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BUS TRAVEL

BUSWAYS - 6586 1855 COLLINS - 6585 1993

The Proprietors will be able to tell you which bus your child will catch, where to catch the bus and what time it departs.

The following conditions apply for Bus Travel:

ALL children in the INFANTS (Kindergarten to Year 2) school are eligible to travel free on the bus. Transport for NSW has introduced an online application form for school bus travel.

Step 1 - Visit tranpsortnsw.info/school-students, nominate your home address and the bus company the student needs to travel between home and school.

Step 2 – Print, sign and date the completed application, return it to school for endorsement.

Step 3 – The school sends endorsed application to Transport for NSW. You will receive an email confirming outcome of your application. Transport for NSW will inform your local bus operator who will send a school travel pass.

To be eligible for free bus travel, PRIMARY (Year 3 to Year 6) children are those who reside more than 1.6 kilometres radius from the school or those who are required to walk more than 2.3 kilometres because of the nature of the street system or the terrain, or those who have obtained a doctor's certificate stating that they are unable for some medical reason, to walk to school.

LOST or mutilated bus passes may be renewed for a fee payable, in an envelope with child's name etc., to the bus company. Do not fill in a new form if bus pass is lost. This fee is subject to change.

At the commencement of each school year, those children who have previously travelled on the bus will automatically be issued with a new pass with the exception of Year 3 who need to complete new forms.

BUS PASSES must be shown to the driver in the morning and afternoon EVERY DAY.

NEW Application for Free Travel forms are only required to be completed when a child is new to the school, is progressing to Primary or changes his/her address - NOT when the child has lost his/her bus pass.

Currently children not eligible for free travel may purchase a term or daily bus pass from the Bus Company. Please apply directly to Busways or Collins Bus Service.

IF YOUR CHILD GETS ON THE WRONG BUS, tell him/her to go to the driver. The driver will deliver all the other students on the bus and then either bring your child home or take him/her back to the bus depot.

The procedure to follow from home, if this occurs, is for the parent to phone the school and stay at home in case the child is delivered to your residence - the child will not want to come home to an empty house. The school then contacts the bus company, enabling all parties to be well informed. The bus driver is in phone contact with the depot which is very helpful in situations such as these.

IF YOUR CHILD MISSES THE BUS TELL HIM/HER to come to the office and see the school staff.

MISCONDUCT ON BUSES - The Bus Company has the right to withdraw a child’s bus pass for misbehaviour and report same to the School Principal. A conference will then be held with the Principal and Parents. The pass will be reinstated following parental assurance that the misconduct will not continue.