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Tag: Outdoor play and learning

The importance of risk in childhood play experiences

7 August 2024

Ask any group of adults about their most stand-out play memories and two…

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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

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

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