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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

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

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