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Author: Fiona Kirkland

Reflecting on ‘What Can We Do When School’s Not Working?’ and What It Means for Play, Belonging and Practice in Scotland

22 April 2025

Written by Fiona Kirkland, Project Officer, Play Pedagogy Award. Reflections from a powerful…

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Eyemouth Primary – Where Play Lives at the Heart of the Community 

10 April 2025

Eyemouth Primary – Where Play Lives at the Heart of the Community  Written…

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A Viking Visit, with a Playful Twist! Up Helly Aa in Baltasound Junior High School

3 March 2025

Written by Ashley Spence, Baltasound Junior High School At Baltasound Junior High School,…

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Unveiling the Play Pedagogy Award Pilot: Embracing Play Across Scotland

27 May 2024

Exciting news ahead for Play Pedagogy in Scotland! We’re thrilled to announce the…

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Championing Children’s Rights: Insights from an interesting UNCRC Webinar with Robyn Monro-Miller (IPA) and Philip Jaffé

25 March 2024

I recently had the pleasure of attending an inspiring webinar hosted by Robyn…

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Are we ever too old to play?

27 February 2024

I recently had the pleasure of giving a talk to students at my…

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Embracing the Reggio Emilia Approach: Insights from Professor. Carla Rinaldi and Professor. Ger Graus OBE, By Fiona Kirkland

27 November 2023

              I recently had the privilege of…

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Scotland’s Play Charter

Scotland’s Play Charter describes our collective commitment to play for all children and young people. Supporters of the Charter know that children have the right to play and value play as an essential part of children’s health and wellbeing as individuals and part of the community.

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Pledges to Scotland’s Play Charter

