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Tag: OPAL

Castlefield Primary achieves Outdoor Play and Learning Award

30 June 2026

East Kilbride, Scotland – Castlefield School will be formally presented with the Outdoor…

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How Amazing Playtimes Develop Language in Primary School Children

25 June 2024

It is fair to say that my job is pretty enjoyable. I work…

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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

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

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