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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

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

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