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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

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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

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

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