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Category: Articles

National Children’s Day UK 2021

30 April 2021

Sunday 16th May National Children’s Day UK (NCDUK) is all about the importance of…

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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

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

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