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Tag: play pedagogy

Unveiling the Play Pedagogy Award Pilot: Embracing Play Across Scotland

27 May 2024

Exciting news ahead for Play Pedagogy in Scotland! We’re thrilled to announce the…

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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

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

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