# Yards get sub yards, a study shelf, and games of their own

> A yard can now hold smaller yards — a hall, a class, the choir — that members join from its page. School yards get a shelf of study materials, and every yard's GAMES is its own.

Published: 2026-09-29
URL: https://commonyard.app/news/yards-grow-inside/

Three things for the people who live in yards.

## Sub yards

A big yard can now hold smaller ones: a hall inside a university, a class inside a school, the choir inside a church. Each has its own posts, chat and admins. The yard's owner and admins make them from **Manage yard → Sub yards**, and members see them near the top of the yard, with **Join** beside each. See [Sub yards](/guides/sub-yards/).

## A study shelf for school yards

Under **PRACTICE**, school yards now have **Study materials**: slides, notes and past papers the yard's admins upload — PDF, PowerPoint, Word, Excel or text, up to 50 MB each — and every member can download. See [Share and download study materials](/guides/study-materials/).

## A yard's GAMES is its own

Inside a yard, **GAMES** now opens that yard's own page: what it has on now and coming up, the yard's weekly leaderboard, its challenges against other yards, and everything it has already played. Nothing from other yards leaks in. See [Your yard's games and ladder](/guides/your-yards-games/).