  • Canongate Youth
  • Support from the Start Tranent Cluster
  • Boomerang Community Centre
  • Gracemount Nursery
  • Linthaugh Nursery School
  • St George’s School for Girls
  • Evanton Wood Community Company
  • Leisure and Culture
  • NHS GGC Children and Families
  • Mud Pie
  • Little Steps Childminding
  • Crieff Hydro Kids Club
  • Springfield Primary School
  • Loader Monteith
  • PLUS Forth Valley Ltd
  • Maggie’s Childminding Service
  • Falkirk Community Trust Libraries
  • Penicuik YMCA-YWCA
  • Dens Road Primary School
  • Seamab
  • Barnardo’s APNA Project
  • Busy Bairns Childminder
  • Support from the Start Musselburgh Cluster
  • Allan’s Nursery
  • Edible Estates
  • NHS Forth Valley
  • Aberfoyle Nursery
  • St Ninians Nursery
  • Fife Gingerbread
  • University of Strathclyde
  • Early Education UK
  • Dunblane Youth & Sports Centre Trust
  • Arkleston Primary School
  • Fun Lodge After School Care
  • St Sylvester’s Primary School
  • Mosstodloch Primary School
  • North Edinburgh Arts
  • Green Aspirations Scotland CIC
  • Smart Play Network
  • St Peter’s Primary School
  • Perth Autism Support
  • Healthy Valleys
  • Muck Primary School
  • Tingwall Primary School
  • Family Fund Scotland
  • Our Place Our Families
  • Falkirk Council
  • Outlet Play Resource
  • Parsons Green Primary
  • Scottish Out of School Care Network
  • Education Department East Dunbartonshire Council
  • Scout Association
  • Childcare in the Community
  • Simply Play
  • Dundee and Angus College
  • Forest School Leader
  • East Pollockshields Out of School Care
  • Warout Primary School
  • Coastguard Club
  • Abbey Early Years Centre
  • Smallworld Out of School Club
  • Glebelands Nursery
  • YouthLink Scotland
  • Newmains Family Learning Centre
  • Camperdown Primary School and Nursery
  • East Park
  • The Yard
  • Dumfries Toy Library
  • Laura’s Little Treasures
  • St Margaret’s Primary School
  • Off Grid Kids
  • North Edinburgh Childcare
  • Aberlady ELOSCN
  • Royal Zoological Society of Scotland
  • Busby Primary School
  • Riverside Primary School
  • Home-Start Kincardine
  • Cookfur Nursery Class
  • Gylemuir After School Club
  • South Lanarkshire College
  • East Lothian Play Association
  • Newtown Primary School
  • Hayburn Park Association
  • West Dunbartonshire Council
  • Craigton Primary School
  • Bridge of Weir Childcare
  • Johnshaven School
  • Newtongrange ASC
  • Home-Start Wigtownshire
  • Make Mess Matter
  • Firpark Primary School
  • Holy Cross Nursery Class
  • Wee Gems
  • Ayrshire College
  • Udston Primary School
  • The Wee Childcare Company Ltd
  • Jordanhill Out of School Service
  • Child Central Training
  • Preschool Academy
  • Bonding with Baby
  • Pencaitland Primary School Parent Council
  • Beatlie Primary School
  • Scottish Government
  • Oxfordshire Play Association
  • North United Communities
  • Murrayburn Primary School
  • First 4 Kids
  • Starcatchers
  • Castlepark Primary School
  • Echline Primary School and Nursery Class
  • SPELL
  • University of the West of Scotland
  • Shetland College UHI
  • Musselburgh Burgh Primary School
  • James Gillespie’s Nursery
  • St Mary’s Nursery Class
  • City of Glasgow College
  • St Peter’s RC Primary School
  • Jordanhill School
  • Seahorse Nursery
  • Leaps and Bounds Nursery
  • Almond Park Nursery
  • CHAS
  • Bikeability
  • Fife Childcare Services
  • Together – Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights
  • The Nurture Nursery
  • Muirhouse Youth Development Group
  • Borders College
  • Edinburgh and Lothians Out of School Care Network
  • Whinhill Primary School
  • The Creativity Portal
  • KO-NEKT (Childcare)
  • Tweeddale Youth Action
  • Support for Families
  • Outdoor Woodland Learning School (OWLS)
  • Flowerbank Early Childhood Centre
  • Clackmannanshire Council
  • St Charles’ Primary School
  • Culture NL
  • St David’s Primary School
  • Parkour UK
  • Whiteinch Centre
  • Scottish Book Trust
  • St Andrew’s RC Primary School
  • Fountainhall Nursery
  • Beech House Nursery
  • Sacred Heart Primary School
  • First Nursery
  • North Queensferry Primary
  • Cardonald Primary School
  • Interactive Play Scotland
  • Impact Arts
  • Lecropt Nursery and Bridge of Allan OOSC
  • Highland Council
  • Task Childcare Services
  • Goodlyburn Primary School
  • Four Seasons Nursery
