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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

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

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