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Vicky Viper Walking School Bus |
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Victoria Avenue School supports the Walking School Bus initiative – a safe, healthy and fun way for children to walk to and from school with other children, supervised by a rostered group of parents. If you and your child would be interested in joining one of our buses we would love to hear from you. Please appreciate that if your child does join a walking school bus that you will be required to be part of the roster.
The Walking Bus Scheme has now expanded to offer six routes:
Click here for map of bus routes. The Bell Rd and Shera Rd routes have merged for the present time. We will be updating the new shared route as soon as possible.
BELL RD ROUTE
This is a morning bus with over 30 walkers!!
The route is as follows:
Starts at 14 Bell Road,down Scherf Rd, crosses Portland Rd into Ingram St, left into Spencer St then to school. Parents are scheduled to walk once or twice per week.
We are always keen to talk to interested families who are keen to “come on board”. Please contact Vanessa McNaught ph 523 4529.
SHERA ROAD ROUTE
This route has been temporarily suspended over the winter, and those living in Shera Road, Leys Crescent and Portland Road are welcome to make contact with the Bell Road Route, to register your interest in walking. We hope to have the route running again in the spring, when it will travel along Portland Road, up Ingram Street and left into Spencer Street. If you are interested in joining the route now, or in the spring/summer, please make contact with Vanessa McNaught ph 523 4529
LINGARTH/MAHOE ROUTE
This bus runs morning and afternoon.
It departs from the corner of Combes Rd and Lingarth St at 8:10am. There are two routes - one goes along Lingarth St and the other along Mahoe Ave. The two routes meet up at the corner of Mahoe Ave and Manawa Rd at 8:25am. The bus continues up Manawa Rd, turns right into Victoria Ave, proceeds along to the crossing and down Dragon Drive.
The same route is reversed at the end of the school day with all walkers meeting at the bottom of Dragon Drive. We leave school at approx. 3.10pm.
We currently have 14 families involved which means a maximum of 20 children walking each way. Parents are scheduled to walk once or twice per week depending on how often their children walk.
We are always keen to hear from interested families. Please contact Toko Kofoed
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SHORE RD ROUTE
We meet at Hapua Reserve at 8.20 am and walk along Shore Rd to Stirling Street and then up Stirling Street to school. We walk mornings only Monday to Thursday. We have 12 walkers at present and would love to have more.
Parents are rostered on once a week to help out. We have flexibility to accommodate children who because of family circumstances may only be able to walk fortnightly.
If anyone is interested please contact Aveny Moore on 027 2125345 or 5225315.
SPENCER ST STARWALKERS
The route begins at the intersection of Aldred Road and Spencer Street leaving at 8.20am. Two adults are rostered for each trip. The bus then crosses Glenbrook Street and continues along Spencer Street. We cross Walton Street and Ingram Road and continue along Spencer St reaching the path below the senior playground at 8:30am.
We hope to extend the bus to start from 70 Victoria Ave once we get a few more families on board.
If anyone is interested, please contact Victoria Nicholls
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MARTYN WILSON FIELD PARK AND WALK
Currently this bus runs mornings only.
You drive & park in the carpark at Martyn Wilson Field on Orakei Rd, dropping children off at the carpark from 8.15am. The walking school bus departs the carpark at 8.25am. The school bus walks up Shore Rd along Victoria Ave to the pedestrian crossing then down to the Dragon Drive school entrance. We need two adults to walk each morning with the children so you will be rostered on about one morning per week depending on the number of families that join.
Please contact Helen Evans if you are interested:
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