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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

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

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