Lesson One – Class Labels

This computing teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to practise typing and printing a selection of word processed labels for different tools and equipment that can be found around the classroom.
The class can identify and model the best font styles to use when typing labels for a specific purpose to labels objects in the classroom such as the resource trays.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to practise typing and printing a selection of word processed labels for different tools and equipment that can be found around the classroom
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify effective ways of presenting text to label something in the classroom and a vocabulary word bank to select and type labels for different pieces of classroom equipment found around the classroom.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to type and print a selection of labels for different tools and equipment found around the classroom.
This lesson is part of a computing scheme of work to get the children to practise structuring and formatting different word processed documents to label a range of objects and locations around the classroom. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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