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· Mar 25
Launch of Scotland's Play Vision Statement and Action Plan 2025-2030 - Play Scotland
We are delighted to celebrate the launch of Scotland's Play Vision Statement and Action Plan 2025-2030.
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🎉Celebrating the launch of Scotland's Play Vision Statement and Action Plan!
This is a clear commitment from the Scottish Government to play opportunities and experiences for all our children and young people.
www.playscotland.org/launch-of-sc...
#EduSky #ScotEduSky
This is a clear commitment from the Scottish Government to play opportunities and experiences for all our children and young people.
www.playscotland.org/launch-of-sc...
#EduSky #ScotEduSky
Pleased to be attending a seminar at the Observatory of Children’s Human Rights to discuss how we can make the Children’s Rights Scheme work for children in Scotland #UNCRC #Article12 #Article31
November 12, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Pleased to be attending a seminar at the Observatory of Children’s Human Rights to discuss how we can make the Children’s Rights Scheme work for children in Scotland #UNCRC #Article12 #Article31
Time spent playing outdoors has declined 50% in a generation.
That’s half the joy, half the adventures, half the memories.
Play isn't just fun, it is essential for healthy child development 💚
That’s half the joy, half the adventures, half the memories.
Play isn't just fun, it is essential for healthy child development 💚
November 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Time spent playing outdoors has declined 50% in a generation.
That’s half the joy, half the adventures, half the memories.
Play isn't just fun, it is essential for healthy child development 💚
That’s half the joy, half the adventures, half the memories.
Play isn't just fun, it is essential for healthy child development 💚
The Froebel workshop with Catriona Campbell & Caitlin Thomlinson was fantastic! Catriona reminded us that “communication unlocks the curriculum,” and Caitlin shared her brilliant block play research showing how deep learning unfolds through time, space & trust. #PlayPedagogy #Froebel
November 9, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The Froebel workshop with Catriona Campbell & Caitlin Thomlinson was fantastic! Catriona reminded us that “communication unlocks the curriculum,” and Caitlin shared her brilliant block play research showing how deep learning unfolds through time, space & trust. #PlayPedagogy #Froebel
The Froebel session with Donna Green & Shirley Couser on slow pedagogy was a beautiful reminder to slow down & be truly present. Learning unfolds best when we create time & space for curiosity, reflection & connection. #SlowPedagogy #PlayPedagogy
November 9, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The Froebel session with Donna Green & Shirley Couser on slow pedagogy was a beautiful reminder to slow down & be truly present. Learning unfolds best when we create time & space for curiosity, reflection & connection. #SlowPedagogy #PlayPedagogy
Fiona, our Play Pedagogy Lead, attended the Froebel Conference, it began with an inspiring keynote from Catriona Gill on seeing, unfolding, flourishing, being & belonging. She reminded us that when we create the right conditions children flourish & that inclusion isn’t a policy, it’s a way of seeing
November 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Fiona, our Play Pedagogy Lead, attended the Froebel Conference, it began with an inspiring keynote from Catriona Gill on seeing, unfolding, flourishing, being & belonging. She reminded us that when we create the right conditions children flourish & that inclusion isn’t a policy, it’s a way of seeing
Fiona, our Play Pedagogy Lead, attended the Froebel Conference, it began with an inspiring keynote from Catriona Gill on seeing, unfolding, flourishing, being & belonging. She reminded us that when we create the right conditions children flourish & that inclusion isn’t a policy, it’s a way of seeing
November 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Fiona, our Play Pedagogy Lead, attended the Froebel Conference, it began with an inspiring keynote from Catriona Gill on seeing, unfolding, flourishing, being & belonging. She reminded us that when we create the right conditions children flourish & that inclusion isn’t a policy, it’s a way of seeing
Inclusive play equipment doesn’t just open up the park - it opens up the world.
It says:
🌍 You belong here
🤝 You matter
🎉 You have a right to play too
Every child deserves to see themselves reflected in their play spaces.
www.playscotland.org/playful-comm...
It says:
🌍 You belong here
🤝 You matter
🎉 You have a right to play too
Every child deserves to see themselves reflected in their play spaces.
www.playscotland.org/playful-comm...
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Inclusive play equipment doesn’t just open up the park - it opens up the world.
It says:
🌍 You belong here
🤝 You matter
🎉 You have a right to play too
Every child deserves to see themselves reflected in their play spaces.
www.playscotland.org/playful-comm...
