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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

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

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