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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

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

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