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Free Shuttle from School to Taste Franklin Festival

Pukekohe East School’s Farmer Jock Bus has been hired as the official shuttle for the Taste Franklin Festival taking place this coming Saturday 21st March from 11am to 6pm at Karaka Sports Park (corner of Linwood Rd and Blackbridge Rd).

The Taste Franklin Festival is an event to showcase and savour the great foods and beverages produced in the Franklin region. Ideal for foodies and families. Enjoy local produce, brews and wines, restaurant dishes, live music, kids entertainment, with celebrity chefs and more. Festival tickets can be purchased on the day at the gate. Kids are free and welcome to attend with a supervising adult.

Our school bus is contracted as the complimentary shuttle service for the community. Festival-goers in Pukekohe, Patumahoe, Waiuku and Karaka can catch a free ride to the event and back.

School families are welcome to jump aboard the bus at Pukekohe East School. The bus departs school on Saturday at 10.30am arriving at the festival 11am, and returns to school approximately 6pm.

The Pukekohe East School Bus Society would like to thank Searle Group for its sponsorship to enable the Taste Franklin Festival organisers to employ our bus as their official shuttle.

Bus Society Social Night and Meeting Dates

Please mark the following dates in your calendar.

Bus Society Social Night
Thursday 19 March, 7pm at Lone Star, Massey Ave.
Enjoy a fun casual evening with other parents. Bring a partner or come on your own; you’ll know plenty of familiar faces.

2015 Bus Society General Meetings
General meetings of the Pukekohe East School Bus Society are held once a term and all bus families are welcome to attend.
Term 2 – Monday 20 April 2015, 7pm at Pukekohe East School.
Term 3 – Monday 20 July 2015, 7pm at Pukekohe East School.
Term 4 – Monday 12 October 2015, 7pm at Pukekohe East School.

Bus Route Review Meeting for 2016
Monday 16 November 2015, 7pm at Pukekohe East School.

You’re Invited! Bus Society AGM

Calling all bus parents. Please come to the Pukekohe East School Bus Society AGM on Monday night, 23rd February, at 7pm in the school hall.

We’ll quickly cover how the bus society operates. Then we’ll vote for a new executive team, and bounce around ideas for bus trip fundraisers.

We’re the only school in New Zealand fortunate to have our own cooperatively-owned school bus. Our school bus gets no government funding.

Nearly seventy kids use the bus to get to or from school. If your children are using the bus please come to the meeting to show your support for our unique bus service and the parent volunteers who keep it going.

Bus society meetings are fun. They are a great way to meet other parents and everyone welcomes new ideas. We hope to see lots of new faces on Monday night.

Member Application and Bus Fees Due

Please can all bus families complete a membership application form and pay their bus fees by 27 February 2015.

MEMBER APPLICATION FORM 2015

In accordance with the Pukekohe East School Bus Society Constitution all bus families must sign a member application form. We need your signature giving permission for your child(ren) to use the bus, and we need your current contact details for our emergency contact list.

Click here to download the 2015 Bus Society Member Application Form. Please hand your completed form to the school office.

Thank you to those parents who completed the membership form in December. We have your details on file.

BUS FEES 2015

Yearly subscription fee: $260 for one child or $500 for two or more children in the same family.

We offer two payment options:

Payment in full by 27/2/15. You can pay by cheque to the school office (please make cheque payable to Pukekohe East School Bus Society) or pay by direct debit to the Pukekohe East School Bus Society bank account ASB 123023 0387539 00.
Automatic payment in ten monthly instalments of $26 (one child) or $50 (two or more children), with first payment on 1/3/15 and last payment on 1/12/15.

Please note that paying in instalments per school term is not an option. Any questions, please contact our treasurer Lara Utatao.

Franklin Silver Lining Trust Supports School Bus

Franklin Silver Lining Trust has kindly renewed its advertising on the back window of our Farmer Jock Bus for another year. Thank you Franklin Silver Lining Trust and Megan van Lieshout for your support. Advertising revenue helps us to cover operating costs to keep our school bus on the road for the kids of Pukekohe East School.

Six years ago, the Franklin Silver Lining Trust was set up by a small group of passionate, community-minded people to support families in the local community facing a wide range of adversities. The Franklin Silver Lining Trust grants special wishes and offers support and understanding to both the unwell person and their family. Over the last six years the Franklin Silver Lining Trust has helped over 1,000 families.