It says:
🌍 You belong here
🤝 You matter
🎉 You have a right to play too
Every child deserves to see themselves reflected in their play spaces.
www.playscotland.org/playful-comm...
🗣️ 🎙️ New podcast episode: Leanne Sweaton & Play Pedagogy
Leanne is a Principal Teacher with 25 years of experience. Play has revolutionised her practice. Her work has been spotlighted by HMiE and Education Scotland and she has spoken nationally on this topic.
www.spreaker.com/episode/50-l...
Leanne is a Principal Teacher with 25 years of experience. Play has revolutionised her practice. Her work has been spotlighted by HMiE and Education Scotland and she has spoken nationally on this topic.
www.spreaker.com/episode/50-l...
November 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🗣️ 🎙️ New podcast episode: Leanne Sweaton & Play Pedagogy
Leanne is a Principal Teacher with 25 years of experience. Play has revolutionised her practice. Her work has been spotlighted by HMiE and Education Scotland and she has spoken nationally on this topic.
www.spreaker.com/episode/50-l...
Leanne is a Principal Teacher with 25 years of experience. Play has revolutionised her practice. Her work has been spotlighted by HMiE and Education Scotland and she has spoken nationally on this topic.
www.spreaker.com/episode/50-l...
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November 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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🎃 Happy Halloween from Play Scotland!
This is a hugely playful time of year with costumes, games, and make-believe.
👻 Scary stories or activities help build confidence and resilience.
🧟 Fancy dress and playing pretend encourage children to use their imagination
This is a hugely playful time of year with costumes, games, and make-believe.
👻 Scary stories or activities help build confidence and resilience.
🧟 Fancy dress and playing pretend encourage children to use their imagination
October 31, 2025 at 11:42 AM
🎃 Happy Halloween from Play Scotland!
This is a hugely playful time of year with costumes, games, and make-believe.
👻 Scary stories or activities help build confidence and resilience.
🧟 Fancy dress and playing pretend encourage children to use their imagination
This is a hugely playful time of year with costumes, games, and make-believe.
👻 Scary stories or activities help build confidence and resilience.
🧟 Fancy dress and playing pretend encourage children to use their imagination
"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world" - Albert Einstein
Play gives children the opportunity, time, and space to explore their imaginations and develop their creativity!
Play gives children the opportunity, time, and space to explore their imaginations and develop their creativity!
October 30, 2025 at 12:04 PM
"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world" - Albert Einstein
Play gives children the opportunity, time, and space to explore their imaginations and develop their creativity!
Play gives children the opportunity, time, and space to explore their imaginations and develop their creativity!
Join our board! Board of Trustees Vacancies at Play Scotland
We are seeking to grow our Board with passionate new volunteers bringing diverse skills and experience.
Send us your CV and a short cover letter by Friday 21 November to apply:
www.playscotland.org/join-our-boa...
We are seeking to grow our Board with passionate new volunteers bringing diverse skills and experience.
Send us your CV and a short cover letter by Friday 21 November to apply:
www.playscotland.org/join-our-boa...
October 29, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Join our board! Board of Trustees Vacancies at Play Scotland
We are seeking to grow our Board with passionate new volunteers bringing diverse skills and experience.
Send us your CV and a short cover letter by Friday 21 November to apply:
www.playscotland.org/join-our-boa...
We are seeking to grow our Board with passionate new volunteers bringing diverse skills and experience.
Send us your CV and a short cover letter by Friday 21 November to apply:
www.playscotland.org/join-our-boa...
🧩 Discover the transformative potential of Loose Parts Play
Our online training covers:
📚 Theory and principles
⚖️ Manage risk in a safe way
🛠️ Creative, practical ideas
Don't forget to use your member's code to get 10% off at checkout!
Book your place now: www.tickettailor.com/events/plays...
Our online training covers:
📚 Theory and principles
⚖️ Manage risk in a safe way
🛠️ Creative, practical ideas
Don't forget to use your member's code to get 10% off at checkout!
Book your place now: www.tickettailor.com/events/plays...
October 27, 2025 at 8:56 AM
🧩 Discover the transformative potential of Loose Parts Play
Our online training covers:
📚 Theory and principles
⚖️ Manage risk in a safe way
🛠️ Creative, practical ideas
Don't forget to use your member's code to get 10% off at checkout!
Book your place now: www.tickettailor.com/events/plays...
Our online training covers:
📚 Theory and principles
⚖️ Manage risk in a safe way
🛠️ Creative, practical ideas
Don't forget to use your member's code to get 10% off at checkout!
