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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

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

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