Students and teachers spend around 7 hours a day for 180 days a year in school. That’s a long time in an intimate, close contact environment.
It’s no secret that germs and bacteria are everywhere – classrooms, desks, chairs, door handles, toilets, playground equipment, canteens, hallways and so on. And honestly, kids aren’t always the most hygienic creatures.
But hygiene in society is on everyone’s mind more than ever before.
Parents don’t want to send their children to an unclean environment. And they definitely wouldn’t want to risk their kids getting sick, which results in time off work to care for them (and can spread to the entire family).
A school is also a teacher’s work environment. Why would they want to show up to an unclean workplace every day? No one would!
Apart from picking up the usual mess left behind by students each day, schools need a regular deeper clean.
It’s a well-known fact that a clean school environment promotes a positive and productive learning environment. It also gives parents a better first impression when they’re visiting potential schools for their children.
For parents, students and teachers, arriving at a clean and welcoming school sets up a positive start for the day. Clean and tidy classrooms, spotless floors, clear windows, and rubbish free hallways show your respect for the school and those who attend it each day.
1. Better learning experience
Cleaner schools have been proven to outperform schools that aren’t cleaned to a high standard by professional cleaners. Students thrive in a clean environment, concentrate better in the classroom, and achieve better grades and graduation results.
2. Fewer sick days
Teachers interact with multiple students each day in a work environment where germs are everywhere. When schools are kept clean, teachers are less likely to get sick, reducing the need for substitute teachers and interruptions to the student’s learning schedule.
The same goes for students and absentee rates. Keeping your students healthy means they don’t miss many days of school due to illness, something that is especially important during the senior years.
3. Parental involvement
Teachers, especially at the primary school level, appreciate the support of parent helpers in the classroom. The school committee also relies on parent representatives and canteen helpers, and so on. If you’ve got a clean school environment, you’ll find the parents are happier and more likely to help out. They know you care about the health and well-being of their children, and they’re willing to give back to you.
4. Expert cleaning
When you have professional cleaners on your team, you don’t need to ask teachers to be responsible for classroom cleanliness. It’s honestly not the teachers’ job to keep on top of the deep cleaning school environments need. When you use a team of professional cleaners, you can rest assured they thoroughly clean your school to the highest standards.
On another note, choosing an Eco-friendly cleaning crew means the products they use are not only safe for the environment but are not harmful to the health of your teachers or students.
5. Teaching healthy habits
Most schools already focus on healthy eating habits for students, with healthy canteens and low waste policies for food wrapping. Keeping a clean environment also teaches the children the importance of hygiene and cleanliness (and ultimately respect) for your surroundings.
You can get the students involved too, encouraging things like wiping desks or tables down after class, cleaning the whiteboard, putting chairs up on tables to make vacuuming easier, picking up large bits of rubbish from the floor and so on.
6. Allowing natural light in
Have you ever sat in a dark or dingy room and felt like you get tired? Imagine this for kids, using their brains all day and trying to keep focussed! Natural light is vital for mood and productivity, especially in a classroom. Light and bright classrooms will help keep students stimulated and awake during class (and the teachers will love that!).
7. Deep clean during school terms
When your school is empty (during term holidays or lockdowns!), your team of professional cleaners can come in and do a deep clean. They can attend to all the extra cleaning jobs that don’t necessarily need to be done weekly.
A deep clean could include carpet cleaning, window cleaning, thorough canteen or staff room cleans (including fridges and so on), locker room scrub downs, play equipment sterilising, etc.
Our team are on hand to help you with all your school cleaning needs
As you start to plan budgets for the year ahead, you need to make sure you’ve considered professional cleaning. In a world where health and hygiene have become more critical than ever (and people will notice a lack in standards), it pays to have a team of professional cleaners to help maintain the cleanliness of your school.
A clean school will lead to lower absenteeism and boost morale. You’ll find you have happy staff, students and parents.
If you’d like a quote for your school cleaning needs, please get in touch for an obligation free quote.