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Category: Life in the time of Covid.19 – Diary

Life in the time of Covid.19 – Self isolation as a teenager. Day 19

10 April 2020

Day 19: making the most of Easter in isolation Today my dog turns…

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Life in the time of Covid.19 – Self isolation as a teenager. Day 12

3 April 2020

Day 12: birthday in lockdown Today was the day that was supposed to…

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Life in the time of Covid.19 – Self isolation as a teenager. Day 10

1 April 2020

Day 10: a little normality I spent this morning sitting in the garden with…

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Life in the time of Covid.19 – Self isolation as a teenager. Day 9

31 March 2020

Day 9: coping Today was a very slow start indeed. When my alarm…

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Life in the time of Covid.19 – Self isolation as a teenager. Day 8

30 March 2020

Day 8: strange times Today I woke up to bright sunshine and warmth….

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Life in the time of Covid.19 – Self isolation as a teenager. Day 6

28 March 2020

Day 6: making the best of lockdown Not much happened today until the…

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Life in the time of Covid.19 – Self isolation as a teenager. Day 5

27 March 2020

Day 5: old habits This morning, I tried to give myself a lie…

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Life in the time of Covid.19 – Self isolation as a teenager. Day 4

26 March 2020

Day 4: routine As of today, I’ve decided to set my morning alarm…

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Life in the time of Covid.19 – Self isolation as a teenager. Day 3

25 March 2020

Day 3: getting into the swing of things When I woke up this…

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Life in the time of Covid.19 – Self isolation as a teenager. Day 2

24 March 2020

Day 2: a new normal Today I woke to the sun shining through…

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Life in the time of Covid.19 – Self isolation as a teenager. Day 1

23 March 2020

At Play Scotland we have always been aware of the importance of play…

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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

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

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