Medium Term Plan — Celebrations | Nursery

A complete Medium Term Plan to support high-quality teaching and learning through a Celebrations theme in your Nursery class. Created by experienced EYFS teachers and aligned with the EYFS framework, this plan uses the Celebrations theme as a vehicle for learning, not a set of activities to get through. It supports you to map learning across the term while keeping play, provision and children’s interests at the heart of your planning.

Rather than prescribing daily tasks, this plan gives you big-picture clarity and the confidence to respond to your cohort, build progression over time and make meaningful curriculum links through play.

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What’s Included?

• A termly overview linked to all areas of the EYFS curriculum
• Clear learning intentions and skill progression across the term
• Key vocabulary linked to people, communities and religious celebrations
• Suggested texts to support discussion, storytelling and imagination
• Space to adapt planning based on children’s interests, needs and assessment
• A flexible structure designed to work alongside continuous and enhanced provision

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Why Teachers Love It

• Uses the Celebrations theme without becoming tokenistic or repetitive
• Supports progression without over-planning
• Keeps learning purposeful rather than costume-led
• Saves time while still valuing professional judgement
• Works seamlessly with continuous provision and in-the-moment planning

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How Can I Use This Resource?

• Map learning across the theme for the full term
• Support weekly and short-term planning decisions
• Ensure curriculum coverage while remaining responsive to children’s play
• Link learning to real-life communities, cultures and children’s own experiences of celebration
• Use as a shared planning and reflection tool with your staff team

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💡 This resource is also available inside the Is it Time to Play? Membership, giving members access to hundreds of planning tools, resources and professional development materials for no additional cost.

Links to the enhanced provision planning banks for Christmas, Rosh Hashanah, Diwali, Bonfire Night, Lunar (Chinese) New Year.