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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

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

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