Date: 13th November 2012
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

The Children's Minister Aileen Campbell blogged about Scotland's first-ever national play strategy, stating that a central part of getting it right in the early years is play.

Date: 2nd July 2012
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care

The Scottish Parliament's Education and Culture Committee are to examine the decisions made about when or if a child should be removed from the family home.

Date: 8th June 2012
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Reform Scotland the Centre for Scottish Public Policy set up this commission to consider whether the school system in Scotland is meeting the present and future needs of young people and to make specific recommendations as to how things might be improved or areas that require further enquiry.

Date: 8th June 2012
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

The Children's Parliament has received a Realising Ambition award of £319,965 to deliver and expand activities like the recent StreetsAhead project to benefit 1,600 children in schools in the north east of Glasgow.

Date: 7th June 2012
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Children in Scotland announce that a new website has been launched to bring Curriculum for Excellence to life for young people.

Date: 21st May 2012
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The Framework describes those who are responsible for keeping children and young people safe. It establishes a set of competences and standards that everyone who has direct or indirect contact with children requires.

Date: 16th May 2012
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

More than a quarter of children in some parts of Scotland require additional support during their schooling, according to a new report.

Date: 3rd April 2012
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

In Enquire's new film, young people share their views on how their school experience is affected by being in care, being a young mum, having Asperger's or other learning difficulties, and the support that has helped them get the most out of their education.

Date: 14th February 2012
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

The Doran Review is currently looking at how best to provide for the needs of Scottish children and young people with the most complex learning needs.

Date: 18th January 2012
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Free play opportunities for Scotland's children will be increased following a £3 million investment from the Scottish Government.

Date: 21st November 2011
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

The Centre for Research on Families and Relationships at Edinburgh University is undertaking a study for the UK Information Commissioner's Office on the feasibility of embedding information rights into the school curriculum.

Date: 7th October 2011
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care

If you are a Getting it right practitioner or lead professional, you can find out lots of help and information at the online forum Community of Practice.

Date: 6th October 2011
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Nationwide roadshow announced to encourage parents to have fun from day one.

Date: 16th September 2011
Category: Respect for the views of the child, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Inequality is a massive topic and one that has come more into focus recently with the economic downturn, the gap between wages of the richest and poorest and riots in many of our larges cities. Some of the issues being discussed in the forum will be:

Date: 31st August 2011
Category: General measures of implementation, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

The Pupil Inclusion Network is a Scottish Government funded grouping of agencies working in the voluntary and statutory sectors, all supporting learning for vulnerable and excluded children and young people.

Date: 26th August 2011
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Scottish children have benefited from 40,092 books from Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, with even more set to follow.

Date: 18th July 2011
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care

The Scottish Government is committed to introducing legislation early on in this Parliamentary term to ensure investment in early years is not an optional extra. It would also explore legislative options to ensure Getting it right for every child is firmly embedded in the whole of the public sector.

Date: 18th July 2011
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care

The Scottish Government's new Getting it right web pages have now been launched featuring a new home page and a more structured publications page.

Date: 8th June 2011
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The latest findings of a study shining a spotlight on the realities of life as a child in Scotland has been published.

Date: 27th April 2011
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

The Scottish Youth Parliament are currently conducting a survey around the Curriculum for Excellence which forms part of a project aimed at creating a new resource for children and young people to give them information about Curriculum for Excellence and to inspire them to become more actively engaged in their own learning.