Is it ok to have a tick sheet for our daily Risk assessment? i know Ofsted generally dont like tick sheets.

Dont know about Ofsted but CC said to me at my pre reg to make up a RA tick list for round the house to make sure everything is safe on a daily basis.

Yes I have one laminated on my kitchen door along with a cleaning rota, smoke detector test record and a fridge temp record.

Mrs Ofsted liked it when she saw it and said its a much easier than referring to a book everytime.

I still write up my risk assessments in my book, but the laminated tick sheet is just one I can check off every morning to make sure all is safe.

I prefer to write mine in a book to say that I've checked as tick sheets are just tick sheets and too much paper is wasted. I have my checklist at the front of my diary together with all the RAs and I write in each corresponding date what RA has been checked and that the daily checks have been done together with the fridge temp check.

I have a tick sheet that covers a month at a time.

Ofsted liked it :D

I have a tick sheet that covers a month at a time.

Ofsted liked it :D

Me too keep them in a ringbinder plastic wallet thingy blue tacked to the fridge with a pen in a magnetic clip next to it, when it gets too heavy for the blue tack to hold the wallet, i take some out and put them in the file, and keep blanks too in the wallet so that i have them to hand for a few months at a time!

Thanks ladies i think im going to do a monthly one and keep it in a folder with my fridge temps, etc

I do an A5 book and at the front I list all the checks I have to do and then I just date it and tick and make a note of anything extra I did such as the first aid checks/smoke alarm etc. ofsted were happy with this.

i have been working on this one what do you think?

Not sure i have included everything.

i have been working on this one what do you think?

Not sure i have included everything.

I have similar. Do my tidy up and get ready in the morning, check my list, tick those I have done and go around to check anything I have missed.

What about the garden - bounderies/animal faeces/toys and equipment/plants

I also tick for clean dishcloth/towels/anti bac soap filled/sockets covered

Just reminds me to check them all

Been thinking of putting them all in a book and to date daily at end of list when done to save paper but the way I do it works for me except for using lots of paper :rolleyes:

Hi thanks for taking a look, i dont have a garden live in a flat atm, gona add dish cloths, antibac soap, children towels etc,

Cheers.

Jo

Hi guys. Do you have separate sheets for each week for your daily risk assessments. It seems like a lot of unwanted and unnecessary paper to me.
I know the checks need to be done but it's so much paper.

I've done a list, which I have laminated.

I then sign off in my diary that I have completed the daily RA, and mention any issues.

One diary
One piece of paper
One laminated sheet
= Daily RAs done !!

Can i do it like that? one person told me ofsted told her to do separate sheets and the other said laminate it.
I wish they knew what the other was doing. it would make our lives easier.

i have been working on this one what do you think?

Not sure i have included everything.

Hi, as a new childminder I was looking through and saw your link but can't open it. I desperately need some help with this as it's such a minefield. I have got something but its much too long to do every day!

Also, I still need to get a fridge thermometer - any ideas of best place to buy one or what type?

HELP APPRECIATED PLEASE!!!!

:D EBAY!!!

I use Sarah's Daily Diary most things are covered in it and all keeps everything in one ring binder. Fridge and Freezer thermometer from Asda