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How to Promote Cleanless in your School
Even
with passionate, devoted teachers and attentive, curious students, your school
isn’t going to be effective if it isn’t clean. Although regularly cleaning and
disinfecting seem like a no-brainer, you’d be surprised by the number of
schools that don’t
prioritize cleanliness.Dirty schools harbor millions of germs, leading to
sick students, increased absences, and frustrated teachers.
Read
on to learn all about the importance of cleanliness in school and what you can
do to get a jumpstart on the flu season!
1. Encourage Healthy Habits
Students
and staff need to be reminded of healthy habits, especially when flu season
strikes. Remind teachers to let students and parents know that they should stay
home for at least 24 hours if they have a cold or flu, as that’s the time when
it’s most contagious.When students are sick, teachers need to be accommodating
when it comes to missed assignments and test retakes. If a student needs to
stay longer at home, consider emailing assignments or asking a student to
deliver notes so that they don’t get too behind.Besides handwashing, everyone
needs to be reminded to sneeze into the crook of their elbow or a tissue. Just
like with hand washing, along with this instruction their needs to be education
on how fast germs can spread or multiply without these simple actions.
2. Provide door mats in each class
Feet,
both students’ and teachers’ can collect a lot of dirt, leaves and pollens as
they get into the school. To make sure all the dirt under the shoes is not
transferred into the classrooms or working stations, get doormats for each
room.
However,
it is more important to remember to clean the doormats as often as possible, so
as to reduce the chances of harbouring germs or dirt at the doorsteps.
3. Start recycling practices in the school
Recycling
helps to reduce the amount of trash going to a landfill, and as a result, keep
the school facilities clean. Identify some of the things that can be recycled
in the school such as paper, plastic and glass, and start a recycling program
or club that encourages students to cultivate the habit.
You
can also cut on one-time use resources such as plastic cups and plates in the
dining area and get reusable utensils.
4. Organise cleaning day events
Everyone
in the school should be involved to keep school facilities clean and tidy. To
achieve this, school managements can organise cleaning day events that allow
everyone, including teachers, parents and students to be involved. During this
day, the cleaning is deeper, with more focus on areas that are not cleaned on a
day to day basis.
These
events can be planned to happen over the weekend, after school or during lunch
hour time. To ensure everyone’s safety during such cleaning day events, the
school should invest in cleaning supplies such as gloves, brushes, etc.
5. Encourage students and teachers to keep
things away immediately after use
Most
times, school facilities look untidy, not because there is a lot of trash, but
because items in those rooms are not well organised. During class time and
after, encourage students and teachers to put back everything in their rightful
places. For instance, while in the library make sure all books are neatly
placed back on the shelf.
6. Creating a Culture of Cleanliness in
School
By
practicing cleanliness in school, you’re improving the lives of both your
students and faculty. School should be wholly a place of learning, but that
becomes less possible if students are trying to focus on a noticeably dirty
environment, spreading germs, and making other students sick. Ready to create a
healthy, clean school
7. Hire a professional cleaning company
To
remove the worry of cleaning the school daily, hire a professional company to
do the cleaning for your school. This will save you the time to worry about
whether the school is clean or not and allow you to focus on more pertinent and
important issues. Cleaning companies will ensure all the school facilities are
clean on a daily basis and organise deep cleaning to clean hard to reach areas
as well.
A
clean environment facilitates proper learning. Keeping the school clean will
not only benefit those using the school but also help to make the world a
better place by keeping preserving the environment.