Buses
SCHOOL BUS TRANSPORT INFO
Children are eligible to travel on the bus if they are:
• under ten years and more than 3.2kms from school.
• ten years and over and more than 4.8kms from school.
If you have any queries or would like to register your child for the bus service, please talk to the office staff.
As we share buses with Ellesmere College, if you wish to enrol your child on an Ellesmere College bus, please contact Ellesmere College directly and advise our school office once you have confirmation.
Once registered, your child will show on the bus roll every day. If your child is not traveling by bus on any given afternoon, it is required that you come to the office (or contact them by phone) before midday to mark your child absent on the roll. This will ensure that the buses are not held up while we look for missing children. If you need to collect your child directly from the bus line, you must inform the duty teacher (not the bus monitor). If you wish to collect other people's children, school will need to receive consent from their parent/caregiver.
Bus Controller/Bus Monitors
Dean Paton is our Bus Controller, responsible for bus route administration and safety. If you have any queries, please contact Dean on d.paton@leeston.school.nz or via the school office.
Please go through these expectations and safety requirements with your child:
When boarding the bus in the morning, children need to wait in the designated place, well back from the road. Wait until the bus has stopped before approaching. At all times, stay seated until the bus has stopped. Carry your bag in front of you so it does not get caught in the door. Get on and off the bus carefully without pushing. Get off the bus through the front door if possible. When getting off the bus in the afternoon, if you need to cross, find a safe place, and wait until the bus has moved away. This will ensure that you have a clear vision of the road.
• Skateboards, scooters are not permitted on the buses.
• Students must wear their high visibility vest.
• Parent/caregiver are to meet children at the bus stop.
• When collecting your children, get out of the car and meet them on the same side of the road that the bus has stopped and go with them to the car.
• Please think safe! Ensure that you are not blocking children's line of sight if they must cross the road, model safe behaviour and allow the bus plenty of room to pull in and out.
Behaviour Expectations
Students who use the school bus may continue to do so while they behave in a reasonable and safe manner. To ensure that the bus is a safe place for everyone, the following behaviour is expected of all students:
• Students are to listen to and follow the requirements and instructions of the bus driver and the teacher/s on duty at all times.
• Students must use socially acceptable language when talking to the driver and/or other students and speak quietly so they do not distract the bus driver.
• Students are not to engage in any behaviour that could put other passengers, the driver, or themselves at risk.
• Students must sit down immediately and remain in their seats for the whole journey. When no seats are available students must stand in the aisle holding on with both hands and not move around the bus.
• Students must show respect at all times. No throwing of objects inside or out of the bus.
• Eating or drinking is not permitted.
• Students are to respect the bus operator's property at all times (e.g. refrain from standing on seats or vandalising the bus in any way).
• Students are not to harass, bully, or abuse other passengers or the driver in any way, whether verbal or physical.
• If any students disregard these procedures, school will take appropriate action.
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Ellesmere College Controlled Buses
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