Clean, Maintenance & Risk Checklist - First Steps

• First Steps Pre Kindy

  Select

• Conducted on

  Date

• Prepared by

• Location
  Address

• Day of the week

Quality Area 2: Children’s health and safety

• Standard: 2.1.3 Effective hygiene practices are promoted and implemented

• Standard: 2.3.2 Every reasonable precaution is taken to protect children from harm and any hazard likely to cause injury

Day

Room / Area

• First Steps Pre Kindy

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Exterior, Entrance & Paths

• Clean and Tidy

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Front Garden free from weeds

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Path clear from sticks and branches

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Hallways

• Entry

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Gate

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• External Walls & Windows

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Main Doors

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Hallway

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Office

• Desk Tidy

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Side door locked

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Storage Room

• Cupboards Clear and Tidy

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Left over resources put away

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Floor Clear and Tidy

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Storage & Display

• Toys neat and tidy on shelving

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Toys & Resources (Games, books etc)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Windows

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Main Room

• Floors

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Walls & Ceilings

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Tables & Chairs

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Bathrooms

• Tiles

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Walls & Ceiling

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Wash Basins & Mirrors

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Toilets

• Clean and Tidy?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Nappy Change Area

• Clean and Tidy?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

(Hygiene)

• Hygiene issues to report?

Fridge & Food preparation

• Benches wiped down

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the area clean and tidy?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Fridge clean

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Expired food binned

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Veranda

• Pathways swept

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Veranda set up for outdoor activities

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Swept and free of dirt, leaves etc

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• All outdoor area and fencing free of cobwebs?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Play Equipment

• Mats placed correctly for falls?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Yard perimeter checked for needles?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Front yard checked for needles?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Outer perimeter checked for needles?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Yes

  No

  N/A

Equipment & Soft-fall

• Playground Checked

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Sand Raked

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Tyres checked - cobwebs removed

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Tyres sprayed with insect spray

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Safety or Risk Issues

• Additional notes:

• Notes / Actions

Audit

• Sign in / out sheets

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Parent Contact Details

• (check for updates)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• First Aid Kits

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• (Used by dates / Authority to administer)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Secure Chemical Storage

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• (Cleaning materials, disinfectants, flammables etc)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Telephone Access

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Heating & Cooling equipment

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Emergency Evacuation

• Have you completed a drill this term?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Initial:

• Date: / /

  Date

• (Action required within 24 hours)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Action Report

• Action

• Description