Transport Regulations

KingsWay has a travel plan and is a recognised Travel Wise school. (Further information about Travel Wise schools can be found on www.travelwise.org.nz)

The school’s travel plan must be read by parents and adhered to at all times.

Our Travel Plan

Car park/child safety

Parents using the car park and surrounds are reminded to please drive slowly and not speed in or out of the car park areas.

Please hold your child’s hand to ensure their safety when arriving and leaving the school grounds.

When possible reverse into car parks to ensure greater visibility of pedestrians when exiting the car park at peak times.

Front car park

The drop off zone in the front car park is for use in the mornings only and is NOT a pick-up zone after school.

The bus that shuttles the primary students after school to their connecting bus in Longmore Lane is under tight time constraints and cannot afford to be delayed by cars exiting the carpark.

Bottom car park

Please use the bottom carpark in afternoons when picking up your child.

Walking to school

All parents whose children walk to and from school are to ensure their children are well briefed on keeping safe. This is especially important when crossing busy roads and waiting for parents to arrive.

Advise your child to find a safe place to cross (i.e. at a crossing or an intersection with traffic lights) and to stop, look, listen and not run.

Please encourage your children to walk in public places not in secluded side streets.

Catching the bus

Children taking the bus home must ride on the shuttle bus from the Junior Campus to Longmore Lane and not walk over to their connecting bus.

Parking in the school grounds in the morning or afternoon is only for parents visiting the uniform shop.

Mornings – The drop-off zone in the front car park is for use in the mornings only. Parents are encouraged to avoid Jelas Road and to drop off students in Saltwood Street, Totara Views or near the Millwater shops.

If using the drop-off zone:

Cars must move as far forward as possible to allow other cars to come in from behind.
Students must alight quickly so the traffic keeps moving.
There is no parking in the drop-off zone in the mornings.​
Afternoons – Students must be picked up outside the grounds in the adjacent Totora View streets or in Millwater. This involves your child taking a short walk to Saltwood Street – please see the map in our Travel Plan. Please do not use Jelas Rd. The drop-off zone is closed each afternoon and is not available as a pick up location.

Parents are requested not to drive into the school grounds unless absolutely necessary. Only parents accessing the uniform shop or accompanying a school trip are permitted to park on the school site.

KingsWay School students who catch buses to and from school are expected to adhere to our Behaviour Expectations.

These need to be read and agreed to by parents/caregivers and students.

READ BUS BEHAVIOUR EXPECTATIONS

Parents must ensure that the student’s bike is roadworthy and a safety helmet is worn at all times. It is not advisable for students below Year 5 to ride to school unless accompanied by parents.

SENIOR CAMPUS – parking of bikes and scooters

The Senior Campus bike and scooter shelter (pictured above), is a larger area to safely store bikes and scooters during the school day, out of the wind and rain, and away from congested spaces. To create a more safe environment for staff and students, this has been built in the car park near the front entrance of the school (near the Youngman Arena).

Students who cycle to school across the bridge from Millwater are not permitted to enter through the back gate. Instead, they need to continue around the estuary pathway and enter the school grounds through the gate beside the COLA. They will then dismount and walk up the school driveway to the bike and scooter shelter. See the map for the new route below.

Students who arrive at the Senior Campus on bicycles or scooters through the Jelas Road entrance will need to dismount at the crossing and then walk down the short drive to the bike and scooter shelter. Students will repeat these steps in reverse at the end of the day.

In summary, all students who cycle/scooter to the Senior Campus school are to safely utilise this shelter and must avoid cycling through the school grounds.

All bikes and scooters must be locked when left in the shelter. 

The school believes that the use of a motor vehicle by a student to travel to and from school should be a shared decision with the parents of the student concerned.

Students driving to school are expected to comply with associated license conditions, road rules, the school transport plan and school Behaviour Expectations. Parents need to inform the school that they give permission for their child to drive a vehicle using the form below:

Student Vehicle Registration Form

Please Note: Students are not permitted to park their vehicles on the school campus.