Questions from schools
  14. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  15. Draw Noi and his dad
    10:03
    Draw Noi and his dad
  16. A Dog with Nice Ears
    07:10
    A Dog with Nice Ears
  17. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  18. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
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