Book your place now: www.tickettailor.com/events/plays...
Nature Play Survey 🍂
Dr Alex Barrable and her team at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh are looking to find out about parents' perception of nature play. If you are a parent of a child between 2-11 please take 10 mins to fill in the survey.
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/qmu/play-r...
Dr Alex Barrable and her team at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh are looking to find out about parents' perception of nature play. If you are a parent of a child between 2-11 please take 10 mins to fill in the survey.
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/qmu/play-r...
October 24, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Nature Play Survey 🍂
Dr Alex Barrable and her team at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh are looking to find out about parents' perception of nature play. If you are a parent of a child between 2-11 please take 10 mins to fill in the survey.
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/qmu/play-r...
Dr Alex Barrable and her team at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh are looking to find out about parents' perception of nature play. If you are a parent of a child between 2-11 please take 10 mins to fill in the survey.
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/qmu/play-r...
Are you looking forward to Bonfire Night?
Check out our play ideas and risk guidance that we created with Scottish Fire and Rescue
www.playscotland.org/resources/pl...
Check out our play ideas and risk guidance that we created with Scottish Fire and Rescue
www.playscotland.org/resources/pl...
October 22, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Are you looking forward to Bonfire Night?
Check out our play ideas and risk guidance that we created with Scottish Fire and Rescue
www.playscotland.org/resources/pl...
Check out our play ideas and risk guidance that we created with Scottish Fire and Rescue
www.playscotland.org/resources/pl...
How do we take a common-sense approach to risk in play?
Watch our new video about the Benefit-Risk Approach
The opportunity to face challenges is vital for healthy child development
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdDm...
Watch our new video about the Benefit-Risk Approach
The opportunity to face challenges is vital for healthy child development
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdDm...
October 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
How do we take a common-sense approach to risk in play?
Watch our new video about the Benefit-Risk Approach
The opportunity to face challenges is vital for healthy child development
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdDm...
Watch our new video about the Benefit-Risk Approach
The opportunity to face challenges is vital for healthy child development
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdDm...
We were delighted to host Faith Breads as our summer volunteer!
She did a fantastic job supporting us with communications, events like the Playday campaign, and focus group research with children and young people.
Read all about what Faith got up to in her blog: www.playscotland.org/faith-breads...
She did a fantastic job supporting us with communications, events like the Playday campaign, and focus group research with children and young people.
Read all about what Faith got up to in her blog: www.playscotland.org/faith-breads...
October 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
We were delighted to host Faith Breads as our summer volunteer!
She did a fantastic job supporting us with communications, events like the Playday campaign, and focus group research with children and young people.
Read all about what Faith got up to in her blog: www.playscotland.org/faith-breads...
She did a fantastic job supporting us with communications, events like the Playday campaign, and focus group research with children and young people.
Read all about what Faith got up to in her blog: www.playscotland.org/faith-breads...
Delighted to be along with our delivery partners ScrapAntics on a great autumn 🍂 day for play at Whitfield Community Garden. Here til 2pm if you can get down to #playeveryday #playmoreplease
October 14, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Delighted to be along with our delivery partners ScrapAntics on a great autumn 🍂 day for play at Whitfield Community Garden. Here til 2pm if you can get down to #playeveryday #playmoreplease
“An abundance of toys present reduced quality of toddlers’ play.” - Having fewer toys can lead a young child to focus and engage in more creative, imaginative play.
That's according to research from the University of Toledo in Ohio.
What do you think? 💭
That's according to research from the University of Toledo in Ohio.
What do you think? 💭
October 14, 2025 at 11:03 AM
“An abundance of toys present reduced quality of toddlers’ play.” - Having fewer toys can lead a young child to focus and engage in more creative, imaginative play.
That's according to research from the University of Toledo in Ohio.
What do you think? 💭
That's according to research from the University of Toledo in Ohio.
What do you think? 💭
New podcast episode: Inclusive Play Equipment
In this episode, our former CEO, Marguerite Hunter Blai,r speaks to Paul Hoenigmann, Managing Director of Inclusive Play.
www.spreaker.com/episode/49-i...
In this episode, our former CEO, Marguerite Hunter Blai,r speaks to Paul Hoenigmann, Managing Director of Inclusive Play.
www.spreaker.com/episode/49-i...
