Free template
Yard duty roster template
A blank weekly duty grid plus a term fairness tally. Print it, or use your browser's “Save as PDF”. Rename the zones and breaks to match your school, and keep the tally honest — fairness that is not counted is luck. How to use it well is covered in the yard duty roster guide.
Weekly duty roster
Week beginning: ______________________
| Break / Zone | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before schoolZone A | |||||
| Zone B | |||||
| Zone C | |||||
| RecessZone A | |||||
| Zone B | |||||
| Zone C | |||||
| Lunch — eatingZone A | |||||
| Zone B | |||||
| Zone C | |||||
| Lunch — playZone A | |||||
| Zone B | |||||
| Zone C | |||||
| After schoolZone A | |||||
| Zone B | |||||
| Zone C |
Term fairness tally
One row per staff member. Each week, write the number of duties actually done — including swaps and absence cover, which is where rosters quietly drift from reality. Part-time staff carry a pro-rata share on the days they attend.
| Staff member | W1 | W2 | W3 | W4 | W5 | W6 | W7 | W8 | W9 | W10 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Before you fill it in
- Rename zones to your real areas (oval, sandpit, bus gate, courts) and add rows if you supervise more than three zones per break.
- Record fixed recurring duties and exemptions in writing — folklore is not a roster rule.
- Map each outdoor zone to an indoor wet-day post now, not at 12:40 under a grey sky.
- When someone is absent, reassign their duty deliberately and count it in the tally.
When the template stops being enough
Bell Path keeps this tally for you — all term, automatically.
A paper tally solves week one. Bell Path generates the roster from your real bell times and zones, tracks year-to-date fairness per person, converts to a wet-day plan in one step, and reassigns duties when someone is absent — in the same screen as daily cover.
See yard duty rostering