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Category: Life in the time of Covid.19 – Diary

Life in the time of Covid.19 – Self isolation as a teenager. Day 19

10 April 2020

Day 19: making the most of Easter in isolation Today my dog turns…

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Life in the time of Covid.19 – Self isolation as a teenager. Day 12

3 April 2020

Day 12: birthday in lockdown Today was the day that was supposed to…

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Life in the time of Covid.19 – Self isolation as a teenager. Day 10

1 April 2020

Day 10: a little normality I spent this morning sitting in the garden with…

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Life in the time of Covid.19 – Self isolation as a teenager. Day 9

31 March 2020

Day 9: coping Today was a very slow start indeed. When my alarm…

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Life in the time of Covid.19 – Self isolation as a teenager. Day 8

30 March 2020

Day 8: strange times Today I woke up to bright sunshine and warmth….

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Life in the time of Covid.19 – Self isolation as a teenager. Day 6

28 March 2020

Day 6: making the best of lockdown Not much happened today until the…

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Life in the time of Covid.19 – Self isolation as a teenager. Day 5

27 March 2020

Day 5: old habits This morning, I tried to give myself a lie…

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Life in the time of Covid.19 – Self isolation as a teenager. Day 4

26 March 2020

Day 4: routine As of today, I’ve decided to set my morning alarm…

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Life in the time of Covid.19 – Self isolation as a teenager. Day 3

25 March 2020

Day 3: getting into the swing of things When I woke up this…

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Life in the time of Covid.19 – Self isolation as a teenager. Day 2

24 March 2020

Day 2: a new normal Today I woke to the sun shining through…

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Life in the time of Covid.19 – Self isolation as a teenager. Day 1

23 March 2020

At Play Scotland we have always been aware of the importance of play…

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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

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

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