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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

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

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