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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

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

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