Year 1 Continuous Provision Planner

A free editable Year 1 continuous provision planner with staff guidance, a blank weekly template and a fully completed example for inspiration.

This practical planning resource helps Year 1 teachers create purposeful continuous provision that revisits, applies and deepens taught learning.

Rather than filling provision areas with disconnected activities, the resource encourages teachers to begin with assessment evidence, identify a precise learning intention and plan how adults will extend pupils’ learning.

The free resource includes:

• A simple four-step continuous provision planning cycle
• Practical guidance for planning purposeful provision
• An editable weekly planning template
• A fully completed Week 1 example
• Suggested adult roles and questions
• Key vocabulary for each provision area
• Observation and assessment opportunities
• End-of-week review prompts

The completed “Belonging and Baselines” example provides inspiration for:

• Reading and stories
• Writing and mark-making
• Maths provision
• Construction
• Role play
• Creative and fine-motor development• Investigation and outdoor learning

The weekly planner provides space to record:

• Curriculum focus
• Priority pupils and groups
• Key assessment information
• Learning intentions
• Invitations and enhancements
• Adult interactions and prompts
• Key vocabulary
• Observation and assessment focus
• What to keep, remove, simplify or extend

The resource is designed to support a smooth transition from EYFS into Year 1 while maintaining purposeful, age-appropriate learning through provision. It can also support teachers developing a more play-informed or continuous-provision approach in Key Stage 1.

Provided as both a print-ready PDF and an editable Microsoft Word document, allowing teachers to rename provision areas and adapt the planner to their curriculum, pupils and classroom environment.

Suitable for Year 1 teachers, KS1 leaders, teaching assistants, early years practitioners, ECTs, phase leaders and schools developing continuous provision beyond Reception.