OPAL

9thJanuary 2025

The first OPAL Award School in Scotland

09.01.25|Categories: Places, Resources|Tags: , , |

Play Scotland latest newsletter puts a spotlight on OPAL. This award-winning school improvement programme focuses on non-curricular play. It supports sustainable cultural change within schools, to transform the quality of their playtime. This has huge benefits for children and adults. Find out more and watch a short film of the [...]

5thNovember 2024

First school in Scotland achieves OPAL Award!

05.11.24|Categories: Resources|Tags: , , |

Play Scotland report that Udston Primary School, in South Lanarkshire, were the first school in Scotland to complete its journey through the OPAL Programme. Watch the video where members of the senior leadership team speak about the impacts of OPAL while viewers see many of the new play activities developed [...]

15thFebruary 2024

The OPAL journey

15.02.24|Categories: Resources|Tags: , , |

Children spend 20% of their school life (a day a week!) in the playground. Play Scotland have shared a short film about Play Scotland’s Outdoor Play and Learning (OPAL) programme. OPAL is a school improvement programme that focuses on non-curricular play. This film was made in partnership with the staff [...]