October 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
New podcast episode: Inclusive Play Equipment
In this episode, our former CEO, Marguerite Hunter Blai,r speaks to Paul Hoenigmann, Managing Director of Inclusive Play.
www.spreaker.com/episode/49-i...
In this episode, our former CEO, Marguerite Hunter Blai,r speaks to Paul Hoenigmann, Managing Director of Inclusive Play.
www.spreaker.com/episode/49-i...
Hospital says toy MRI scanner helps save £150k
A miniature toy MRI machine for children to play with has reduced stress, cost, and waiting times at Grantham District Hospital
What a wonderful example of the power of play 💪
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A miniature toy MRI machine for children to play with has reduced stress, cost, and waiting times at Grantham District Hospital
What a wonderful example of the power of play 💪
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hospital says toy MRI scanner helps save £150k
Children can play with the Kitten Scanner to prepare them for a real scan.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Hospital says toy MRI scanner helps save £150k
A miniature toy MRI machine for children to play with has reduced stress, cost, and waiting times at Grantham District Hospital
What a wonderful example of the power of play 💪
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A miniature toy MRI machine for children to play with has reduced stress, cost, and waiting times at Grantham District Hospital
What a wonderful example of the power of play 💪
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Paper Games Ideas!
Perfect for the October holidays: Play doesn’t have to be expensive or include lots of toys. You can have fun, connect, and be creative with just a pen and paper!
www.playscotland.org/resources/pa...
Perfect for the October holidays: Play doesn’t have to be expensive or include lots of toys. You can have fun, connect, and be creative with just a pen and paper!
www.playscotland.org/resources/pa...
October 6, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Paper Games Ideas!
Perfect for the October holidays: Play doesn’t have to be expensive or include lots of toys. You can have fun, connect, and be creative with just a pen and paper!
www.playscotland.org/resources/pa...
Perfect for the October holidays: Play doesn’t have to be expensive or include lots of toys. You can have fun, connect, and be creative with just a pen and paper!
www.playscotland.org/resources/pa...
Play for all: Rights, Responsibility and Inclusive Practice
Thu 9 October, 9:30-10:30am
Covering:
⚖️ The legal context of play as a children's right
🧒 Your responsibility to provide inclusive opportunities
🎨 How to design inclusive play experiences
Book now: www.tickettailor.com/events/plays...
Thu 9 October, 9:30-10:30am
Covering:
⚖️ The legal context of play as a children's right
🧒 Your responsibility to provide inclusive opportunities
🎨 How to design inclusive play experiences
Book now: www.tickettailor.com/events/plays...
October 2, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Play for all: Rights, Responsibility and Inclusive Practice
Thu 9 October, 9:30-10:30am
Covering:
⚖️ The legal context of play as a children's right
🧒 Your responsibility to provide inclusive opportunities
🎨 How to design inclusive play experiences
Book now: www.tickettailor.com/events/plays...
Thu 9 October, 9:30-10:30am
Covering:
⚖️ The legal context of play as a children's right
🧒 Your responsibility to provide inclusive opportunities
🎨 How to design inclusive play experiences
Book now: www.tickettailor.com/events/plays...
Thanks to everyone who joined us yesterday for Playful Parents, Practitioners, and Places: Play Scotland AGM 2025
It was an uplifting afternoon hearing from world-leading play experts, reflecting on the past year, & celebrating our Play Champion Awards.
www.playscotland.org/playful-pare...
It was an uplifting afternoon hearing from world-leading play experts, reflecting on the past year, & celebrating our Play Champion Awards.
www.playscotland.org/playful-pare...
October 1, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Thanks to everyone who joined us yesterday for Playful Parents, Practitioners, and Places: Play Scotland AGM 2025
It was an uplifting afternoon hearing from world-leading play experts, reflecting on the past year, & celebrating our Play Champion Awards.
www.playscotland.org/playful-pare...
It was an uplifting afternoon hearing from world-leading play experts, reflecting on the past year, & celebrating our Play Champion Awards.
www.playscotland.org/playful-pare...
With a full house of colleagues to discuss the New Story of Child Poverty in Scotland, ensuring we collectively present a persuasive, coherent message to effectively campaign for improvements in children’s outcomes. Claire Telfer, Save the Children sets the scene and introduces the new guide.
October 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
With a full house of colleagues to discuss the New Story of Child Poverty in Scotland, ensuring we collectively present a persuasive, coherent message to effectively campaign for improvements in children’s outcomes. Claire Telfer, Save the Children sets the scene and introduces the new guide.