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Date: 25th April 2023
Category:
Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Recreation, play and cultural activities
Author:
Youth Theatre Arts Scotland (YTAS) and the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities (SGSAH) teamed up to carry out research into the long-term impacts of participation in youth theatre on participants’ professional and personal lives. The findings reveal the valuable impact of youth theatre experience on participant’s personal and professional lives and is a great resource for theatre organisations looking for proof of their impact.
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Date: 3rd May 2022
Category:
Recreation, play and cultural activities
Author:
Play Scotland
Play is crucial to children and young people’s health, development and wellbeing. Parents and carers have a crucial role in delivering this right. Find out how incorporation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child can support children and young people to have this right respected, protected and fulfilled.
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Date: 9th December 2020
Category:
Recreation, play and cultural activities, Education, including vocational education
Author:
Creative Skills Manager, Heather Armstrong spoke with Amy Hall-Gibson, drama artist and storyteller. They discuss how to bring stories alive, creative ideas for Christmas 2020 and modelling open-mindedness to early years children.
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Date: 9th December 2020
Category:
Recreation, play and cultural activities
Author:
These activity cards equip the whole family with ideas of how to keep active regardless of the weather.
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Date: 12th November 2020
Category:
Recreation, play and cultural activities
Author:
British Academy
As part of its Childhood Policy Programme, the British Academy has recently hosted a panel discussion on children’s engagement with the environments around them, now available on YouTube.
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Date: 12th October 2020
Category:
Recreation, play and cultural activities
Author:
Children’s University (CU) Scotland has created hundreds of free home learning activities and sheets sparking ideas for wellbeing-boosting learning at home. With a range of topics to choose from, from sport to STEM, history to creative arts, they are designed for leisure and learning outside of school lesson time. Minimal technology and other resources are needed to take part, and whether you’ve got 30 minutes or a few days, they’re full of boredom-busting fun!
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Date: 12th October 2020
Category:
Education, including vocational education, Recreation, play and cultural activities
Author:
When learning is taken outdoors it can improve children’s behaviour and children can become more engaged with their learning. These resources range from play ideas to do at home to outdoor lesson ideas for school.
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Date: 22nd September 2020
Category:
General measures of implementation, Awareness-raising, Training, Recreation, play and cultural activities
Author:
Starcatchers has developed a suite of resources and online events to help early years professionals put arts and creativity at the heart of practice.
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Date: 25th June 2020
Category:
Recreation, play and cultural activities
Author:
Zero Tolerance
Play is vital to help children develop their full potential and explore their interests. Therefore, it is important that children’s play is not limited by stereotypes about what boys and girls should do and be. Zero Tolerance has put together resources and play ideas that are stereotype-free and perfect for all genders.
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Date: 11th June 2020
Category:
Recreation, play and cultural activities
Author:
Children's Parliament
This newspaper for children includes children's rights-based activities, creative ideas and tips from Members of Children's Parliament on how to keep happy, healthy, safe and connected.
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Date: 30th July 2019
Category:
Recreation, play and cultural activities, Non-discrimination, Respect for the views of the child, Best interests of the child
Author:
A new book ‘The City at Eye Level” has been published and is freely accessible online. It brings together contributions from around the world sharing best practice ideas on building child-friendly cities.
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Date: 30th July 2019
Category:
Education, including vocational education, Recreation, play and cultural activities
Author:
European Commission
The report provides indicators on key quality areas in relation to early childhood education and care (the phase before primary school education) across 38 European countries.
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Date: 4th December 2018
Category:
Recreation, play and cultural activities
Author:
Researchers at the University of Strathclyde have published a research briefing on their work exploring the use of creative, playful arts-based methods in research with young children.
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Date: 19th October 2018
Category:
Recreation, play and cultural activities
Author:
Starcatchers have launched their annual report which gives an overview of their activities from the year 2017/18.
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Date: 13th December 2016
Category:
Recreation, play and cultural activities
Author:
International Play Association (Scotland)
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Date: 24th August 2016
Category:
Recreation, play and cultural activities
Author:
SALTO Cultural Diversity
Value the Difference is a resource pack for youth workers, containing information and tools to engage young people across many topics relating to cultural diversity.
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Date: 7th April 2016
Category:
Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Recreation, play and cultural activities
Author:
Care Inspecorate
The Care Inspectorate's new resource shares good practice in how early years services can provide play and learning wholly or partially outdoors, as a guide for those who provide services, people who commission them, and parents of children who attend them.
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Date: 10th September 2015
Category:
Recreation, play and cultural activities
Author:
Education Scotland
The Better Movers and Thinkers (BMT) Resource on the Education Scotland website introduces an approach to learning and teaching in Physical Education to develop the ability of all children and young people to move and think in a more cohesive way.
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Date: 21st July 2015
Category:
Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Recreation, play and cultural activities
Author:
Youthlink Scotland
The YouthLink Scotland Policy Forum has been working to explore the commonalities in national policy for youth work and play. They have prepared a briefing paper and are requesting YouthLink Scotland members to share their experiences.
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