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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

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

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