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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

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

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