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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

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

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