Travelling Home by Bus

As a member of the Mahurangi Bus network our students are entitled to free transport if they live within a radius of 3.2km of our school. This includes travel from Warkworth and the surrounding areas including Puhoi in the south, Wayby Station Road in the North and including Ahuroa, Leigh and Matakana.Children from the surrounding areas bus into Warkworth using the network buses and then our dedicated school bus departs from Mahurangi College, Woodcocks Road, Warkworth at 8.25am, collecting children from Sandspit and Snells Beach on the way to Horizon School. Contact the office for more information admin@horizon.school.nz or contact Gubbs Motors 09 425 8348.

Travelling Home by Car
Going home by car: Children wait at the back of the church in the covered area. The teacher on duty allows the children to go when their parents arrive.

Travelling Home by Foot or Bike
Walking or biking home: Children walking or biking home walk past the sandpit and wait behind the church until the duty teacher arrives. Then, they walk up the back behind the church away from the public car park. The crossing area is manned by traffic wardens and the duty teacher.
Note: The police recommend that no child under the age of ten should cycle to school unless accompanied by an adult.
  • Students cycling to and from school are expected to observe the road rules - hand signals, looking behind, mounting/dismounting, keeping well left, etc.
  • Each student must wear a Standards Approved cycle safety helmet and have a roadworthy bicycle.
  • Students may not "double" other students to school, and may not cycle in the school grounds during school hours, unless it is an organised school event.
  • Students must place their cycles in the cycle stands.

Road Patrol
The NZ police and school work together to create the School Traffic Safety Teams which are run by students and supervised by adults. The crossing is patrolled in the mornings between 8.45am - 8.50am and in the afternoons between 3.00 and 3.05pm.