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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

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

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