  • Melrose Primary School
  • St Leonard’s Primary and Nursery School
  • Innerwick Primary and Nursery School
  • Commercial Primary School
  • Holmston Out of Skool Club
  • Tinto Nursery
  • Toybox Children’s Centre
  • South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture
  • Bankhead After School Care Service
  • Kids Come First
  • Gowrie Training and Consultancy
  • Park Primary School
  • Gargurnnock Play Group
  • Black Lion Games
  • Firsthand Lothian
  • The Cottage Family Centre
  • Heathfield Primary & Early Years Centre
  • Aberdeenshire Council
  • Enterprise Childcare
  • Gullane After School Club
  • Reidvale Adventure Play Association Limited
  • Alyth OOSC
  • Step by Step Nursery
  • Sciennes Primary School
  • Kidzcare
  • Dunbar Primary School Nursery
  • PEEK Project
  • Play Alloa
  • Liberton After School Club
  • Arran High School
  • Child’s Play Nursery
  • Tweedbank Early Learners
  • Fusion Childcare Services
  • Play Midlothian
  • Croftamie Nursery
  • West Johnstone Early Learning and Childcare Centre
  • Flowerpots Childcare
  • Red Harbour Events
  • Fields in Trust Scotland
  • Gap Childcare Services
  • Childcare Strategy Team
  • Licketyspit
  • Home-Start Levenmouth
  • Scamps SOSC
  • South Morningside Primary School and Nursery
  • Tiptoe’s Children’s Nursery
  • City of Play
  • Biggar Primary School and Nursery
  • Queens Cross Housing Association
  • Shetland Islands Council
  • Argyll College
  • High School of Dundee
  • Adoption UK
  • Maddiston Primary School
  • Kilbarchan AAC
  • University of Edinburgh
  • Support, Help and Integration in Perthshire
  • Milltimber Playgroup
  • What’s on Inverbervie Community
  • Lamlash Early Years Class
  • Kinneil Primary School and Early Years Campus
  • Glasgow Caledonian University
  • Oxley Park Academy
  • Balmore Kindergarten Ltd
  • Stepping Stones North
  • Argyll & Bute Council
  • Erskine Stewart Melville School
  • Nurture the Play
  • Support from the Start Dunbar Cluster
  • Sgoil-àraich Taobh na Pàirce
  • Elphinstone Primary
  • Ark Out of School Care
  • Forgandenny Primary School
  • Wellgreen Nursery, Stirling
  • Barnardo’s Scotland
  • LINKES
  • Grange Primary School
  • Bruce Family Centre
  • MACS After School Care
  • Families First, North Lanarkshire Council
  • NHS West Dunbartonshire
  • Angus Council
  • NHS Health Scotland
  • Mid Calder Primary School
  • 3D Drumchapel
  • Parent and Infant Mental Health Scotland
  • Woodlands Family Nurture Centre
  • Playland
  • Little Forest Friends Scotland
  • Inspiring Scotland
  • St Columba’s Junior School
  • The Concrete Garden
  • Outdoor Cleghorn
  • WHALE Arts
  • Stramash
  • Hyndland After School Club
  • Orkney Library and Archive
  • Wallyford Primary School
  • Orchard Grove Kindergarten
  • St Ninian’s Primary School
  • The Scottish Parliament
  • Operation Play Outdoors
  • Òganan Ghlaschu
  • Battlefield Primary ASC Association (BPASCA)
  • Access Parkour Ltd
  • Adelaides Nursery
  • City of Edinburgh Council
  • Healthy n Happy CDT
  • Auchinairn Afterschool Care & Forest School
  • Cornerstone Nursery
  • The Green Team
  • Scalloway Youth & Community Centre
  • Allsorts Dornoch
  • Langlee Support Centre, Langlee Primary School
  • Emerald Maintenance
  • ASH Scotland
  • Sarah Lawrence College
  • Prestonpans ASC
  • Simpson Primary School & Nursery Class
  • NG Homes
  • St Boswells Primary School
  • St John’s RC Primary
  • Craiglockhart After School Club
  • Linnvale Primary
  • Timberplay Scotland Ltd
  • Babysign
  • Rosetta Early Learners
  • Dalmilling Primary School
  • RHC NHS GGC
  • With Kids
  • Cairnsmoir Connections
  • Argyle Bridge Children’s Nursery
  • Scaraway Nursery School
  • Abbey Mill Childcare
  • Pilton Youth and Children’s Project
  • Forestry and Land Scotland
  • Play Together on Pedals
  • Giffnock Nursery Class
  • West Lothian Council
  • International Play Association Scotland
  • PlayBase
  • Upstart Scotland
  • Monkey Puzzle Glasgow Central
  • Twinkle Stars Childcare
  • Towerbank ASC
  • Newton Nursery
  • Islesburgh OOSC
  • Borestone Primary School
  • Whiteness Primary School
  • St Martin’s Primary School and Nursery
  • Windygoul Primary School
  • Rattray Primary School
  • Carli’s Kindergarten
  • Holy Corner Community Group
  • Scottish Historic Buildings Trust
  • Pirie Park Primary School
