cleaning schedule

**Blackhorse** · 23-03-2010, 09:14 PM

I am trying to do a cleaning schedule...and I am stuck 5 minutes in..

if I write down what I do daily there is hardly anything left to do for weekly...
I could say deep clean weekly....or do I have to give details??

I am confused!

**sarah707** · 23-03-2010, 09:26 PM

For weekly I have deep cleaning... cooker, fridge, windows, tiles.

Also calibrate thermometer and check for pests... but those might be on my safety checklist I can't remember

hth

**linda2girls** · 25-03-2010, 05:35 PM

Oh my goodness, I didn't realise we had to have a cleaning schedule. Is this an Ofsted requirement or Environmental Health?

Linda

**miffy** · 25-03-2010, 05:47 PM

It's not a requirement but, like a lot of things, it's good practice.

I don't have one but a childminder I know had her daily, weekly, monthly cleaning schedule on the kitchen wall when Ofsted inspected and they loved it.

Miffy xx

**linda2girls** · 25-03-2010, 05:53 PM

My husband would love it!!!

Linda.

**samkeddy** · 25-03-2010, 05:57 PM

Originally Posted by linda2girls

My husband would love it!!!

Linda.

ha ha!! Mine too!!!!

**mama2three** · 25-03-2010, 07:02 PM

i havent got one.
dont mind doing a list ...its the sticking to it ill have trouble with! Do you clean your fridge weekly? really?

Im more of the if it needs doing then ill do it , not cos a bit of paper says so kind of gal. better known as........lazy!!

**babs** · 25-03-2010, 10:12 PM

Originally Posted by mama2three

i havent got one.
dont mind doing a list ...its the sticking to it ill have trouble with! Do you clean your fridge weekly? really?

Im more of the if it needs doing then ill do it , not cos a bit of paper says so kind of gal. better known as........lazy!!

i do mine when i go shopping clean out stuff i look at and think im not eattin that ive just brought a new one, wipe over shelves as i refill.. but ive always done this not just since i became a childminder... do u think i have ocd

forgot to say do it with my cupboards to when i put tins away new one to back old to front .... oh i think i might have ocd

jumpinjen · 26-03-2010, 07:14 AM

Originally Posted by sarah707

For weekly I have deep cleaning... cooker, fridge, windows, tiles.

Also calibrate thermometer and check for pests... but those might be on my safety checklist I can't remember

hth

I think my cooker is beyond deep cleaning, even Mr Muscle would have palpitations if he looked inside at the back.... a new one is on my list!

Do you detail what you do for each area, or just the area?

Jen x

**hop04** · 26-03-2010, 10:07 AM

At nursery we used to a have a weekly cleaning rota for tous too, so we would try and clean 2 lots with milton a week. That way if you have young ones that put everything to mouth then you know they are clean. x

**Curly Quavers** · 26-03-2010, 10:17 AM

mine is just a checklist exactly the same as my daily risk assessment checklist with the date along the top of the cleaning jobs down the side. I go through the list daily and tick off what I have done.

So daily I clean down kitchen surfaces (although wit is more like 10 times a day), Hoover, Tidy Toys, clean toilets,

Then twice weekly I will tick I have cleaned my hard floors

and weekly all the other jobs. I don't really have a deep clean as such everything is just done when it needs to be.

Also I only have the cleaning on the check list that effects my child minded children so I don't have cleaning windows and things like that.
Hope that helps a little

**Sarah41** · 03-04-2010, 08:26 PM

My oven is definitely well beyond Mr Muscle, think I may have to get one of those oven cleaning companies come in - wonder if I can claim that. But I have a daily checklist to ensure everything is safe and I ensure I clean the surfaces regularly. I don't state I will do a deep clean as time could be an issue, though I'm sure my husband would love it. I disinfect the bin lid regularly and wipe the shelves of my fridge weekly(ish).
I think you could go mad, but we do have lives as well, and I think most kids survive a bit of dirt! xxxxx

**Jelly Baby** · 04-04-2010, 06:40 PM

Hi..hmm maybe i have OCD as clean whenever i get a chance. I have no rota as such as eveything is clean! BUT that was when my mindee was a few hours a day and now i am not working and i start with the twins it will be a diff story! thinking of getting a cleaner as dont think i will be able to keep on top of it tbh.

**BlondeMoment** · 16-04-2010, 09:24 PM

My rules are that I do a hoover through after meal times, clean the kitchen as I go and do a whole house clean once a week. End of story LOL. I have nowhere left in my tiny house to display a cleaning schedule as well as fire escape plans and photos and certificates! LOL. Space on the wall to see my lovely peach paint work would be nice.