Harris Academy Until the Teaching Staff Have Given the Bus Bus the Given Have Staff Teaching the Until Academy Harris Leave Won’T Buses Finishes

drivers the all clear. all the drivers make sure their bike has lights so they can be easily seen by other road users. users. road other by seen easily be can they so lights has bike their sure make

school finishes. Buses won’t leave Harris Academy until the teaching staff have given the bus bus the given have staff teaching the until Academy Harris leave won’t Buses finishes. school bright coloured clothing and consider using a cycle helmet. In winter months, pupils should should pupils months, winter In helmet. cycle a using consider and clothing coloured bright

school bell. In the afternoons, the buses will leave from the school five minutes or so after the the after so or minutes five school the from leave will buses the afternoons, the In bell. school For those that do cycle our advice is that they make sure they take care on the roads, wear wear roads, the on care take they sure make they that is advice our cycle do that those For

times. School buses are timetabled to arrive at the school at 0835; ten minutes before the the before minutes ten 0835; at school the at arrive to timetabled are buses School times.

The four bus routes will be operated with double deckers and will all have similar journey journey similar have all will and deckers double with operated be will routes bus four The cycle training will be offered to all pupils during the school year. year. school the during pupils all to offered be will training cycle

intention to tell pupils which bus to use, but clearly not everyone can board the same bus. bus. same the board can everyone not clearly but use, to bus which pupils tell to intention pupils on a range of initiatives that encourage cycling – including route planning. On-road On-road planning. route including – cycling encourage that initiatives of range a on pupils

routed so that there will be an even distribution of pupils across the bus network. It’s not our our not It’s network. bus the across pupils of distribution even an be will there that so routed try cycling to school. Harris Academy will have an I-Bike officer this year working with school school with working year this officer I-Bike an have will Academy Harris school. to cycling try

Charleston, Lochee, Menzieshill and Harris Academy. The dedicated school buses have been been have buses school dedicated The Academy. Harris and Menzieshill Lochee, Charleston, The new school building has cycle storage facilities for over 100 bikes so pupils might like to to like might pupils so bikes 100 over for facilities storage cycle has building school new The

Academy every school day. These services will provide direct connections between between connections direct provide will services These day. school every Academy

Cycling In addition to the local bus network, there will be four school buses operating to Harris Harris to operating buses school four be will there network, bus local the to addition In

bus provided by Perth & Kinross Council. Kinross & Perth by provided bus

transferring to Harris Academy from Longforgan and Inchture will have their own dedicated dedicated own their have will Inchture and Longforgan from Academy Harris to transferring

other road users and local residents. local and users road other from Invergowrie there’s the possibility of using Stagecoach Strathtay Service 16. Pupils Pupils 16. Service Strathtay Stagecoach using of possibility the there’s Invergowrie from

need to make sure they do so safely and in a way that doesn’t bring them into conflict with with conflict into them bring doesn’t that way a in and safely so do they sure make to need Blackness Road – and drop pupils off with just a short walk to school. If travelling to school school to travelling If school. to walk short a just with off pupils drop and – Road Blackness

lighting on footpaths around Balgay Park and the Western Cemetery. Pupils who do walk walk do who Pupils Cemetery. Western the and Park Balgay around footpaths on lighting Road. Others, like Service 22 which operates through the Hilltown area will travel along along travel will area Hilltown the through operates which 22 Service like Others, Road.

been improved as part of the new school building project. The Council has also improved improved also has Council The project. building school new the of part as improved been bus services, like Service 5 and the Service 9/10 (outer circle) will pass the school on Perth Perth on school the pass will circle) (outer 9/10 Service the and 5 Service like services, bus

and the footbridge over the railway and the path up the cliff at the back of the school have have school the of back the at cliff the up path the and railway the over footbridge the and There are many local service buses that pupils can use to get to school. Some of these these of Some school. to get to use can pupils that buses service local many are There

There are some new signalised crossings points along Riverside Drive and Riverside Avenue Avenue Riverside and Drive Riverside along points crossings signalised new some are There

school crossing patrollers outside the school on Perth Road and also on Blackness Road. Road. Blackness on also and Road Perth on school the outside patrollers crossing school from school. school. from

Pupils who live closer to school, are encouraged to consider walking. There should be be should There walking. consider to encouraged are school, to closer live who Pupils pupils to travel by bus whenever they can – and not just use the bus pass for travelling to and and to travelling for pass bus the use just not and – can they whenever bus by travel to pupils

right through the calendar year. That’s a very useful season ticket and we do encourage encourage do we and ticket season useful very a That’s year. calendar the through right

Walking

which will enable free travel on all Xplore Dundee buses, 24 hours a day, seven days a week week a days seven day, a hours 24 buses, Dundee Xplore all on travel free enable will which

