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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

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

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