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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

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

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