Arts Education Long Term Multi-Class Infants

Take the stress out of planning for the 2025 Arts Education curriculum specification (encompassing 3 subjects: Art, Music and Drama) with this fully editable Multi-Grade Junior & Senior Infants long-term recorded preparation document, developed in line with the Department of Education Updated Guidance on Preparation for Learning, Teaching and Assessment (2026).

This comprehensive, pre-populated planning document helps teachers translate the Arts Education specification into practical classroom learning experiences while saving hours of preparation time analysing curriculum documents and building plans from scratch. The document can be quickly adapted to suit your own class context, school priorities and timetable.

This multi-grade Arts Education long-term plan is intentionally not organised into a Year 1 / Year 2 cycle for teachers teaching a mixed Junior & Senior Infant class across two years. Instead, it includes the full range of content from the Arts Education Curriculum Specification in one comprehensive document, including all strand/ elements and Infant Learning Outcomes, along with a wide bank of suggested learning experiences.

Rather than receiving two smaller documents with half of the content allocated to each year, you receive one complete planning framework containing two years’ worth of learning.

This approach gives teachers maximum flexibility when planning for a mixed Junior and Senior Infant class. It allows teachers to ensure their planning aligns with school priorities (for example, whole-school events or agreed themes) while also responding to the needs and interests of their own class.

Using professional judgement, teachers can simply select, retain and refine the Learning Outcomes and learning experiences they wish to prioritise in Year 1, and then revisit, extend or explore additional outcomes in Year 2.

In short, everything you need is included — you simply decide what to prioritise each year to best suit your class.

What’s included

• A fully editable 29-page Junior & Senior Infants long-term plan for Arts Education (Art, Music, Drama)

• All strands/ elements and Infant Learning Outcomes included for ease of planning

• A wide bank of play-based, age-appropriate learning experiences

• A clear assessment section aligned with the Arts Education specification

• Integration suggestions across other curricular areas and whole-school practices/events

• Suggested classroom routines, culture and longer-term practices that support Arts Education

• A practical term-by-term overview to support sequencing across the school year

• Guidance notes throughout to help you adapt the document quickly and confidently