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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

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

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