A complete Medium Term Plan to support high-quality teaching and learning through a Seaside theme in your Reception/ Year One Mixed Age Class.

Created by experienced teachers and aligned with the EYFS and National Curriculum, this Medium Term Plan uses the seaside 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.

What’s included?

• A termly overview linked to all areas of the EYFS curriculum
• Clear learning intentions and skill progression across the term
• Superheroes-themed focus areas to support purposeful planning
• Key vocabulary linked to seaside environments, animals and geographical language
• 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

Why teachers love this plan

• Uses the Seaside theme without becoming tokenistic or repetitive
• Supports progression without over-planning
• Keeps learning purposeful
• Saves time while still valuing professional judgement
• Works seamlessly with continuous provision and in-the-moment planning
• Links National Curriculum subjects and EYFS areas of learning

How can I use this in my setting?

• This EYFS Medium Term Planning- Seaside can be used to map learning across the theme
• Support weekly and short-term planning decisions
• Ensure curriculum coverage while remaining responsive to children’s play
• Link learning to real-life environments, past and present, and children’s own experiences
• Use as a shared planning and reflection tool for staff teams

💡 This Seaside Medium Term Plan is also included inside the Is it Time to Play? Membership, giving you access to a growing library of curriculum-aligned planning tools, provision guidance, and play-based resources to support you throughout the year.

Links directly to the Seaside Enhancement Planning Bank for EYFS and Seaside Explorers Enhanced Planning for KS1.