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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

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

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