  • Stirling ELC
  • Antonine Primary School
  • Knightswood Primary
  • Getting Better Together
  • Edzell Nursery
  • Tarves Primary School
  • PlayBoard NI
  • Earthtime for All Ltd
  • St Paul’s Primary School
  • Voluntary Action
  • Meiklewood Nursery and After School Care
  • Bright Starts Nursery
  • Inclusive Play
  • Sgoil Bhaile a’ Mhanaich, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
  • Caldercuilt Primary School & Nursery
  • Kidsize Out of School Club
  • Law Primary School and North Berwick Nursery School
  • TICTACS After School Service
  • East Dunbartonshire Council
  • The BIG Project
  • EA Junior School
  • Buttons & Bows Nursery School
  • OSCARS Childcare
  • Scalloway Pre-School
  • Gleniffer Nursery
  • Tinies
  • St David’s Primary RC
  • Enable Scotland
  • Fledglings Childminding Service
  • Castleton Primary School
  • Houston Primary School
  • Summerston Childcare
  • St Denis’ Primary School
  • Quarriers
  • Children’s Health Scotland
  • Hearts and Minds
  • Cockburnspath Primary School
  • Fife College
  • Eastmuir Primary School
  • Gingerbread
  • St Gerard’s Nursery School
  • Galleon Centre
  • Stirling Play Services, Stirling Council
  • Parenting Across Scotland
  • Welly Walkers Childminding
  • Edinburgh College
  • Thornlie Primary School
  • Angus Alive
  • Midlothian Sure Start
  • ACE Place Nursery and OSC
  • Wardie Primary School
  • Glenbervie Kindergarden
  • Little Acorns
  • Aberlour Childcare Trust
  • C.O.J.A.C. Caring Operations Joint Action Council
  • Support from the Start North Berwick Cluster
  • Home-Start East Fife
  • Dirleton Playgroup
  • Cambusbarron Village Nursery
  • Pentlands Activity Camps (PAC)
  • Home-Start Lorn
  • Clermiston Primary School and Nursery
  • Project 31
  • Doune Nursery
  • Support from the Start Prestonpans Cluster
  • Burnfoot Community School
  • West College Scotland
  • Play Torbay
  • Chatelherault Nursery & ASC
  • CALL Scotland
  • Woodland Outdoor Kindergartens
  • Middleton Park School
  • Old Doune Road Nursery
  • Living Streets Scotland
  • Meadowburn Primary School
  • East Ayrshire Council
  • Jennyswell Out of School Care
  • Hanover Street School
  • Guildford Borough Council Playrangers
  • Home-Start Edinburgh West and South West
  • Cumbernauld YMCA
  • Support from the Start Haddington Cluster
  • Holy Cross Primary School
  • Mini French
  • Maxwellton Park Nursery & OSC
  • Culture & Leisure
  • Aberdeen City Council
  • Hillwood Primary School
  • Burnbrae Primary School
  • TIGERS
  • Corstorphine Primary School
  • Play Borders
  • Crossmichael Primary School
  • Rosemount Lifelong Learning
  • Oxgangs Primary School
  • Crieff Hydro
  • Greener Kirkcaldy
  • Inverbrothock OOSC
  • Broomhill OOSC
  • Movement Park
  • Youth Scotland
  • Cosy Cottage Nursery School
  • Little Scallywags Nursery
  • Roots and Shoots Highland Learning
  • East Lothian Out of School Care Network
  • Siblings Together and Reunited (STAR)
  • MyParkScotland
  • Whitburn and District Community Development Trust
  • Holy Corner Community Playgroup
  • Fife Play Resource, Fife Play Development Team, Fife Council
  • Mini Me Yoga Ambassador
  • St Thomas Playgroup
  • Ninewells Nursery
  • Iona Primary Early Years
  • Chanonry Beaver Scouts
  • Parent Action for Safe Play
  • Craigour Park Primary School and Nursery
  • Perth & Kinross Council
  • Edinburgh Young Carers Project
  • Old Doune Road Nursery
  • Early Steps Nursery
  • East of the Sun, West of the Moon
  • Busy Bees Nursery
  • University of Dundee
  • St Joseph’s Primary School
  • Eyemouth Primary School
  • Leaps and Bounds Activities (LBA)
  • Lanarkshire Childcare Services
  • Include Me 2 Club
  • Fenton Barns Nursery
  • Renfrewshire Council
  • Enchanted Forest Nursery
  • South Ayrshire Council
  • East End Empowering Stars
  • Glasgow Life
  • The Destiny Project
  • Stanmore House School – Capability Scotland
  • South Lanarkshire Council
  • Play and Sports Limited
  • North Ayrshire Council
  • Lauriston Nursery
  • Barlanark Out of School Care
  • St Rose of Lima Primary School
  • Professional Learning Academy
  • New College Lanarkshire
  • Bòrd na Gàidhlig
  • Clydesdale After School Care
  • Creative STAR
  • Little Lunches
  • Clovenstone Primary School
  • Balornock Primary School
  • Child’s Play

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