Important Notices

Return to campus lesson times

From Week 5, students will follow a timetable very similar to the Term 1 Timetable.

Small differences from the Term 1 Timetable are that there will be no Assembly on Wednesday mornings and Wellbeing will happen every day after lunch.

KWS Learning Lesson Times:

Apple City Tours

Important Message for Schools, Parents and Students 

Due to these unprecedented times of the Coronavirus global pandemic, Apple City Tours would like to advise that we will be continuing our School Bus Services in accordance with Transport for NSW COVID-19 Precautions for Public Transport Services and Safe Work Australia’s guidance for Public Transport in assessing our controls and practices to help prevent the spread of the virus and other common infections. 

Apple City Tour’s School Bus Services are an important and essential service for the community and will be maintained for those that need to travel. 

The following information is important for Schools, School Student’s and all passenger’s: 

1. Social Distancing does not apply to Dedicated School Bus Services.
2. Resultantly, Dedicated School Services are not included in the Government’s recently announced guidelines to limit passengers on board public transport. School children will not be refused travel or left at bus stops for social distancing reasons.

Apple City Tours monitors the patronage numbers and where practicable will encourage social distancing between passengers and where possible keeping the row of seats behind the driver and adjacent to the driver empty. 

Apple City Tours priority is to strive to provide and maintain a routine of high standard cleaning and sanitising on a frequent basis and more as required, to reduce the risk of COVID-19 and other illnesses, for the safety, comfort and assurance for passengers and the public. 

This high standard of cleaning and efforts to minimise the risks, is not limited to the buses, but also includes cleaning of the Depot Facilities, Administration Office, Staff Amenities, Driver Station Area and other risk minimisation procedures including Staff Rostering and social distancing. 

Apple City Tours uses a High-Grade Disinfectant and Sanitiser, with our Cleaning and Sanitising regime consisting of: 

• Twice Daily (Morning and Afternoon) - cleaning and sanitising the Buses to include all touch points, concentrating on the driver’s seating area, dash, steering wheel, handrails, seats, seat rails, seatbelts and buckles, windowsills, windows, floors.
• Depot Administration Office (including staff kitchen), are cleaned and sanitised daily, to include touch points, concentrating on door handles, desktops, keypads, kitchen amenities, chairs, table, windowsills, light switches.
• Depot – Driver Station Area, Staff Amenities are cleaned and sanitised daily, to include touch points, concentrating on bench tops, chairs, toilets, light switches.
• Hand Sanitisers, antibacterial hand wash, disinfectant wipes, are provided for all staff, on the buses, at the depot, driver’s station, in the staff amenities and office.
• Additionally, Office Staff are rostered to work at different times, plus also have the opportunity to work from home to assist in minimising risk.
• The Depot and Depot Office is closed to all non-essential visitors.

Rest assured, Apple City Tours will continually monitor the health advice of the NSW Government and the relevant health authorities, ensuring that the standard of cleaning either meets or exceeds the guidelines for Public Transport as published by those governing authorities. 

Should you have any further queries with regards to our operational response to COVID-19, please contact our office directly on 6365 8395. 

John Woodhouse

Managing Director / Operations Manager - Apple City Tours

Junior School dates for your diary

25 May – Return to face to face schooling

5 June – Normal classes (not pupil free day) 

8 June – Public Holiday

26 June – Classes conclude for Term 2

21 July – Classes resume for Term 3

Gail Kennewell