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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

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