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Category: Articles

New Playful Pedagogy Resource from Play Scotland to support everyday learning adventures across the school

21 October 2020

Playful Pedagogy is a way of integrating children’s play experiences with curricular learning, giving…

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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announcement

3 July 2020

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced, “We want to help children enjoy these summer…

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Lockdown: children’s mental health

8 June 2020

Children and young people are likely to experience high rates of depression and…

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IPA Play in Crisis: support for parents and carers

13 April 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic is having an impact on children and families around the…

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Active Students Could Outperform Sitting Students by 16%

4 December 2018

The BBC has published an article detailing new research on active students. “International research found…

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UK Poverty Report from JRF

4 December 2018

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has this week published the 2018 Poverty Report, you…

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Are you Going to Join The Playtime Revolution?

23 October 2013

Many children and young people only get out to play when they are…

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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

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

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