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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

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

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