Most of the children who are changing school will be given an Xplore Dundee bus pass pass bus Dundee Xplore an given be will school changing are who children the of Most

Public Transport Public needed to plan a journey to school with confidence. confidence. with school to journey a plan to needed

straightforward as it can be. This leaflet should give parents and pupils all the information information the all pupils and parents give should leaflet This be. can it as straightforward

The school has worked with Xplore Dundee and Stagecoach to make travelling by bus as as bus by travelling make to Stagecoach and Dundee Xplore with worked has school The parents might have concerns about the journey to school. to journey the about concerns have might parents

distance from Harris Academy and therefore it’s understandable that some pupils and their their and pupils some that understandable it’s therefore and Academy Harris from distance

see to see how many minutes before the bus arrives at their usual stop. stop. usual their at arrives bus the before minutes many how see to see biggest change in their travel to school. Areas like Charleston and Lochee are a good good a are Lochee and Charleston like Areas school. to travel their in change biggest

travel information – or they could add a shortcut to their homescreen that allows them to to them allows that homescreen their to shortcut a add could they or – information travel Harris Academy pupils joining the school from Menzieshill High School probably face the the face probably School High Menzieshill from school the joining pupils Academy Harris

smartphone can download the Traveline Scotland or Moovit App that offers users great great users offers that App Moovit or Scotland Traveline the download can smartphone

information on bus fares, routes, timetables and real time information. Pupils with a a with Pupils information. time real and timetables routes, fares, bus on information everyone knows what is expected of them as they make their way to school. to way their make they as them of expected is what knows everyone

dundeetravelinfo.com which is Dundee’s own travel website. The website offers offers website The website. travel own Dundee’s is which dundeetravelinfo.com place and be fully aware of all the travel options that are available. We also want to ensure ensure to want also We available. are that options travel the all of aware fully be and place

The map is not a complete list of every bus service. To see that, pupils can visit www. visit can pupils that, see To service. bus every of list complete a not is map The pupils and parents to have confidence in the travel arrangements that have been put in in put been have that arrangements travel the in confidence have to parents and pupils

This leaflet is designed to help pupils successfully navigate their way to school. We want want We school. to way their navigate successfully pupils help to designed is leaflet This

that operate to the school and to bus stops within a 10 minute walk of the school. the of walk minute 10 a within stops bus to and school the to operate that

best. The map overleaf shows the routes of Xplore Dundee and Stagecoach bus services services bus Stagecoach and Dundee Xplore of routes the shows overleaf map The best. experience. experience.

There are many options and over time we expect pupils to work out which bus suits them them suits bus which out work to pupils expect we time over and options many are There many new things to get familiar with – and for many, the journey to school will be a new new a be will school to journey the many, for and – with familiar get to things new many

of nearly 1500 and a new school building to discover, Harris Academy pupils will have have will pupils Academy Harris discover, to building school new a and 1500 nearly of

renewed easily by setting up a standing order. standing a up setting by easily renewed across the west end of Dundee and the Carse of Gowrie. With an expanded school roll roll school expanded an With Gowrie. of Carse the and Dundee of end west the across

or buy a weekly child ticket from the Xplore Dundee travel shop. Monthly tickets can be be can tickets Monthly shop. travel Dundee Xplore the from ticket child weekly a buy or Harris Academy is re-opening its doors in August 2016 and will be welcoming pupils from from pupils welcoming be will and 2016 August in doors its re-opening is Academy Harris

need to have been given a bus pass to travel on them. They can pay a fare to the driver driver the to fare a pay can They them. on travel to pass bus a given been have to need

These school day buses are available to everyone, including fare-payers so pupils don’t don’t pupils so fare-payers including everyone, to available are buses day school These Harris Academy Harris

Park & Stride Park & Stride It’s almost inevitable that some pupils will continue to arrive at school by car. This is a mode of travel that we’d like to discourage wherever possible. If parents feel they have no option but to It’s almost inevitable that some pupils will continue to arrive at school by car. This is a mode of travel by car, then we would ask them to play their part by dropping off, and picking up, away travel that we’d like to discourage wherever possible. If parents feel they have no option but to from the immediate vicinity of the school. That means keeping out of the designated bus bays, Travelling to travel by car, then we would ask them to play their part by dropping off, and picking up, away taxi rank and Keep Clear zones. We would ask parents meeting their children after school to from the immediate vicinity of the school. That means keeping out of the designated bus bays, wait on West Park Road, north of the point where the road narrows. That’s a two minute walk taxi rank and Keep Clear zones. We would ask parents meeting their children after school to from the school building. Harris Academy wait on West Park Road, north of the point where the road narrows. That’s a two minute walk Perth Road from the school building.

August 2016

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