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Category: Blog

So, you think you know about Friedrich Froebel…

14 August 2023

Recently, our Play Pedagogy Co-ordinator Fiona Kirkland had the opportunity to attend the…

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Fiona @ IPA Conference Glasgow 2023

28 June 2023

Glasgow was the host city for the IPA conference and as it’s my…

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LEGO Playful Schools Conference Round Up

1 May 2023

The Playful Schools Conference 2023 was a free online conference, taking place from…

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Play Scotland’s Playday 2022 Opinion Poll Summary

5 October 2022

The theme of 2022’s Playday was All To Play For – building play…

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In Memoriam

22 July 2022

Everyone at Play Scotland was deeply saddened to hear that our dear friend…

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The Play Well Podcast: Risky Play

4 July 2022

In our new episode of the Play Well Podcast, we will discuss risky…

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“Let’s Talk About Play!” Free Members’ Event

7 April 2022

  At Play Scotland, we love to talk about play! And, we want…

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Shetland Play Van Success

16 March 2022

Thanks to Get into Summer Funding from the Scottish Government we were able to…

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Play Scotland at COP26

1 November 2021

The climate crisis has a huge impact on children’s right to play and…

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September Updates

9 September 2021

Welcome to our September updates blog! If you would like to receive our…

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Moths to a Flame Art Workshop for COP26

7 July 2021

We are very excited to be delivering Moths to a Flame workshops for…

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Play Scotland asks for more space for play

5 August 2020

At the beginning of Playday week, Calum Duncan, Chair of Play Scotland asks…

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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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Family cycling: how to create a new daily routine

24 March 2020

Our friends at Cycling UK who are our partners on the Play Together…

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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

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