Playground Supervision

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Playground Supervision

The purpose of duty at break times is to ensure that our school is physically and emotionally safe for all students. Supervision allows duty staff to respond to any incidents quickly, and ensures student safety and wellbeing while they are on school grounds.

The deputy principal organises duty. A rostered timetable is displayed in the staffroom and issued to each teacher and relevant learning support staff at the start of the year, and updated as required.

Supervision guidelines

The following guidelines ensure effective supervision at break times.

Duty staff report to duty prepared and on time.
Relievers are required to cover any duty responsibilities for the teacher they replace.
One teacher is rostered to cover all supervision duties.
Duty staff patrol proactively, and use our school values and behaviour management procedures to respond to problems as needed. Student concerns and complaints are taken seriously, and duty staff support students who request help.
We treat injury or illness in the playground according to our procedures for managing injuries and illness.
We follow our sun protection practices as appropriate, such as ensuring that students remain in shaded areas if they do not have a hat.
On wet days (declared by the senior teacher in charge of duty), duty is as normal for duty staff, but senior students help supervise junior classes.

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Legislation

Education and Training Act 2020

Release history: Term 4 2022

Topic Number: 422	Last Modified Date: 16/07/2025 16:13:14
Topic Version: 1	Published Date: 30/01/2026

Last review	Term 3 2022
Topic type	Core