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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

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

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