Fiona - Play Scotland

Learning through play - love seeing the imagination our children use and the meta skills our children continue to develop. 💛

Pedagoo Ghlaschu 2026 - 16 May in Glasgow, always a brilliant sharing of ideas, hearing what others are trying in practice & having good professional conversations. I’ll be leading a session on Play, Pedagogy & Progression too. Would be lovely to see you there.
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🎙️ New Podcast Episode

I recently joined Dr Karen Boardman to talk about Play Matters, why play must remain central to early childhood education and why protecting play is about protecting childhood.

🎧 Listen here:
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#PlayMatters #EarlyYears

International Day of Play Schools Celebration - Play Scotland Celebrate play and Champion children’s rights  Thursday 11 June is the International Day of Play, and we...

🎉 Celebrating the International Day of Play is simple – and free. Please follow the link below to find out more and register via our website, and like and share to keep up to date as the day draws close! 👇
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🎈 Tell your friends: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝟭𝟭𝘁𝗵 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲! It is a global celebration of the power of play in children's lives.

🪁Take part in a joyful day that puts children's wellbeing, voice, and rights at the heart of learning. 1/2

World Book Day is a lovely reminder that stories do more than entertain. Through stories & play, children explore feelings, make sense of experiences & imagine new possibilities. I’ve always loved books for the same reason, they’re a wee escape from everyday worries 📚💛 #ScotEduSky #EduSky #WBD

It is! I can honestly say that I love my job!

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Member @fosteringnet-scot.bsky.social recruiting for Policy & Public Affairs Officer in Scotland to join their UK wide policy & campaigns team. With fostering high on political agenda in Scotland & elections taking place this yr, an exciting time to join

www.togetherscotland.org.uk/news-and-eve...

These two wee games for time telling practice have a lot of legs! #playinupperprimary

Joining in with #FFBWeds I’m Fiona, Play Pedagogy Lead @ Play Scotland. I work with schools in Scotland to embed play pedagogy & champion children’s right to play, esp where it supports inclusion, wellbeing & meaningful learning. Keen to connect with educators & leaders interested in our work.

🎉 ICYMI: @together-sacr.bsky.social has published the new State of Children's Rights Report! Our case study is included in the report, which dives in to how we produced our Play Vision Statement and Action Plan.
📰 You can find the plan itself pinned on our page, and the report in full below 👇

Superb results from a 20 min morning of collaborative play #playinupperprimary

We have a brand new blog up on the website, all about Trauma Informed Practice and Play!
Among many other things, Erin is a play therapist and lecturer based in Scotland with a background in early years. 1/2

#ErikErikson
#Play
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Love this!

bsky.app/profile/mr-m... Such inspiring ideas for play in upper primary!

This afternoon we ran our first PPA Masterclass & it was a cracker! 60+ educators joined us for Floorbooks in Practice with Amy Tinniswood from Eyemouth Primary. Real classroom practice, honest chat, thoughtful questions & plenty of takeaways. More to come! #EduSky #ScotEduSky #Primary #Play

This was an absolute vibe today - whole class outside working together to build their city before creating their own bus timetables #playistheway

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Roles @opfs.org.uk offer work with & for single parent families, providing support that enables them to achieve their potential & help create lasting solutions to poverty & barriers

Recruiting for...
📣Project Manager
📣Finance Manager

read more ➡️ www.togetherscotland.org.uk/news-and-eve...

📌 Book early for our next delivery of training for Early Years Practitioners.

This session will answer:
❔ Your curiosities around differences between play across genders
🟣Why these differences exist
💛How to support different play experiences.

www.playscotland.org/schools-chil...

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Are you passionate about nurture, high quality childcare & making a real difference to children and families in Scotland?

SCMA is recruiting an Area Manager to help them deliver their childminding services across Scotland.

Read more here: buff.ly/ZVYH6Ki

Fiona, our Play Pedagogy Lead, is presenting on-demand at the IPA USA Virtual Conference About Play, available to watch now. She shares Scotland’s work embedding play pedagogy in primary schools, with insights on children’s rights, inclusion & wellbeing. Register via the QR code.

Recess Is Becoming Too Safe A former teacher explores how

"Part of learning prudence and wisdom is the freedom to make decisions, including the wrong ones".

💡 Play is the same. Monkey bars are a curious child's best friend, let's encourage children to imagine, assess their surroundings, take a small risk, and have fun! 🎉

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Come along to our Loose Parts Play training on 12th February!

📦 Learn how to instil an imaginative approach to play that allows children to explore, learn, and play with simple, everyday objects! 🧹

www.playscotland.org/schools-chil...

📢 Job opportunity

The Young Audiences Network is recruiting a freelance Young Audiences Network Coordinator to coordinate the development and launch of the Young Audiences Network, funded by Creative Scotland.

🔗 Find out more & apply: starcatchers.org.uk/jobs/young-a...
⏰ Deadline: 2nd March, 5pm

Doesn’t get much better than this! This city is our sandbox for learning about time whilst exploring sustainable transport (SDG11)

Fabulous creativity!

Fabulous creativity!

The Scottish Government is consulting on updates to school premises regulations to help ensure schools are safe, accessible and support children’s learning, wellbeing and play.

The consultation is open until Tuesday 24th March and your input is imperative!

consult.gov.scot/learning-dir...